Two-Day Conference – Gut Reactions: The Microbiome and Human Nature

 

Microbes living in human bodies can influence processes like digestion, immunity, and even cognition. Human nature is being reframed as a multispecies relationship. Departing from the fact that our bodies are environments for bacteria, fungi, and protists, we will ask: How has the human been shaped by microbial companions? What does the microbial geography of our bodies, our homes, and our pets look like? What are the political and economic implications of sensing and surveying invisible life? As technological and medical interventions reconfigure the microbiome, how is this shaping the future of the human species?

Read More: http://environment.princeton.edu/events/multispecies-salon

Two-Day Conference – Gut Reactions: The Microbiome and Human Nature

Publish Date

March 30, 2016

Presenter(s)

Eben Kirksey

Link to Video

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxYUpljfsNviauURU5wLN7JjfT15u7iJx

Video Length

01:19:03

 

Microbes living in human bodies can influence processes like digestion, immunity, and even cognition. Human nature is being reframed as a multispecies relationship. Departing from the fact that our bodies are environments for bacteria, fungi, and protists, we will ask: How has the human been shaped by microbial companions? What does the microbial geography of our bodies, our homes, and our pets look like? What are the political and economic implications of sensing and surveying invisible life? As technological and medical interventions reconfigure the microbiome, how is this shaping the future of the human species?

Read More: http://environment.princeton.edu/events/multispecies-salon