CBCGDF Invited to Attend iGEM HP Webinar on Synthetic Sacred | UTC 12:00 pm, October 17

China Biodiversity Conservation and Green Development Foundation (CBCGDF) International Department, at the invitation of the iGEM HP Committee, will participate in the iGEM Human Practices Webinar: Synthetic Sacred, to be held at UTC 12:00 pm October 17, 2024.

The webinar invited Keith Williams and Michelle Braunstein and Lucy Rose Sollitt from Future Everything to explore the concept of "Synthetic Sacred" and its potential impact on synthetic biology. Keith and Michelle will present their research paper "Yuyi Xuansi: Indigenous Thought, New Materialism and Challenges to Synthetic Sacred". The webinar lasts 1.5 hours.

Registration:https://igem-org.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMpcuisqDwjGdJpo9qjgquB3jd2bzO2kFWU

It is widely acknowledged that the boundary between the human-made and natural worlds has increasingly blurred over the past centuries, and nowadays synthetic biology emerges as a cutting-edge frontier of creating human-made nature. Traditionally, the sacred has referred to the pristine state of nature or elements of human ritual in traditional society. But in the era of synthetic biology, how might the sacred evolve?

Lucy Rose Sollitt introduces the concept of the "Synthetic Sacred" to acknowledge the coexistence of synthetic and natural ecologies, providing a new perspective to reflect ourselves and explore. She advocates for using this concept as “a framework to guide and detoxify our synthetic creations, ensuring all ecologies flourish.”

Building on this idea, Keith Williams and Michelle Braunstein further incorporate Indigenous knowledge, postcolonial theory, and new materialism in their research, which critically examines the biological synthesis of psilocybin through yeast. They will present their recent work in this webinar, "We Dream You Up: Indigenous Thought, New Materialism, and Provocations to the Synthetic Sacred." This research poses critical questions: Does genetic engineering allow us to attend to, and align with, life’s rhythms and affective flows? Does genetic engineering—particularly of sacred plant and fungal medicines— support the flourishing of life? Does genetic engineering of sacred plant and fungal medicines contribute to the continuance of life and lifeways? While these questions remain open, their work offers nuanced provocations on the ethical and cultural dimensions of synthetic biology.

Join us for this thought-provoking webinar!

For background info: WHAT IS THE SYNTHETIC SACRED?

https://www.goethe.de/ins/gb/en/kul/zut/syn/wis.html

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