Sept 11introductions
Sept 18what​ ​is​ ​life?​ ​(first​ ​pass)​Margulis,​ ​Lynn​ ​and​ ​Dorian​ ​Sagan​ ​(1995).​ ​“Life:​ ​The​ ​Eternal​ ​Enigma”​ ​and​ ​“Masters​ ​of​ ​the Biosphere.”​ ​In​ ​​What​ ​Is​ ​Life?​​ 12–33,​ ​68–89.
Sept 25what​ ​is​ ​life?​ ​(first​ ​pass)Aristotle​ ​(N.D.).​ ​​De​ ​Anima​ ​(On​ ​the​ ​Soul)​,​ ​book​ ​I​ ​part​ ​1​ ​and​ ​book​ ​II​ ​parts​ ​1-3.​ ​Trans.​ ​by​ ​J.A. Smith.​ ​N.P.​ ​Web.

Thacker,​ ​Eugene​ ​(2010).​ ​“Life​ ​and​ ​the​ ​Living​ ​(On​ ​Aristotelian​ ​Biohorror).”​ ​In​ ​​After​ ​Life​, 1–24.
Oct 2​life​ ​at​ ​the​ ​extremesLovelock,​ ​James​ ​(1979).​ ​“Introductory,”​ ​“Gaia​ ​and​ ​Man,”​ ​and​ ​“Epilogue.”​ ​In​ ​​Gaia:​ ​A​ ​New Look​ ​at​ ​Life​ ​on​ ​Earth​,​ ​1–12,​ ​107–122,​ ​141–150.
Oct 9No Class – Indigenous Peoples’ Day
Oct 16life​ ​and/as​ ​information​Kay,​ ​Lily​ ​E.​ ​(2000).​ ​“Production​ ​of​ ​Discourse:​ ​Cybernetics,​ ​Information,​ ​Life.”​ ​In​ ​​Who Wrote​ ​the​ ​Book​ ​of​ ​Life:​ ​A​ ​History​ ​of​ ​the​ ​Genetic​ ​Code​,​​ ​​73–127.
Oct 23the​ ​racial​ ​&​ ​sexual​ ​politics​ ​of​ ​genetics​ ​research Nelson,​ ​Alondra​ ​(2016).​ ​“Introduction”​ ​and​ ​“Racial​ ​Politics​ ​After​ ​the​ ​Genome.”​ ​In​ ​​The Social​ ​Life​ ​of​ ​DNA​,​ ​1–26,​ ​157–166.
Oct 30the​ ​racial​ ​&​ ​sexual​ ​politics​ ​of​ ​genetics​ ​research Haraway,​ ​Donna​ ​(1979).​ ​“The​ ​Biological​ ​Enterprise:​ ​Sex,​ ​Mind,​ ​and​ ​Profit​ ​from​ ​Human Engineering​ ​to​ ​Sociobiology.”​ ​​Radical​ ​History​ ​Review​ ​​20:​ ​206–237.
Nov 6biology & powerFoucault,​ ​Michel​ ​(2000​ ​[1974]).​ ​“The​ ​Birth​ ​of​ ​Social​ ​Medicine.”​ ​In​ ​​Power:​ ​Essential​ ​Works​ ​of Foucault​ ​1954–1984​,​ ​134–156.

Foucault,​ ​Michel​ ​(1990​ ​[1978]).​ ​“Right​ ​to​ ​Death​ ​and​ ​Power​ ​over​ ​Life.”​ ​In​ ​​The​ ​History​ of Sexuality,​ ​Volume​ ​One​,​ ​133–160.
Nov 13governing lifeThacker,​ ​Eugene​ ​(2005).​ ​“Bioinformatic​ ​Bodies​ ​and​ ​the​ ​Problem​ ​of​ ​‘Life​ ​Itself.’”​ ​In​ ​​The Global​ ​Genome:​ ​Biotechnology,​ ​Politics,​ ​and​ ​Culture​,​ ​51–90.
Nov 20the political economy of biologyCooper,​ ​Melinda​ ​(2008).​ ​“Life​ ​Beyond​ ​the​ ​Limits:​ ​Inventing​ ​the​ ​Bioeconomy.”​ ​In​ ​​Life​ ​as Surplus:​ ​Biotechnology​ ​&​ ​Capitalism​ ​in​ ​the​ ​Neoliberal​ ​Era​,​ ​15–50.
Nov 27life & its doubles Untitled
Johnston,​ ​John​ ​(2008).​ ​“Vital​ ​Cells:​ ​Cellular​ ​Automata,​ ​Artificial​ ​Life,​ ​Autopoiesis.”​ ​In​ ​​The
Allure​ ​of​ ​Machinic​ ​Life:​ ​Cybernetics,​ ​Artificial​ ​Life,​ ​and​ ​the​ ​New​ ​AI​,​ ​165–214.
Dec 4technologies of living Untitled
Roosth,​ ​Sophia​ ​(2017).​ ​“Life​ ​by​ ​Design:​ ​Evolution​ ​and​ ​Creation​ ​Tales​ ​in​ ​Synthetic​ ​Biology.” In​ ​Synthetic:​ ​​How​ ​Life​ ​Got​ ​Made​,​ ​21–52.
Dec 11artifice & artPein,​ ​Corey​ ​(2016).​ ​“Everybody​ ​Freeze!​ ​The​ ​Extropians​ ​Want​ ​Your​ ​Body.”​ ​​The​ ​Baffler​ ​​30: N.P.

Popper,​ ​Ben​ ​(2012).​ ​“Cyborg​ ​America:​ ​Inside​ ​the​ ​Strange​ ​New​ ​World​ ​of​ ​Basement​ ​Body
Hackers.”​ ​​The​ ​Verge​ ​​(Aug.​ ​8):​ ​N.P.

C.f.,​ ​supplemental​ ​YouTube​ ​video:​ ​“Biohackers:​ ​A​ ​Journey​ ​into​ ​Cyborg​ ​America”

Weise,​ ​Jillian​ ​(2016).​ ​“The​ ​Dawn​ ​of​ ​the​ ​‘Tryborg.’”​ ​​The​ ​New​ ​York​ ​Times​ ​​(Nov.​ ​30):​ ​N.P.