Mending Cracks

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2316-9133.v34i1pe233053

Keywords:

kintsugi, bio-etchis, synthetic biology, Artistic Research, healing

Abstract

We are researchers working in science, arts and ethics. Cracks in ceramics, in disciplines, in binaries are the point of departure for our project: Bactohealing. It draws on ‘kintsugi’, the Japanese technique to fix ceramics with gold. Bactohealing proposes to mend cracks with the help of microorganisms: bacteria and fungi grow a solid bond that mimics ‘scar tissue’ over the fracture. Simultaneously we open an inquiry around the ethics of synthetic biology.  

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Author Biographies

  • Varsha Aravind Paleri, University of Antwerp

    PhD student at Department of Philosophy, University of Antwerp

  • Nele Buyst, University of Antwerp

    PhD student Department of Philosophy, University of Antwerp; poet

  • Christina Stadlbauer, University Antwerp

    Post-doctoral researcher at Centre for Synthetic Biology, University of Ghent and Department of Philosophy, University of Antwerp; independent artist

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Capa da revista cadernos de campo, mostrando uma das fotos que compõem o dossiê quimeras. Foto artística de uma paisagem marítima

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Published

2025-11-17

Issue

Vol. 34 No. 1 (2025)

Section

Special Issue Quimeras: Art and Science worlds in times of ecological urgency

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How to Cite

Paleri, V. A., Buyst, N., & Stadlbauer, C. (2025). Mending Cracks. Cadernos De Campo (São Paulo, 1991), 34(1), e233053. https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2316-9133.v34i1pe233053