Fixed: The Science/Fiction of Human Enhancement

Date: 

Monday, February 10, 2020, 5:00pm

Location: 

Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University -- Knafel Center, 10 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA 02138

Film Screening and Panel Discussion on Gene Editing and Disability

Monday, February 10, 5 PM

Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University

Knafel Center, 10 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA 02138

 

From Botox to bionic limbs, the human body is more upgradable than ever. But how much can we alter and still be human? What do we gain or lose in the process?

 

The award-winning documentary Fixed: The Science/Fiction of Human Enhancement explores the social impact of human biotechnologies. Haunting and humorous, poignant and political, Fixed rethinks “disability” and “normalcy” by exploring technologies that promise to change our bodies and minds forever.

 

Join us for a discussion about the ethics of gene editing and disability.

 

To register, visit www.radcliffe.harvard.edu/event/2020-fixed-film-screening-and-discussion.

 

Speakers:

  • Lydia X. Z. Brown, disability justice advocate
  • Joseph A. Stramondo, San Diego State University
  • Michael Ashley Stein, Harvard Law School

 

This event is free. Registration is required. We welcome students (of all levels and institutions) to attend our events.