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ISE Course: Biotech,Ag, and Racism, 4-8 January
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Payal Parekh)
Sun Dec 9 12:04:06 2001
Date: Sun, 9 Dec 2001 12:03:13 -0500 (EST)
From: Payal Parekh <parekh@pimms.mit.edu>
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A friend of mine is co-teaching a course at the ISE and asked me to pass
on the following info.
WHAT: Workshop on Biotechnology, Agriculture, and Racism
WHEN: 4-8 January, 2002
WHERE: INSTITUTE FOR SOCIAL ECOLOGY, Plainfield, VT
COST: $400 with dormitory room. If you want credit, $760.
Deadline is 15. December. For more info, email at
biotech@social-ecology.org
DESC:
This four-day intensive study will provide participants with a deeper
understanding of the politics, science, and economics of
biotechnology, and the connections between biotechnology, racism, and
agriculture. The course will also offer a critical perspective on the
developing political opposition to biotechnology worldwide.
Three classes will be offered throughout the four-day course: The Science
and History of Biotechnology, Politics, Activism, and Biotechnology, and
Racism and Capitalism in Agriculture. Evening workshops will include a
two part series on Globalization and Invasive Species, and in-depth
sessions on farm policy and global biopiracy. Time will also be available
for participant-directed events.
For more information on the Institute for Social Ecology, goto
http://www.social-ecology.org/index.html
For more information on the workshop, goto
http://www.social-ecology.org/programs/winter/biotech.html
