Informed both by Science and Technology Studies (STS) and the anthropology of science, Barcoding Nature analyses DNA barcoding in the context of a sense of crisis - concerning global biodiversity loss, but also the felt inadequacy of taxonomic science to address such loss. The authors chart the specific changes that this innov

Claire Waterton is Senior Lecturer in Environment and Society and Co-Director of the Centre for the Study for Environmental Change (CSEC) within the Sociology Department of Lancaster University.

Rebecca Ellis is Lecturer in the Lancaster Environment Centre at Lancaster University.

Brian Wynne is Professor of Science Studies at CSEC Lancaster University, and from 2002--2012 was co-PI and Associate Director of the ESRC Centre, Cesagen.

1. Introduction 2. DNA Barcoding: Revolution or Conciliation? 3. What's In a Barcode? The Use, Selection and De-Naturalisation of Genetic Markers 4. A Leg Away for DNA: Mobilizing, Compiling and Purifying Material for DNA Barcoding 5. Extending the Barcoding Frontier 6. Archiving Diversity: BOLD 7. BOLI as Redemptive Technoscientific Innovation 8. What Is It? Identifying Nature and Valuing Utility 9. Barcoding Nature: Final Reflections