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==== Alter Nature Symposium ==== | ==== Alter Nature Symposium ==== | ||
- | Some thoughts picked up at the "Alter Nature Symposium", | + | Some collected thought circuits |
Fri, Feb.18, 011 - University of Hasselt [BE] | Fri, Feb.18, 011 - University of Hasselt [BE] | ||
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+ | Some quotes from keynote speaker Ignace Schops (landscaping expert, herpetologist; | ||
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+ | Tourism is one of the biggest threats for nature. | ||
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+ | A sustainable civilization flourishes when people plant trees under which they never will sit... | ||
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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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=== Designing Nature === | === Designing Nature === | ||
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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:// |
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And pointed out the importance of **[[http:// | And pointed out the importance of **[[http:// | ||
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+ | The Creation of a Biological Spare Part: Manufacturing Tissues by Developmental Engineering | ||
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Curated by Karen Verschooren | Curated by Karen Verschooren | ||
till March 13, 2011 - http:// | till March 13, 2011 - http:// | ||
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+ | **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:// | ||
**Certified Copy** - An exhibition on the notions of copying and cloning at Verbeke Foundation [BE] till April 10, 2011- http:// | **Certified Copy** - An exhibition on the notions of copying and cloning at Verbeke Foundation [BE] till April 10, 2011- http:// | ||
- | __Research__ | ||
- | **Biopolitics** - Professor | + | __Research Centers__ |
- | One of research areas is a feminist-Marxist critique of the distribution and use of parts of bodies, classified as “gift” or “waste” - http:// | + | |
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+ | **Arts & Genomics Centre/ BioArts** - a multidisciplinary platform led by Prof.dr. R. Zwijnenberg that " | ||
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+ | **Biopolitics | ||
- | **Center for Environmental Studies** | + | **Environmental Studies** |
- | research | + | research |
- | Core competences | + | Prof. Dr. Ann Cuypers |
- | 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: | + | |
- | http:// | + | |
**Gen Doping** | **Gen Doping** | ||
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Pro: Prof. Andy Miah (Futurologist/ | Pro: Prof. Andy Miah (Futurologist/ | ||
- | Both appear | + | Both blossom |
**Hasty Lab of Systems Biodynamics** - http:// | **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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**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:// | **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:// | ||
- | **Human Tissue Economies** | ||
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**Photosynthesizing bacteria** - "Dawn of Plantimals. Could a fish with built-in photosynthetic bacteria help feed the world?" | **Photosynthesizing bacteria** - "Dawn of Plantimals. Could a fish with built-in photosynthetic bacteria help feed the world?" | ||