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--- biotechnology [2011-02-20 21:00] – [Alter Nature Symposium] takufoam
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 Fri, Feb.18, 011 - University of Hasselt [BE]
+Some quotes from Keynote speaker Ignace Schops (landscaping expert, herpetologist; International Ambassador of Biodiversity).
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+Tourism is one of the biggest threats for nature."
+A sustainable civilization flourishes when people plant trees under which they never will sit...
 === Designing Nature ===
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 === References / Further Reading ===
+__Events__
 **Alter Nature** - http://www.alter-nature.be/en
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 till March 13, 2011 - http://www.z33.be/en/projects/alter-nature-we-can
-**Certified Copy**
+**Body / Art / Bioethics** - A SymbioticA Symposium exploring the culture and ethics of the use and ownership of living material, from the cell to the whole body, in art, science, law and philosophy. Universtity of Western Australia, Perth. August 6, 2010. - http://www.bodyartbioethics.symbiotica.uwa.edu.au/#catherine
-An exhibition on the notions of copying and cloning at Verbeke Foundation [BE] till April 10, 2011- http://ornamism.com/2010/
+**Certified Copy** - An exhibition on the notions of copying and cloning at Verbeke Foundation [BE] till April 10, 2011- http://ornamism.com/2010/
+__Research__
+**Arts & Genomics Centre/ BioArts** - a multidisciplinary platform led by Prof.dr. R. Zwijnenberg that "...attempts to expand the public debate on (future) goals, means, possibilities and use of results of genomics, from the specific point of view of bio-genetic art and develop tools for drawing in new audiences." Faculty of Science, Leiden Institute of Chemistry (Hol) - http://www.artsgenomics.org/
+**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://sydney.edu.au/arts/biopolitics_science.
-**Center For Environmental Studies** (Centrum voor Milieukunde- CMK); University of Hasselt [BE]
+**Center for Environmental Studies** (Centrum voor Milieukunde- CMK); University of Hasselt [BE]
 research focused on disturbed molecular mechanisms within plants which are subject to stress caused by heavy metals.
 Core competences
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 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://www.garreau.com/main.cfm?action=book&id=2
 **Gen Doping**
 Contra: [[http://www.wada-ama.org/en/About-WADA/Governance/Health-Medical--Research-Committee/Gene-Doping-Panel/|Gene Doping Panel of the World Anti-Doping Program]]
 Pro: Prof. Andy Miah (Futurologist/Philosopher) - pro Transdisciplinary creative solutions - http://www.andymiah.net/category/research/sport/gene-doping/
+Both appear in documentary Die Mutanten Greifen An (Mutants Attack) A German documentary, discussed in this article > http://dasmagazin.ch/index.php/die-mutanten-greifen-an/
 **Hasty Lab of Systems Biodynamics** - http://biodynamics.ucsd.edu/index.html
-**Paolo Antonelli's (MoMA) article on governing by design**: "design applied not as a mere aesthetic or functional tool but as a conceptual method, based on scenarios that keep human beings in focus, with the means consequently allotted in elegant, economic, and organic ways to achieve the imagined goals. Even though design alone will not solve everything, it will, as always, help create and implement effective solutions that are attuned to human nature." - http://seedmagazine.com/content/article/on_governing_by_design/
-**Photosynthesizing bacteria**
-"Dawn of Plantimals. Could a fish with built-in photosynthetic bacteria help feed the world?" Debora MacKenzie and Michael Le Page, NewScientist, December 2010, Volume 208, #2790. Pp 33-35. Featuring Christina Agapakis' research (Harvard Medical School) and experiment on injecting photosynthetic bacteria into the eggs of zebrafish.
+__Writings__
+**Design as a Method - Governing by Design** - Paolo Antonelli's (MoMA): "design applied not as a mere aesthetic or functional tool but as a conceptual method, based on scenarios that keep human beings in focus, with the means consequently allotted in elegant, economic, and organic ways to achieve the imagined goals. Even though design alone will not solve everything, it will, as always, help create and implement effective solutions that are attuned to human nature." In: Seed Magazine, February 20, 2011 - http://seedmagazine.com/content/article/on_governing_by_design/
+**Garreau, Joel** (2005) Radical Evolution: The Promise and Peril of Enhancing Our Minds, Our Bodies, and What It Means to Be Human - Doubleday Publishers. http://www.garreau.com/main.cfm?action=book&id=2
+**Photosynthesizing bacteria** - "Dawn of Plantimals. Could a fish with built-in photosynthetic bacteria help feed the world?" Debora MacKenzie and Michael Le Page, NewScientist, December 2010, Volume 208, #2790. Pp 33-35. Featuring Christina Agapakis' research (Harvard Medical School) and experiment on injecting photosynthetic bacteria into the eggs of zebrafish.
 "[[http://blogs.plos.org/retort/2010/12/20/why-animals-so-rarely-photosynthesize/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+plos%2Fblogs%2Fmain+%28Blogs+-+Main%29|Why Most Animals So Rarely Photosynthesize]]" John Rennie, The Gleaming Retort, December 20,2010