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Experiments Without Borders? Ethical and Participatory Approaches to New Technologies
26/11
2006
2006
Sheila Jasanoff delivered with the utmost elegance of a Harvard Professor the BIOS Annual Lecture chaired by Nikolas Rose at the London School of Economics the 15th of June 2006. ... Experiments Without Borders? Ethical and Participatory Approaches to New Technologies
Genetic Testing and its Implications: an interview with Dr. Arthur Caplan
25/11
2006
2006
Currently, Dr. Caplan is the Emmanuel and Robert Hart Professor of Bioethics, Chair of the Department of Medical Ethics and the Director of the Center for Bioethics at the University ... Genetic Testing and its Implications: an interview with Dr. Arthur Caplan
An Interview With Dr. Ignacio Chapela
17/11
2006
2006
Ignacio Chapela is an assistant professor at University of California Berkeley, who, with colleague David Quist, discovered that illegally grown, genetically modified corn contaminated traditional heirloom corn in Oaxaca, Mexico. ... An Interview With Dr. Ignacio Chapela
Introduction
15/11
2006
2006
Over the next few months, I’ll be exploring issues related to responsibility in innovation by exploring technologies with significant but not always obvious societal implications through a series of interviews ... Introduction
Second thoughts on responsibility
24/06
2006
2006
After closing down the call for comments “which responsibility” I have received comments and proposals to contribute further to our call, to reflect on the concept of responsibility in the ... Second thoughts on responsibility
‘Which responsibility?’ Chiusura del call
02/04
2006
2006
Chiudendo questo call for comments sullo statuto corrente della responsabilità dell’innovazione, ringrazio tutti coloro che hanno partecipato e si sono interrogati sulle questioni poste. Gli interventi – come era naturale ... ‘Which responsibility?’ Chiusura del call
Which responsibility? -part 2- (…continues from the previous entry)
19/03
2006
2006
First of all thanks to all those who have so far contributed to this call for comments, which I plan to close on April 1st. I briefly recapitulate the line ... Which responsibility? -part 2- (…continues from the previous entry)
Science, Politics and Responsibility: An Agenda for the Governance of Innovation and Technology
07/03
2006
2006
"When we go from ‘daily life’ to scientific activity, from the man in the street to the man in the laboratory, from politics to expert opinion, we do not go ... Science, Politics and Responsibility: An Agenda for the Governance of Innovation and Technology
An extract from the Oxford English Dictionary about the definition of the term ‘policy’
06/03
2006
2006
III. 8. attrib. and Comb., as (sense 5) policy decision, document, -maker, -making, statement; policy-making adj.; policy science (see quot. 1951); hence policy scientist. 1960 I. JEFFERIES Dignity & Purity ... An extract from the Oxford English Dictionary about the definition of the term ‘policy’
Which responsibility? – part 1- …This call for comments continues in the next entry…
02/02
2006
2006
The ambitious goal of this call is that of initiating an exploration of possible ways of reflecting on the concepts of responsibility and innovation, without losing sight of the social, ... Which responsibility? – part 1- …This call for comments continues in the next entry…
Practice and Cognition, an anthropological view
14/11
2005
2005
About the topic, already touched upon in the previous posts, of the role played by communities of practice in the processes of emergence and management of innovation, I wish to ... Practice and Cognition, an anthropological view
Art and innovation
12/09
2005
2005
This is the first of a series of reviews that Valentina Porcellana will present on the anthropology of art as innovation. Many aspects of artistic practice are linked to the ... Art and innovation