October 2007 on -empyre-: "DNA Poetics"

October 2007 on -empyre-: "DNA Poetics"


Two words well placed, no? After Judith Roof's "The
Poetics of DNA". That DNA (hereafter Code) is
perhaps, but a metaphor for a substance (and/or
protocol?) is what concerns us here, this month of
October, on -empyre-.

The Code is meaningful, we can agree. But of what
meaning is it full? Meaningful of biology? Meaningful
of poetry? Should we speak of the people's (public)
Code? A corporatized (private) Code?
Who is charged with its derivation?
With the responsibility of Code's proof?

Is there no Code, and only 'codes'?


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Moderated by Nicholas Ruiz III (US) Editor, Kritikos

with special guests

Judith Roof (US) is professor of English and Film
Studies at Michigan State University. Her books
include All about Thelma and Eve: Sidekicks and Third
Wheels, and The Poetics of DNA.

Eugene Thacker (US) is associate professor of New
Media in the School of Literature, Communication, and
Culture at the Georgia Institute of Technology. His
books include Biomedia, The Global Genome, and The
Exploit.





Nicholas Ruiz III
CoModerator, -empyre-





Dr. Nicholas Ruiz III
Editor, Kritikos
http://intertheory.org