The ‘Biomolecular Humanities’? New challenges and perspectives

Ester Oras; Jerome De Groot; Ulrika Björkstén

doi:10.1016/j.isci.2024.111679

The ‘Biomolecular Humanities’? New challenges and perspectives

Ester Oras^*, Jerome De Groot, Ulrika Björkstén

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Abstract

Biomolecular humanities is a developing transdisciplinary research area in which we see natural sciences and humanities increasingly integrated and conceived of as data production and scientific discovery entities on an equal basis. This umbrella term allows us to think generatively about how humanities and natural sciences are providing study material, methodologies, theoretical conceptualisations, analytical results and synergetic interpretations together, for and about each other.

Original language	English
Article number	111679
Journal	iScience
Early online date	13 Jan 2025
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2024.111679
Publication status	E-pub ahead of print - 13 Jan 2025

Keywords

DNA
Biomolecular
Humanities
Interdisciplinary
Transdisciplinary
Bioarchaeology
Ancient DNA
Cultural Studies
Methodology

Research Beacons, Institutes and Platforms

Biotechnology
Creative Manchester

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