Science ink: science as a form of embodied loyalty

This publication picks up on Carl Zimmer's book, exploring the phenomenon of scientific tattooing as a form of expression of researcher identity. The authors reject the traditional division between cold, sterile science and the biological body, proposing a view of tattooing as a secular sacrament and material interface of knowledge. The text analyzes how scientific symbols transferred to the skin become an intimate existential archive that allows for a deeper identification with the scientific paradigm. The discussion also encompasses the social aspects of body modification in academia, pointing to the evolving perception of scientific inconography as an element of autobiographical memory and a form of loyalty to one's research passions.