Herschept - Aflevering #2  Tekenen van Leven (English subtitles)
Channel: RathenauInstituut
Date: 2021-11-09

For a period of ten years, researchers in the Netherlands are trying to build a synthetic cell in the hope of discovering 'how life works'. Biotechnology is about improving existing life forms. Whereas the creation of a synthetic cell is about creating new life forms. It is the joint goal of designer Mies Loogman and the Rathenau Institute to make the complexity of the synthetic cell tangible to discuss this subject. Moreover, we would like to talk about it not merely with scientists and experts, but also with you. Since the synthetic cell involves important questions. These include questions about our existence, the way we live with each other, and the role of technology in our lives. In addition, it addresses our ideas on what life entails and our vision of the future. 
 
In the podcast ‘Herschept’, designer Mies Loogman investigates how humans recreate life by developing a synthetic cell. She visits the lab, attends expert meetings and investigates the topic thoroughly. By doing so, she tries to understand the social and political structures and mechanisms that revolve around the synthetic cell. Her extensive exploration enables her to construct the story behind this new technology, to make it tangible and stimulate discussion about it.

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