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SUMMARY:Cloning and film: fictional vectors of factual imaginaries - Kate 
 O'Riordan (University of Sussex)
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CONTACT:Francis Neary
DESCRIPTION:This paper demonstrates the ways in which film operates as a v
 ector for a factual imaginary in relation to cloning. Drawing on three fil
 ms\, _The \nBoys From Brazil_ (1978)\, _Jurassic Park_ (1997)\, and _Godse
 nd_ (2004)\, the paper outlines some of the dynamics of this over the latt
 er half of the 20th century by examining dimensions of production\, circul
 ation and consumption.\n\nThe paper\, in relation to debates about public 
 engagement with science\, illustrates the point that fiction can be unders
 tood as a contribution to knowing about science. It further suggests that 
 the visual dimension of film\, as well as the scope of circulation\, contr
 ibutes to the way recent history is understood. Finally\, the paper sugges
 ts that film's \nrelationship to the sciences in general\, and a cloning i
 maginary in particular\, has shifted since the late-twentieth century and 
 the paper concludes by offering an interpretation of this in relation to \
 ncontemporary biopolitics.\n\nThis seminar links to the series of six film
 s on reproduction that begins at the Arts Picturehouse\, Cambridge\, on 7 
 March: http://www.hps.cam.ac.uk/medicine/film.html
LOCATION:Seminar Room 1\, Department of History and Philosophy of Science
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