Science Café: Genetic Futures

Futurology Film & Events Programme

Futurology is the cultural investigation into how representations of the future affect the present. At Arnolfini it is presented as a research and exhibitions programme investigating envisionings of the future, looking at the role of architecture and the infrastructure of the built environment within this.

The Futurology exhibition programme, starts with The Good Life and continues with Tommy Støckel and Sequelism later in 2009.

www.futurologyprogramme.org

The Science Café is relaxed and informal, giving everyone the chance to hear about and comment on current science related issues in the context of the Futurology season.

Ainsley Newson, senior lecturer in Biomedical Ethics at the University of Bristol leads the discussion. Ainsley spends her time unpicking the social and moral issues of developments in genetic technologies. With DNA sequencing and genetic testing technologies advancing all the time, the reality of a 'personal genomic profile' for any one of us is just around the corner.

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