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

Growing Patterns 

 Biology as Technology

Ehud Shapiro, Weizmann Institute of Science