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<p>iGEM teams are leading in the area of Human Practices because they conduct their projects within a social/environmental context, to better understand issues that might influence the design and use of their technologies.</p>
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<p>Teams work with students and advisors from the humanities and social sciences to explore topics concerning ethical, legal, social, economic, safety or security issues related to their work. Consideration of these Human Practices is crucial for building safe and sustainable projects that serve the public interest. </p>
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<p>For more information, please see the <a href="https://2016.igem.org/Human_Practices">Human Practices Hub</a>.</p>
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<p>You must fill out this page in order to be considered for all <a href="https://2016.igem.org/Judging/Awards">awards</a> for Human Practices:</p>
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<li>Human Practices silver medal criterion</li>
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<h5>Some Human Practices topic areas </h5>
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<p class="text">As the field of synthetic biology rapidly progresses, so does the awareness of its use. Human practices brings up aspects of the project that are of great importance when planning a project within this field. Topics such as ethics, society, outreach and preparing the next generation of researchers are considered when working with this part of an iGEM project.</p>
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<p>On this page, you should write about the Human Practices topics you considered in your project, and document any special activities you did (such as visiting experts, talking to lawmakers, or doing public engagement).</p>
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<p class="text">In our project, the aim was to integrate human practices into the planning phase of the project as well as during its execution. We decided to focus on the ethical and sustainability parts of our biosynthesis project. Considering the effects a large scale implementation would have on the environment as well as human life was a major part of this effort.</p>
  
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<p class="text">We also decided to go further in the effort on predicting the future consequences that synthetic biology can have on our world. This was achieved by implementing speculative design into this part of the project. To help promote creative thinking we therefore wrote several short stories portraying future situations that describe how future life might be affected by synthetic biology. The stories are intentionally fictional to remove the constraints one otherwise commonly puts on one's creativity to come up with realistic outcomes. As history has proven, what might be considered realistic often falls far short on what is possible when it comes to technological advancement. With the vast potential that the field of synthetic biology holds, we believe this is certainly the case once again
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<li><a href="https://2014.igem.org/Team:Dundee/policypractice/experts">2014 Dundee </a></li>
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<li><a href="https://2014.igem.org/Team:UC_Davis/Policy_Practices_Overview">2014 UC Davis </a></li>
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<li><a href="https://2013.igem.org/Team:Manchester/HumanPractices">2013 Manchester </a></li>
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Revision as of 12:02, 15 October 2016

Chalmers Gothenburg iGEM 2016

HUMAN PRACTICES

As the field of synthetic biology rapidly progresses, so does the awareness of its use. Human practices brings up aspects of the project that are of great importance when planning a project within this field. Topics such as ethics, society, outreach and preparing the next generation of researchers are considered when working with this part of an iGEM project.

In our project, the aim was to integrate human practices into the planning phase of the project as well as during its execution. We decided to focus on the ethical and sustainability parts of our biosynthesis project. Considering the effects a large scale implementation would have on the environment as well as human life was a major part of this effort.

We also decided to go further in the effort on predicting the future consequences that synthetic biology can have on our world. This was achieved by implementing speculative design into this part of the project. To help promote creative thinking we therefore wrote several short stories portraying future situations that describe how future life might be affected by synthetic biology. The stories are intentionally fictional to remove the constraints one otherwise commonly puts on one's creativity to come up with realistic outcomes. As history has proven, what might be considered realistic often falls far short on what is possible when it comes to technological advancement. With the vast potential that the field of synthetic biology holds, we believe this is certainly the case once again