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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." | ||
+ | A sustainable civilization flourishes when people plant trees under which they never will sit... | ||
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=== Designing Nature === | === Designing Nature === | ||
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=== References / Further Reading === | === References / Further Reading === | ||
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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 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:// |
- | An exhibition on the notions of copying and cloning at Verbeke Foundation [BE] till April 10, 2011- http:// | + | |
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+ | __Research__ | ||
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+ | **Arts & Genomics Centre/ BioArts** - a multidisciplinary platform led by Prof.dr. R. Zwijnenberg that " | ||
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+ | **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:// | ||
- | **Center | + | **Center |
research focused on disturbed molecular mechanisms within plants which are subject to stress caused by heavy metals. | research focused on disturbed molecular mechanisms within plants which are subject to stress caused by heavy metals. | ||
Core competences | Core competences | ||
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- | **Photosynthesizing bacteria** | + | **Gen Doping** |
- | "Dawn of Plantimals. Could a fish with built-in photosynthetic bacteria help feed the world?" | + | Contra: [[http:// |
- | "[[http://blogs.plos.org/retort/2010/12/20/why-animals-so-rarely-photosynthesize/? | + | Pro: Prof. Andy Miah (Futurologist/ |
+ | Both appear in documentary Die Mutanten Greifen An (Mutants Attack) A German documentary, | ||
- | **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:// |
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+ | __Writings__ | ||
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+ | **Design as a Method - Governing by Design** - Paolo Antonelli' | ||
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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 | ||
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+ | **Photosynthesizing bacteria** - "Dawn of Plantimals. Could a fish with built-in photosynthetic bacteria help feed the world?" | ||
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- | ** Hasty Lab of Systems Biodynamics** - http:// | ||
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- | **Paolo Antonelli' | ||
// notes by bartaku based on live talks and hand-outs | // notes by bartaku based on live talks and hand-outs | ||
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