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| - | When new technologies are presented to society, the reaction of the public is hard to predict. In the case of synthetic biology numerous questions raises about biosafety and biosecurity. Also issues like pattenting in contrast to open-source models are a topic of debate.
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| - | During our iGEM project we tried to analyze, assess and improve the relationship between society and synthetic biology. By doing so, our team hopes to improve the way in which synthetic biology meets the expectations and needs of society.
| + | ===Synthetic Biology is for the whole world=== |
| | + | When new technologies are presented to society, the reaction of the public is hard to predict. This is because Synthetic biology raises questions about safety, security and ethics. We tried to tried to analyze the perception, assess the awareness and improve the eductation of the general public about synthetic biology. In order to reach all stakeholders in a organized way, we came up with an approach for our human practice, the EPAC pyramid. |
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| - | To accomplish this goal we chose an holistic approach to Human Practice. Our approach implies various ways to equip sociaty with the right information in order to make sure that one is able to form a proper opinion. This way one can contribute to the public debate.
| + | Read more about [[Team:TU_Delft/EPAC|EPAC pyramid]] |
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| - | To grasp the muliple aspects of this holistic approach, we come up with a model that provides us the right guide lines to organize our human practise activities - The EPAC Pyramid was created.
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| | + | Synthetic biology is hard to grasp for many people. Convinced of the fact that we can communicate synthetic biology in a way that it is understandable for everyone, we set up an education program. We did not only focus on students, or adults, but tried to educate people of all ages with different backgrounds. To reach a broad spectrum of people we organized our education activities in the Science museums [[Team:TU_Delft/Education/nemo|NEMO]] and [[Team:TU_Delft/Education/science-museum|Science Centre Delft]]. |
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| | + | We wanted to adjust our educational program to the knowledge of both the general public and the experts. Through [[Team:TU_Delft/Safety/survey|interviews]] and a [[Team:TU_Delft/Safety/ethics|literature study]], we tried to get a clear picture of the perceptions that live among society. In addition, we organized several [[Team:TU_Delft/Education/Workshop_on_synthetic_biology|discussions fora]] in collaboration with the Rathenau Institute. In the dialogues we used distinct propositions to trigger the audience to think about future prospects of synthetic biology applications and ethics. |
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| - | We started to investigate the current '''perception'''. First we considered the influence of our work on the general public by conducting a literature research on the [[Team:TU_Delft/Safety/ethics|ethics of synthetic biology]]. We also thought about pressing issues such as [[Team:TU_Delft/Safety/society/who-owns-you|DNA patenting]], and what kind of influence this has on the development of the field of synthetic biology. In addition we analyzed the opinion of the general public by [[/Team:TU_Delft#page=Safety/survey|interviewing people]] about this new technology. To finish it we interviewed the science communicator of the Biotechnolgy department of the TU Delft. This field is located in frontier zone between the scientist and society. She explained us what the University is doing to inform the general public about the research developments.
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| - | One of the main reasons why people are averse of new technologies is ignorance. We tried to fill in this lack of information by generating '''awareness'''. Our goal here is to show that science is interesting and fun, and that synthetic biology is not scarry but promising for future prospects. Besides the [http://www.delta.tudelft.nl/nl/archief/artikel/green-solution-for-oil-spills/21312 scientific community], we also reached the general public by our appearance in the [[Team:TU_Delft/Publicity/in-the-news|national news]] and [[Media:TU Delft Volkskrant night of the nerds 20101011.pdf|national newspaper]].
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| - | To keep the society up-to-date it is not enough to create awareness, for a long term effect on society it is important to '''educate''' people. On our [[Team:TU_Delft#page=Education|Education page]] you can read a report on our contribution to teaching biotechnology. We worked together with the [http://www.rathenau.nl/en.html Rathenau Institute] (Dutch national research and debate institute on science and technology) in organizing workshops for high school teachers and in science interested people. We collaborated with the [[Team:TU_Delft/Education/science-museum|Science Centre Delft]], a science museum for children, to establish a biotechnology room in which shows what biotechnology is all about. We also collaborated with students from computer sciences in order to develop a [[Team:TU_Delft/Education/science-museum|serious game]] about synthetic biology. By participating in the [[Team:TU_Delft/Education/nanopodium|Nanovideohunt competition]] we helped to teach young people about science on the small scale by showing them what we did with synthetic biology. On top of this all we visted the biggest [[Team:TU_Delft/Education/nemo|nerd-event]] in the Netherlands, Night of the Nerds @ NEMO (Amsterdam's science museum), because real geeks need to know all about synthetic biology!
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| | + | Before one can form a opinion about anything, one should first reach a certain level of awareness. To put synthetic biology in the spotlights, we sought ways to stand out in the media. We started to promote our project by the social media like [http://www.facebook.com/pages/TU-Delft-iGEM-team/112242102125963 facebook] and [http://twitter.com/igemtudelft2010 twitter]. Soon followed by interviews on the [[Team:TU_Delft/Publicity/in-the-news|national news broadcasts]], [[Media:TU Delft Volkskrant night of the nerds 20101011.pdf|national newspaper]] and project promotion in an [[Team:TU_Delft/Education/nanopodium|Internet competition]] to spread our information into the world. |
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| - | No iGEM Team can work on its own. To achieve all these activity in human practice we '''collaborated''' with many [[Team:TU_Delft#page=Collaboration/acknowledgements|people and organizations]].
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When new technologies are presented to society, the reaction of the public is hard to predict. This is because Synthetic biology raises questions about safety, security and ethics. We tried to tried to analyze the perception, assess the awareness and improve the eductation of the general public about synthetic biology. In order to reach all stakeholders in a organized way, we came up with an approach for our human practice, the EPAC pyramid.
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