The Question Concerning Technology and Biology
The Question Concerning Technology and Biology (A conference held on 19-20 December 2016)
Summary:
In which arenas are biology & technology cooperating, complementing each other, coevolving and possibly merging, and in which are they competing, merely mimicking one another, or pulling towards different ends? What sort of boundary work between the made and the born is involved in these processes? Each panel engages a different type of relationship between biology and technology that is addressed by the multiple perspectives of science, humanities, and the arts.
lectures list:
December 19 (Monday)
Origins
The Anthropocene: Mimicry and Beyond
Dana Zelig, Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design
Biology as Technology
Ehud Shapiro, Weizmann Institute of Science
Keynote:
Peter-Paul Verbeek, Twente University, The Netherlands
December 20 (Tuesday)
The Technologization of Biology
Noam Shomron, Tel Aviv University
Cyborg 1: Between Disability and Enhancement
Iddo Gruengard, multidisciplinary artist
Cyborg 2: Synergy in Virtual/Augmented Reality
Galit Wellner, The NB School of Design & Tel Aviv University
Back to the Future
Ehud Gazit, Tel Aviv University
