Overcoming human/environment dualism using host-microbiome symbiosis. An ecological and more-than-human approach to health in the Anthropocene era

Can we continue to regard health solely as a totally anthropocentric stable "state," as the biomedical paradigm appears to suggest? Is the concept of sociality limited to human agency? These issues are inextricably linked to how we define our bodily boundaries and how we see the environment and its relationships. Focusing on digital health and host-microbiome interactions, I use the notion of sympoiesis—a system's potential to form profitable connections—to an ecological and non-dualistic approach to health, human individuality, and the environment. The new vision will involve reconnecting culture, nature, and technology.