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==== Alter Nature Symposium ==== | ==== Alter Nature Symposium ==== | ||
- | Some thoughts picked up at the "Alter Nature Symposium", | + | Some collected thought circuits |
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+ | Fri, Feb.18, 011 - University of Hasselt [BE] - Program and Speakers info > http:// | ||
- | Fri, Feb.18, 011 - University of Hasselt [BE] | ||
=== Designing Nature === | === Designing Nature === | ||
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+ | Ignace Schops (landscaping expert, herpetologist; | ||
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+ | A sustainable civilization flourishes when people plant trees under which they never will sit... | ||
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+ | Tourism is one of the biggest threats for nature. | ||
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+ | We entered the sixth stage of extinction - (See > The Red List of Threatened Species (The International Union for Conservation of Nature) - http:// | ||
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+ | We need international agreements; nature-based-design (f.i. self-healing plastic; [[http:// | ||
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+ | America wants to be a one-day China (Al Gore) | ||
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**Adam Zaretsky - Art & Gene Action: Pathways to Expression** | **Adam Zaretsky - Art & Gene Action: Pathways to Expression** | ||
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**Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg (artist/ | **Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg (artist/ | ||
- | **Will scientists become the exclusive designers of living technology? | + | '**Will scientists become the exclusive designers of living technology? |
Is this even design, or must we find new words to describe it? We might have to define new design tools to | Is this even design, or must we find new words to describe it? We might have to define new design tools to | ||
- | negotiate this changing interpretation of life.** | + | negotiate this changing interpretation of life.**' |
- | Synthetic aesthetics is a research project at Stanford and Edinburgh Universities, | + | 'Synthetic aesthetics is a research project at Stanford and Edinburgh Universities, |
- | http:// | + | http:// |
- | === Designing Life === | + | === Designing |
- | **Koen Vanmechelen** talked about his well known // | + | Prof. Dr. Catherine Verfaillie. Expert in Stem Cell Biology. Director of the Interdepartmental Stem Cell Institute at the KULeuven. |
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+ | Artist Koen Vanmechelen [BE] talked about his well known //[[http:// | ||
dr. Ir. Rinie van Est from the dutch //Rathenau Institute// raised questions fused by the **Bio-Machine Era** [Joel Garreau, 2004]: 'What does it mean to be human/What is the human condition; Who controls the brain interventions; | dr. Ir. Rinie van Est from the dutch //Rathenau Institute// raised questions fused by the **Bio-Machine Era** [Joel Garreau, 2004]: 'What does it mean to be human/What is the human condition; Who controls the brain interventions; | ||
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And pointed out the importance of **[[http:// | And pointed out the importance of **[[http:// | ||
+ | The Creation of a Biological Spare Part: Manufacturing Tissues by Developmental Engineering | ||
+ | Prof. Dr. Frank Luyten (Tigenix, BE); expert in regenerative medicine, cellular therapeutics, | ||
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+ | "A close interaction between the efforts of biologists and of engineers can speed up tissue engineering processes / **Growing Systems** f.i. like growing a bone in vitro with Bioreactors... We introduced the term **Developmental Engineering**, | ||
=== Owning Life === | === Owning Life === | ||
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//Dr. Berthold Rutz (EU patent examiner) | //Dr. Berthold Rutz (EU patent examiner) | ||
// | // | ||
- | "__Definition of Patents__ | + | |
- | Legal title granting the holder the right to prevent others from using an invention without authorisation. | + | __Definition of Patents__: A legal title granting the holder the right to prevent others from using an invention without authorisation. It is not a right to practise the invention |
- | It is not a right to practise the invention | + | |
The patent system added to the fuel of interest to the fire of genius." | The patent system added to the fuel of interest to the fire of genius." | ||
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- | === **Related | + | === References |
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+ | __Events__ | ||
**Alter Nature** - http:// | **Alter Nature** - http:// | ||
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till March 13, 2011 - http:// | till March 13, 2011 - http:// | ||
- | **Certified Copy** | + | **Body / Art / Bioethics** - A SymbioticA Symposium exploring |
- | An exhibition on the notions | + | |
- | **Center For Environmental Studies** (Centrum voor Milieukunde- CMK); University | + | **Certified Copy** - An exhibition on the notions |
- | research focused on disturbed molecular mechanisms within plants which are subject to stress caused by heavy metals. | + | |
- | Core competences | + | |
- | 1. Effects of (a)biotic stress factors at different biological organisation levels: from molecular to ecosystem level | + | |
- | 2. Remediation and management of contaminated soils – Renewable energy production | + | |
- | 3. Policy supporting environmental research | + | |
- | Contact person: Prof. Dr. Ann Cuypers | + | |
- | http://www.uhasselt.be/CMK-en | + | |
- | **Garreau, Joel** (2005) Radical Evolution: The Promise and Peril of Enhancing Our Minds, Our Bodies, and What It Means to Be Human - Doubleday. http:// | ||
- | ** Hasty Lab of Systems Biodynamics** - http:// | + | __Research Centers__ |
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+ | **Arts & Genomics Centre/ BioArts** - a multidisciplinary platform led by Prof.dr. R. Zwijnenberg that " | ||
+ | **Biopolitics / Human Tissue Economies** - Prof. Catherine Waldby. Director of the Biopolitics of Science research network, Sydney University. - One of her research areas is a feminist-Marxist critique of the distribution and use of parts of bodies, classified as “gift” or “waste” - http:// | ||
- | // notes by bartaku | + | **Environmental Studies** ' |
- | // | + | research focus on disturbed molecular mechanisms within plants which are subject to stress caused by heavy metals. |
+ | Prof. Dr. Ann Cuypers - http://www.uhasselt.be/ | ||
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+ | **Gen Doping** | ||
+ | Contra: [[http:// | ||
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+ | Pro: Prof. Andy Miah (Futurologist/ | ||
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+ | Both blossom in documentary 'Die Mutanten Greifen An' (Mutants Attack) A German documentary (ZDF), discussed in this article > http:// | ||
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+ | **Hasty Lab of Systems Biodynamics** - http:// | ||
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+ | **[[http:// | ||
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+ | **Technoprogressivism** - The Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies (US) - Showcase technoprogressive ideas | ||
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+ | __Writings__ | ||
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+ | **Design as a Method - Governing | ||
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+ | Garreau, Joel. (2005) **Radical Evolution**: | ||
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+ | **GM and Nanotech / Grey Goo** | ||
+ | Joy, Bill. Why the future doesn' | ||
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+ | **GM and Plants/ | ||
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+ | - Ordered List Item" | ||
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+ | - Ordered List Item" | ||
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+ | - Ordered List ItemA Tale of Two Botanies. Amory B. Lovins and L. Hunter Lovins. In: Wired. Issue 8.04, Apr. 2000 - [[http:// | ||
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+ | Jones, R. A. L. (2004). **Soft Machines: Nanotechnology and Life**. Oxford Univ. Press (UK). - [[http:// | ||
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+ | Steels, Luc. **Analogies between Genome and Language Evolution** Sony CSL, Paris. 2004. [[http:// | ||
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+ | // by bartaku// |