Biodiversity]]> The Anthropocene]]> Posthumanism]]>
We are now surrounded by the living products of our own ingenuity. Hybrid fish, transgenic corn, and Wolbachia mosquitoes. We tend to view such creatures with dread, thinking of them as unnatural hybrids that confuse boundaries and cross categories. But what if we found ways of loving our creations more? What if embracing these hybrids allowed us to find new ways of living with and in nature? New institutional, structural, and philosophical relationships to our genetically modified cousins might just help us survive in the Anthropocene.]]>
Hallam Stevens ]]> Video]]> Southeast Asia]]> North America]]>
Technology]]> Posthumanism]]>
2.00 – 2.15pm Introduction by Ute Meta Bauer, Founding Director, NTU CCA Singapore, and Professor, NTU ADM, and Laura Miotto, Associate Professor, NTU ADM

2.15 – 3.00pm Lecture: On Garages and Genes, or the rise and fall of the California ideology by Hallam Stevens, Associate Professor, School of Biological Sciences, NTU

Much of today’s biotech was created in the image of Silicon Valley. The first genetic engineers emerged in California in the 1970s and the industry continues to bear the imprint of its origins. But Silicon Valley’s attitude towards technology is coming under increasing pressure—the world is beginning to push back against “tech bros” and social media monopolies. What does this mean for bioscience? Could we perhaps find other ways of working with and manipulating biomatter and living things that move beyond the worlds of venture capital, startups, and IPOs? Could such models even provide clues for new ways of living with others in the Chthulucene?]]>
Ute Meta Bauer]]> Laura Miotto]]> Hallam Stevens]]> Video]]> Asia]]> North America]]>
Biodiversity]]> The Anthropocene]]> 5 Dec 2019, Thu 07:00 PM - 08:30 PM
The Single Screen, Block 43 Malan Road

We are now surrounded by the living products of our own ingenuity. Hybrid fish, transgenic corn, and Wolbachia mosquitoes. We tend to view such creatures with dread, thinking of them as unnatural hybrids that confuse boundaries and cross categories. But what if we found ways of loving our creations more? What if embracing these hybrids allowed us to find new ways of living with and in nature? New institutional, structural, and philosophical relationships to our genetically modified cousins might just help us survive in the Anthropocene.

A public programme of The Posthuman City.Climates.Habitats.Environments.]]>
Hallam Stevens]]> Southeast Asia]]>
Technology]]> Capitalism]]> 23 Nov 2019, Sat 02:00 PM - 07:00 PM
The Single Screen, Block 43 Malan Road

Much of today’s biotech was created in the image of Silicon Valley. The first genetic engineers emerged in California in the 1970s and the industry continues to bear the imprint of its origins. But Silicon Valley’s attitude towards technology is coming under increasing pressure—the world is beginning to push back against “tech bros” and social media monopolies. What does this mean for bioscience? Could we perhaps find other ways of working with and manipulating biomatter and living things that move beyond the worlds of venture capital, startups, and IPOs? Could such models even provide clues for new ways of living with others in the Chthulucene?

Part of Symposium: Techno-Optimism and Eco-Hacktivism]]>
Hallam Stevens]]> North America]]>
Technology]]> Coexistence]]> Posthumanism]]> Hallam Stevens]]> Oceania]]> Southeast Asia]]>