Farmed meat: solution problems meat?
Description
The idea of cultured meat is to grow muscle tissue (meat) from animal stem cells using tissue culture techniques, without involving whole animals. For now, cultured meat is still under research, but long before it reaches the market it is already causing a lot of social reactions, both positive and negative. Under what conditions and in what form cultured meat would be most attractive is still open; ideas range from as ordinary a hamburger as possible to very unusual new products. What is also striking about the discussion is that conversations about cultured meat are always also about "ordinary" meat, with many ambivalences surfacing
Speaker(s)
Cor van der Weele studied biology and philosophy and obtained her PhD in the philosophy of biology. Her research always straddles the boundaries of biology and philosophy. She works at Wageningen University, where she is associate professor of humanistic philosophy
Location
Utrecht
Organiser
Philosophy & Technology
Name and contact details for information
Further information from drs.ing. Henk Uijttenhout (vz), tel: 070 - 3875293 / 06 - 26715554 or via the e-mail address below