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<p>We went outside on the road to come in contact with people. We spread postcards with the topic synthetic biology and talked about the “fear of genes”.</p> | <p>We went outside on the road to come in contact with people. We spread postcards with the topic synthetic biology and talked about the “fear of genes”.</p> | ||
<p>Furthermore, we gave presentations at our university to inform the general public.</p> | <p>Furthermore, we gave presentations at our university to inform the general public.</p> | ||
− | <p>We also | + | <p>We also wanted to go back to school, to talk about Biotechnology as a field of studying - a topic which went way to short in our school time.</p> |
Revision as of 16:53, 17 October 2016
Human Practices
The Idea of Human Practice
Apart from developing and working on a scientific project in the lab, iGEM teams are encouraged to “look into the mirror” and to understand what others think about their project. This can range from thoughts about actual applications of the project to a general view on synthetic biology.
Our iGEM team tried to address the aspect of human practices by approaching it from both sides.