Hi Bue!
Super question.
I would point you to IGEM, but there is a lot more out there in science communications and science technology studies.
Cheers
Brian
Project development
Human Practices is a key component in the development of an iGEM project where teams consider the many ways that their research can impact society. The work that they do in this varies in many ways; some teams will question how synthetic biology could change our view of life and science, others will have an active dialogue with their community in order to asses the needs of the world around them and to educate the public about synthetic biology. Some teams have ventured into policy making by creating proposals to help advance the science in their country. Students have also developed educational resources in their language to teach younger and older generations about science, engineering, and biology. The safety and security risks are assessed by all teams as a competition requirement. They must actively consider how their project will affect their environment and how it will affect public perception.
Human Practices topic areas
- Philosophy
- Public Engagement / Dialogue
- Education
- Product Design
- Scale-Up and Deployment Issues
- Environmental Impact
- Ethics
- Safety
- Security
- Law and Regulation
- Risk Assessment
On Mon, Nov 9, 2015 at 10:05 AM, Bue Thastum <buethastum@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi everyone--
I'm curious wether there are any people out there with social science or humanities, or other non-science backgrounds that have any experiences on being able to draw on that in contributing to DIY biology communities.
I'm currently starting to try and involve myself a bit in my local DIY biology community, partly as research for my sociology thesis, though also motivated by personal curiosity and excitement on learning more about various projects and practices. My background is mostly in sociology, mixed up with a bit of anthropology, misc. humanities stuff and some journalism and communications. I've had some amount of interest in social studies of science / STS stuff, but I've never had taken any actual university-level science classes.I recently started thinking about, in the case that I want to get more involved in DIY biology after finishing my thesis, whether there'd actually be any ways that I could use my background to contribute in interesting ways. So I'd love to hear about if there are any other people with backgrounds similar to mine, or just in some other ways have entered DIY biology without a STEM-background, that have managed to find ways to make their knowledge and skills useful and which experiences you have with that.Cheers,Bue
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