James King in conversation with Andrew Maynard on his risk project A World Of Surprises. Filmed Wednesday March 14 2012. More details at http://www.sph.umich.edu/riskcenter/unplugged/awos/index.htm
What if we have to accept a higher level of risk in order to benefit from technology? When the unexpected does happen, what will it look like and how will communities respond? How will we live well in a world that is increasingly complex and interconnected?
Speculative designer James King collaborates with scientists to design potential applications for their research, imagining the possible outcomes if technologies developed in the lab were adopted by people in their everyday lives. The results are objects, films and images intended to spark debate on the desirable and undesirable qualities of future technology.
This year, James is the Witt Artist in Residence at the University of Michigan School of Art and design, and has been working with public health, science and arts students to explore…
James King in conversation with Andrew Maynard on his risk project A World Of Surprises. Filmed Wednesday March 14 2012. More details at http://www.sph.umich.edu/riskcenter/unplugged/awos/index.htm
What if we have to accept a higher level of risk in order to benefit from technology? When the unexpected does happen, what will it look like and how will communities respond? How will we live well in a world that is increasingly complex and interconnected?
Speculative designer James King collaborates with scientists to design potential applications for their research, imagining the possible outcomes if technologies developed in the lab were adopted by people in their everyday lives. The results are objects, films and images intended to spark debate on the desirable and undesirable qualities of future technology.
This year, James is the Witt Artist in Residence at the University of Michigan School of Art and design, and has been working with public health, science and arts students to explore…
Why do intelligent people sometimes believe dumb things? Science communicator Craig Cormick talks with Di Bowman about the social values that govern much public perception of risk, and how they affect the decisions people make.
Dr. Craig Cormick is an Australian science communicator who has been working on public engagement with new technologies including as nanotechnologies and biotechnologies for over ten years. He is visiting the USA to talk on public engagement of science and technology at the conferences of the Society for Social Studies of Science, and the Society for the Study of NanoScience and Emerging Technologies.
Dr. Di Bowman is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Health Management & Policy, School of Public Health, at the University of Michigan and a visiting international scholar in the Faculty of Law, KU Leuven (Belgium). In addition to these roles Diana serves as a member on the Australian Government’s National Enabling Technologies Strategy Expert Forum. Diana’s…
On April 20, 2010 the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig experienced catastrophic failure, leading to the largest oil spill in marine history. Twelve months on, how is the spill affecting the health of workers and local residents, and what are the lessons that can be learned for the future? Join Andrew Maynard in conversation with David Uhlmann (Environmental Law and Policy Program, University of Michigan), Al Franzblau (Associate Dean for Research, University of Michigan School of Public Health), Margaret Kitt (NIOSH) and Richard Kwok (NIEHS) as they discuss the present and future human health implications of the Gulf oil spill.
Hosted by the University of Michigan Risk Science Center, Risk Science Unplugged engages leading experts in conversation on key issues at the intersection between risk and human health. Combining live discussion with on-line resources, the series presents a candid and informed exploration of contemporary issues in risk science. No PowerPoint, no script: just stimulating conversation.
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