The unsettling eros of contact zones: queering evolution in the CandidaHomo ecology

Tarsh Bates

doi:10.26182/5ba46b3f5348c

The unsettling eros of contact zones: queering evolution in the CandidaHomo ecology

Tarsh Bates

School of Human Sciences

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Candida albicans is a yeast, one species of the hundreds that thrive in the ecologies of the human body. We have co- evolved; Homo sapiens provides myriad ecological niches for C. albicans. This interdisciplinary project combines scientific experimentation, art-making, evolutionary ecology and queer theory to posit the human body as a queer ecology. The sexuality, performativity and community of C. albicans within this ecology are explored through science, art and evolutionary and queer theories. Three aspects of queerness, i.e., sexuality, gender, and kinship, are woven through three aspects of evolutionary theory, i.e., sexual, natural and kin selection, to form heterotopic alliances.

Original language	English
Qualification	Doctor of Philosophy
Awarding Institution	The University of Western Australia
Award date	21 Aug 2018
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.26182/5ba46b3f5348c
Publication status	Unpublished - 2018

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On being a microbioartist: Research at the intersections of art, microbiology and more-than human culture
Tarsh Bates (Speaker)
19 Jul 2019
Activity: Service and engagement › Public lecture, debate or seminar
The Unsettling Eros of Contact Zones
Tarsh Bates (Speaker)
2018
Activity: Service and engagement › Public lecture, debate or seminar
The Unsettling Eros of Contact Zones
Tarsh Bates (Speaker)
2018
Activity: Service and engagement › Public lecture, debate or seminar

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On Being a Microbioartist: Research at the intersections of art, microbiology and more-than human culture
Bates, T., 31 May 2019.
Research output: Contribution to conference › Conference presentation/ephemera › peer-review
The queer temporality of CandidaHomo biotechnocultures
Bates, T., 14 May 2019, In: Australian Feminist Studies. 34, 99, p. 25-45 21 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2 Citations (Scopus)
On Being a Microbioartist: Making Art in a Microbiology Lab
Bates, T., 2018, (Unpublished).
Research output: Contribution to conference › Conference presentation/ephemera

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