Hybrid natures: an object, a body and a landscape

Nature and technology are closely related with scientific activity. Furthermore, they are easily identifiable in the collective imaginary, and very often, we tend to think of them as opposites – the former associated with the "wild", "non-human" environment, and the latter linked with the products of human ingenuity, with "culture". However, if we take a good look at our environment, we might realise that the demarcation line is not always clear and distinct. This series of dialogues aims to focus, specifically, on three examples in which nature and technology are subtly mixed, and the way in which this grants them a kind of "hybrid" nature.This series of dialogues aims to discuss three "products" of scientific research: a transgenic product (object), a robotic exoskeleton (body) and Fukushima (landscape), a small sample of examples where, either intentionally or by accident, their organic composition has merged with elements of technological origin. By examining these "hybrid natures", the dialogues will be exploring the areas where the natural-artificial duality becomes blurred. To that end, the series features a range of speakers who, from their scientific speciality or cultural sphere, aim to give a particular view of the object, the body or the landscape.
This series of dialogues is one of the results of the workshop “Co-creating a scientific exhibition with the public", by the TalentLab project (CSIC, 2013).
 

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Cycle: Hybrid natures: an object, a body and a landscape

Organized by: the CSIC Delegation in Catalonia, in collaboration with La Mandarina de Newton. It is funded by the Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology (FECYT) of Spain's Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness