Events

This two-day international workshop will be the final event of the project “ASIAN BIOPOLEIS: Biotechnology and Biomedicine as Emergent Forms of Life and Practice” (www.asianbiopoleis.com), a three-year research initiative funded by the Ministry of Education and the Humanities and Social Science Research Fund of NUS. This workshop will be held in conjunction with “Knowing, Making, and Governing: Asia Pacific Science Technology and Society Network (APSTSN) — Biennial Conference 2013”, organized by the STS Research Cluster of the Asia Research Institute (ARI), and Tembusu College, both at the National University of Singapore (NUS). The workshop and APSTSN conference will be held on 15-17 July, 2013, at University Town, NUS. Please visit the conference website at www.apstsn2013.com for more information.

The Asian Biopoleis project mobilizes an interdisciplinary team of academics and distinguished overseas collaborators around the social, historical and cultural aspects of biotechnology in Singapore, Asia, and globally. This project involves three tracks of work:

1. The context of biotech/science/medicine in Asia – developing a rich picture of its origins, existing networks, and key policies and threats;
2. The products, key objects and media, environment and work relating to Asian biotech/science/medical labs, institutes, and policy-making centers;
3. The politics, ethics, and implications of biotech/science/medicine for future life – particularly urban life – in Asia

This workshop will report research done during the third and final year of the grant-funded project and serve as a forum for developing future projects and collaborations. Most or all workshop papers will be published in special issues of one or more prominent journals, or as an edited volume.

CONTACT DETAILS

Organising Committee

Assoc Prof Gregory Clancey
E| hisgkc@nus.edu.sg
Asia Research Institute and Department of History, National University of Singapore

Dr Haidan Chen
E| arich@nus.edu.sg
Asia Research Institute and Tembusu College, National University of Singapore

Mr Shamraz Anver
E| arimsa@nus.edu.sg
Asia Research Institute and Tembusu College, National University of Singapore