The document discusses biotechnology as a global industry and commodity. It addresses how biotech involves decoding DNA through projects like the Human Genome Project. It explores how biotech is a global industry involving agroindustry, pharmaceutical companies, and transnational corporations. Maps and statistics are presented showing the global scope and policies around commercialized biotech crops and intellectual property regarding biological materials. Examples of contested patents on human genomes and biological materials are discussed. Several art projects are also mentioned that relate to biopolitics and the appropriation of life.

2. Biotech as... science and technology DNA replication. Decoding of DNA: Human Genome Project, 2003

3. Biotech as... soft technology

4. Biotech as... a global industry

5. Biotech as... a global industry > Bioindustry: Agroindustry (animals, vegetables...)‏ Big Pharma (medicine, drugs...)‏ > On a global scale: Free market Transnational corporations Public administrations Lobbies > Patents and intellectual property ... for the industrial explotation of the living

6. Biotech as... a global industry Global Biotech & Biosecurity Map source: http://www.mbbnet.umn.edu/scmap/biosecuritymap.html

7. Biotech as... a global industry Global Status of Commercialized Biotech/GM Crops 2008 http://www.isaaa.org/

8. Biotech as... a global industry Biotech Policies http://www. scienceprogress.org

9. Biotech as... a commodity

10. Biotech as a commodity...

11. Biotech as a commodity... ... for the design of the self > Design of the living / Design of subjectivity > Cyborgs: forever young and beautiful > Biopolitical narrative

12. Soft Power Art and technology in the biopolitical age http://www.amarika.org/softpower

13. subRosa “ Cell Track. Mapping the Appropiation of Life Materials”

14. subRosa “ Cell Track. Mapping the Appropiation of Life Materials” Source: 26-year-old Guaymi Womanfrom Panama Patented material: Entire Genome (DNA)‏ Patent filed by: Anonymous Researcher CONTESTED! Source: Anonymous Blood Material Patented: Gene mutationfactor in Asthma(Interleukin-9)‏ Patented by: Magainin Pharmaceuticals (Genera Corp.)‏ Source: Human Genome Patented material: Breast CancerGene (BRCA1)‏ Patented by: Myriad and OncorMed Source: People with HIV Material Patented: Gene that controls AIDS infection Patented by: Human Genome Sciences, MD CONTESTED! Source: Anonymous Blood Donors Material: Human DNA Sequences Patenting supported by: International Human Genome Organization (HUGO)‏ CONTESTED!

15. subRosa “ Epidemic! DIY Cell Lab”

16. subRosa “ Epidemic! DIY Cell Lab”

17. Sally Gutierrez “ Organ Market”

18. Boryana Rossa “ Bootleg Garden”

19. Boryana Rossa “ Bootleg Garden”

20. Bureau d'Etudes “ Biotech Relational Maps

21. Bureau d'Etudes “ Biotech Relational Maps

24. Bureau d'Etudes “ La Bella Durmiente”

25. Rachel Mayeri “ Soft Science”

26. Screenings Presentations Performances

27. http://www.amarika.org/softpower http://ptqkblogzine.blogspot.com mariaptqk >> gmail.com