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SUMMARY:The Mendelian Gene Goes Global (Domestication Practices across His
 tory) - Speaker to be confirmed
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CONTACT:Samantha Peel
DESCRIPTION:The Domestication Practices across History reading group was s
 et up in order to investigate the deep history and global spread of what m
 ight be termed ‘domestication practices’: the creation or breeding of 
 new varieties of plants and animals. The goal of this group is to consider
  how different domestication practices have come about and spread – or f
 ailed to spread – across the globe. We will begin with the domestication
  of crop plants in the Neolithic\, before moving chronologically all the w
 ay to twentieth-century histories of genetic modification. Throughout our 
 long journey through history we will explore several different bio-techniq
 ues or technologies\, from acclimatisation to hybridisation\, Mendelian th
 eory to mutation breeding.\n\nWhat role have theories of heredity played i
 n the development and uptake of these practices? How did advocates of thes
 e practices succeed or fail in convincing others to adopt them? By conside
 ring these and other questions\, we shall engage with the use of domestica
 tion practices as objects of historical study\, including their promise an
 d limitations. Readings will consist of book chapters and articles on the 
 history of plant and animal domestication\, breeding\, agriculture and bio
 technology.\n\nThis reading group is convened by Matt Holmes. If you have 
 any queries about the events or reading\, please don’t hesitate to email
 . You can find details of this event here: www.crassh.cam.ac.uk/events/285
 95\n\nLent Term - 3 February 2020:\n\nGarland E Allen\, ‘Origins of the 
 Classical Gene Concept\, 1900–1950: Genetics\, Mechanistic\, Philosophy\
 , and the Capitalization of Agriculture’\, Perspectives in Biology and M
 edicine 57\, 1 (2014): pp. 8-39.\n\nChristophe Bonneuil\, ‘”Seeing Nat
 ure as a ‘Universal Store of Genes”: How Biological Diversity became 
 “Genetic Resources”\, 1890–1940’\, Studies in History and Philosop
 hy of Biology and Biomedical Sciences 75 (2019): pp. 1-14. \n\ngloknos is 
 initially funded for 5 years by the European Research Council through a Co
 nsolidator Grant awarded to Dr Inanna Hamati-Ataya for her project ARTEFAC
 T (2017-2022). ARTEFACT is funded by the European Research Council under t
 he European Union’s Horizon 2020 Framework Programme for Research and In
 novation (ERC grant agreement no. 724451). For information about gloknos o
 r ARTEFACT please contact the administrator in the first instance.
LOCATION:CRASSH Meeting Room\, Alison Richard Building\, 7 West Road\, Cam
 bridge\, CB3 9DT
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