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The Microbial Imaginary (2015 ASLE presentation)

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Jodie Nicotra

This document discusses metaphors related to microbes and technology. It references fashion designs inspired by a "lab chic" aesthetic and quotes Samuel Butler's view of the human body as a "hive and swarm of parasites" similar to an ant-heap. The document also includes hashtags such as #cooties, #hospitality, and references to community and invasion metaphors related to microbes.

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The Microbial Imaginary Jodie Nicotra, University of Idaho
The Microbial Imaginary (2015 ASLE presentation)
Aug 3, 1998 Aug 18, 2012 community metaphorinvasion metaphor
metaphor = technology
#cooties
Martin Margiela Collection Fall/Winter 1998 lab chic
The Microbial Imaginary (2015 ASLE presentation)
The Microbial Imaginary (2015 ASLE presentation)
The Microbial Imaginary (2015 ASLE presentation)
[Man] is such a hive and swarm of parasites that it is doubtful whether his body s not more theirs than his, and whether he is anything but another kind of ant-heap after all. -Samuel Butler, Erewhon
#hospitality

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