From self-help books and nootropics to self-tracking and home health tests to the tinkering
with technology and biological particles - biohacking brings biology medicine and the
material foundation of life into the sphere of »do-it-yourself«. This trend has the potential
to fundamentally change people's relationship with their bodies and biology but it also creates
new cultural narratives of responsibility authority and differentiation. Covering a broad
range of examples this book explores practices and representations of biohacking in popular
culture discussing their ambiguous position between empowerment and requirement promise and
prescription.
