Biohacking bodies and do it yourself : the cultural politics of hacking life itself From self help books and nootropics to self tracking and home health tests to the tinkering with technology and biological particles biohacking brings biology medicine and the material foundation of life into the sphere of »do it yourself«. This trend has the potential to fundamentally change peoples relationship with their bodies and biology but it also creates new cultural narratives of responsibility authority and differentiation. Covering a broad range of examples this book explores practices and representations of biohacking in popular culture discussing their ambiguous position between empowerment and requirement promise and prescription.