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SUMMARY:Gene editing for conservation: a desirable future? - Jasper Montan
 a (Department of Geography\, University of Cambridge)
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CONTACT:Ritika Kapur
DESCRIPTION:The potential to eradicate entire populations of invasive spec
 ies or confer disease immunity on endangered species might seem like the h
 oly grail for environmental managers. In fact\, given the capability\, it 
 may even be perceived as a moral duty for human kind. Advances in science 
 and technology through CRISPR-based gene-editing bring this future closer 
 to our reach\, yet beyond the materiality of laboratory experiments\, this
  future also involves the interplay of imagination and collective building
  that surrounds the process of publicly deliberating the role of science a
 nd technology in conservation and the human place in nature. This discussi
 on-based seminar introduces the concept of Sociotechnical Imaginaries\, de
 veloped by Sheila Jasanoff at the Harvard Kennedy School where I have rece
 ntly been a Visiting Research Fellow\, and invites a discussion of gene-ed
 iting within a Science and Technology Studies and Political Ecology framew
 ork as a technology for shaping conservation futures.
LOCATION:Seminar Room
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