Academic Events
Science, Technology and Ethics
9:30-11:00 Panel I
SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIETY
Michael Herzfeld
Professor of Social Sciences, Harvard University
Anthropological approach to civic and civil consciousness – future perspectives
Constantinos Daskalakis
Assistant Professor, MIT
Economics, Engineering and Computation
11:00-11:30 Coffee Break
11:30-13:00 Panel II
PHILOSOPHY
Sean Kelly
Professor of Philosophy, Harvard University
Physis, Techne, and Bestand
Albert Borgmann
Professor of Philosophy, University of Montana
What is Technological Literacy? Techne and Stoicheia
13:00-14:00 Lunch reception
14:00-15:30 Panel III
ETHICS AND MEDICINE
George Khushf
Professor, Department of Philosophy
Director, Center for Bioethics University of South Carolina
Doctor, something isn’t right”: on the techne of transforming
a patient’s lack of ease into a disease
Joseph Brain
Professor, Harvard School of Public Health
Determinants of healthy aging
15:30-16:00 Coffee Break
16:00-17:30 Panel IV
SCIENCE, ART AND BIO-ART
Suzanne Anker
Visual Artist, Theorist, School of Visual Arts, NYC
Interweaving traditional and experimental media
John Durant
MIT Museum Director and Adjunct Professor in the Science,
Technology & Society Program
The role of informal media in facilitating public engagement with science and technology
17:30-18:30 Discussion
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