Jean Goodwin – What is “Denialism”? | GES Colloquium
Poe 202 (North Campus) 2310 Katharine Stinson Dr., Raleigh, NC, United StatesWhat drives polarization on contested issues like GMOs? We'll discuss one potentially surprising factor.
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Panel: Cinematic Narratives and the Construction of Science’s Public Image | GES Colloquium
Drawing on perspectives from rhetorical criticism and media studies, Drs. Leah Ceccarelli and David Kirby discuss the role of popular science-fiction films in shaping public perception of scientists and emerging biotechnologies.
Panel: Edible South -The Cultural Politics of Food and Cuisine | GES Colloquium
Poe 202 (North Campus) 2310 Katharine Stinson Dr., Raleigh, NC, United StatesAgBioFEWS Cohort 3 Organized Guest Panel with Drs. Marcie Cohen Ferris, Interim Director, Center for the Study of the American South at UNC-Chapel Hill and Michaela DeSoucey, Associate Professor of Sociology at NC State.
Special guest Tanja Strive, CSIRO – Prospects for genetic biocontrol of vertebrate pests in Australia
1214 Jordan Hall Addition 2720 Faucette Drive, Raleigh, NC, United StatesSpecial guest Tanja Strive of CSIRO in Canberra, Australia, joins us to discuss “Biological control of rabbits in Australia – 70 years of landscape-scale management of a vertebrate pest." Hosted by the STS and GBIRd programs, Thursday 12/8 at 3 PM in Jordan Addition 1214 seminar room.
GES Write-In (Zoom)
This semester, the GES Write-In will be held on Zoom. Join us Tuesday mornings for all or part of our 10-11:30 session. We'll say 'hi' then settle in for quiet work on our respective projects. Join us from wherever is comfortable for you!
Welcome Back Lunch | GES Colloquium, Spring 2023 – In-person, no Zoom
1911 Building, Room 129 (North Campus) 10 Current Dr., Raleigh, NC, United StatesIn-person, no Zoom this week. Happy new year! Our first class will be held in the 1911 Building, room 129 and lunch will be served! Come join us to catch up on one another's research and to hear about the Colloquium's new format and speaker list for Spring 2023.
GES Write-In (Zoom)
This semester, the GES Write-In will be held on Zoom. Join us Tuesday mornings for all or part of our 10-11:30 session. We'll say 'hi' then settle in for quiet work on our respective projects. Join us from wherever is comfortable for you!
Has the UN Biodiversity Convention been a force for ‘good’ or ‘evil’ in how biotech crops are regulated globally? | GES Colloquium
AgBioFEWS Fellows Asa Budnick, Nick Loschin, Joseph Opoku Gakpo and Modesta Abugu will share their observations on and interrogate practices at the UN Biodiversity Conference (COP15) in Montreal, Canada that eventually lead to global decisions on the governance of biotech crops.
GES Write-In (Zoom)
This semester, the GES Write-In will be held on Zoom. Join us Tuesday mornings for all or part of our 10-11:30 session. We'll say 'hi' then settle in for quiet work on our respective projects. Join us from wherever is comfortable for you!
Sebastián Zarate and Jill Furgurson – 4S 2022 Cholula: Reunion, recuperation, reconfiguration | GES Colloquium
The 2022 Annual 4S conference brought together researchers and practitioners to explore science, technology and innovation across different cultural, economic and social settings.
GES Write-In (Zoom)
This semester, the GES Write-In will be held on Zoom. Join us Tuesday mornings for all or part of our 10-11:30 session. We'll say 'hi' then settle in for quiet work on our respective projects. Join us from wherever is comfortable for you!
Karen Maschke – Nonhuman Animals Containing Human Cells: Ethics and Oversight | GES Colloquium, Spring 2023
This presentation focuses on ethical and oversight issues as they relate to the insertion of human cells into nonhuman animals, e.g., “chimeric research.”