Detangling Molecular Hauntings: Hair as a Site of Preserving Lived Experience

14/06/2022 8 min

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This bonus content is a reading from Platypus, the CASTAC Blog. The full post by Benjamin Schaefer can be read at https://blog.castac.org/2022/06/detangling-molecular-hauntings-hair-as-a-site-of-preserving-lived-experience/. About the post: Using ancient molecules, such as hormones, embedded in hair renders it possible to reconstruct the socially embodied lived experiences, by inferring their psychosocial stress responses, in the months leading up to their last haircut (or death).

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