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Biomedia
Original title: バイオメディア(Biomedia)
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“Biomedia,” proposed by Eugene Thacker, is an interdisciplinary concept referring to the contemporary condition of biology in which biotechnology and digital media merge. He focused on processes whereby biological data and bodies themselves are manipulated and recoded through information technology.
Main points of “Biomedia”
The mediatization of biology: Thacker points out a state where DNA sequences, proteins, cells, or whole organisms are treated as informational code (data) and function like information-processing systems.
Fusion of materiality and information: It shows biological and bodily materiality being converted into information and visualized by computer science and informatics, becoming manipulable “media.”
Biotechnology’s digital nature: in his 2004 book “Biomedia” and elsewhere, he argues that biotechnology’s essence lies in digitizing life rather than mere technological intervention.
ユージン・サッカー(Eugene Thacker)が提唱した「バイオメディア(Biomedia)」は、バイオテクノロジーとデジタルメディアが融合した現代の生物学の状況を指す学際的な概念です。彼は、生物学的なデータや身体そのものが、情報技術によって操作され、再コード化されるプロセスに着目しました。
「バイオメディア」の主なポイント
生物学のメディア化: サッカーは、DNA配列、タンパク質、あるいは細胞や生物全体が、情報的なコード(データ)として扱われ、情報処理システムのように機能している状態を指摘しています。
物質性と情報の融合: 生物学的・身体的な物質性が、コンピュータ・サイエンスやインフォマティクスによって情報化・可視化され、操作可能な「メディア」となることを示しています。
バイオテクノロジーのデジタル性: 2004年の著書『Biomedia』などで、バイオテクノロジーの本質は単なる技術的介入ではなく、生命のデジタル化にあると論じています。
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