Gilbert Simondon and Bio-Hacking
<p>This conversation is the first one I recorded for <em>Archipelago</em> (hence the not-so-great quality of the sound, sorry!). In the first part of the discussion, Sarah and I attempt to introduce the philosophy of Gilbert Simondon through his concepts of individuation, <em>allagmatic</em>, milieu, the body as “always more than one.” His work is important to us as Sarah explains because it went from a metaphysics of “being” to one of “becoming,” allowing things not to have an essence, but rather to be involved in the process of their individuation. In the second part of the conversation, I ask questions to Sarah about her activity of bio-hacker that her knowledge of Simondon’s philosophy inform on a daily basis in the democratization of means of bio-molecular modifications in which she is involved. This conversation can be associated — that’s the appropriate word! — to the <em>Funambulist Paper</em> entitled “Of Associated Milieus” written by Sarah and referenced below.</p>
Host: Léopold Lambert
Guests: Sarah Choukah
Subjects: Gilbert Simondon
Part of: The Funambulist Podcast