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The Decision Dilemma: Academic Freedom in the Age of Monsanto
- TDR: The Drama Review
- The MIT Press
- Volume 60, Number 3, Fall 2016 (T231)
- pp. 96-109
- Article
- Additional Information
Impersonation is a practice of masquerading that troubles the boundaries between performance and the law. In 2013, The Yes Men, Diana Taylor, and Jesusa RodrÃguez engaged in a digital impersonation of the agrochemical and biotechnology giant Monsanto in Chiapas, Mexico. This action led to debates about when impersonation qualifies as performance and when it counts as fraud, which raised questions of academic freedom, codes of ethics, and conflicts of interest.