On October 15 and 16, 2007 in Toronto, leaders in broadcasting, journalism, and museology joined scientists and scholars from the social sciences and humanities engaged in the study of science and technology for an interdisciplinary workshop, titled Trust In Science.
The recent discovery of mirror neurons, which fire in a macaque monkey when the monkey either observes or performs a given movement, has ushered in a resurgence of interest in the meanings and mechanisms of empathy. The purported role of these neurons in empathic responses in monkeys and humans has led to an array of neuroscientific studies of cognition and autism.
THE MAKERS’ UNIVERSE
Where we've been and Where we're Going (An Interdisciplinary Workshop).
University of Toronto
Review by M. Cournoyea HERE
Dalhousie University (Technoscience and Regulation Research Unit)
Organizer: Janice Graham, TRRU, Dalhousie University; Mavis Jones, Dalhousie University
Workshop information here
Final report avail. upon request.
Thank you for a great workshop!