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Emerging biotech and the border between the given and the made

The Gesellschaft für Technikgeschichte (GTG) will hold its next annual meeting at the University of Salzburg, 23 – 25 May 2008. The theme is “Wo steht die Technikgeschichte? Chancen und Herausforderungen zu Beginn des 21. Jahrhunderts”. Among the questions the organisers ask are to what extent emerging biotechnologies are questioning the traditional borders between the given and […]

The Gesellschaft für Technikgeschichte (GTG) will hold its next annual meeting at the University of Salzburg, 23 – 25 May 2008. The theme is “Wo steht die Technikgeschichte? Chancen und Herausforderungen zu Beginn des 21. Jahrhunderts”. Among the questions the organisers ask are to what extent emerging biotechnologies are questioning the traditional borders between the given and the made? Dead-line for abstracts are due 30 September (they don’t say if they accept contributions in English). Much more info here: http://hsozkult.geschichte.hu-berlin.de/termine/id=7691