{"545681":{"#nid":"545681","#data":{"type":"event","title":"Nano@Tech: Religious Reactions to Nanotechnology","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp align=\u0022center\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u0026nbsp;Professor Chris Toumey, Center for Environmental Nanoscience \u0026amp; Risk, Dept. of Environmental Health \u003Cbr \/\u003ESciences, School of Public Health, University of South Carolina\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbstract:\u003C\/strong\u003E There is good reason to believe that nonscientists\u0027 views of nanotechnology will be strongly influenced by religious beliefs, and not by public knowledge of the relevant science.\u0026nbsp; If so, it is worth knowing which forms of religious thought will shape public views of nanotech, and what this means for nanotech.\u0026nbsp; This talk presents the\u0026nbsp;reasons why religious beliefs will be influential that way, and then gives seven examples of religious thought about nanotech.\u0026nbsp; The principal themes in religious reactions to nanotechnology are identified, so that we may anticipate the general outlines of nonscientists\u0027 views of nanotech.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EBio:\u003C\/strong\u003E Chris Toumey is a cultural anthropologist (Ph.D. from UNC - Chapel Hill) who works in the anthropology of science. Since 2003 he has been involved in societal and cultural issues in nanotechnology.\u0026nbsp; His interests there include these: public engagement with nanotech; religious reactions to nanotech; issues in the history of nanotech; and epistemological issues of technology and aesthetics in producing and interpreting micrographs of nanoscale objects (e.g., atoms, molecules and atomic surfaces).\u0026nbsp; He is the author of more than eighty publications on nanotechnology, including his humanistic commentaries that appear four times a year in the journal \u003Cem\u003ENature Nanotechnology\u003C\/em\u003E, where he aspires to show scientists and engineers that the humanities and social sciences can contribute to our understandings of nanotechnology.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Nano@Tech will feature Professor Chris Toumey, Center for Environmental Nanoscience \u0026 Risk, Dept. of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of South Carolina"}],"uid":"27863","created_gmt":"2016-06-17 11:13:53","changed_gmt":"2017-04-13 21:15:34","author":"Christa Ernst","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2016-09-27T13:00:00-04:00","event_time_end":"2016-09-27T14:00:00-04:00","event_time_end_last":"2016-09-27T14:00:00-04:00","gmt_time_start":"2016-09-27 17:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2016-09-27 18:00:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2016-09-27 18:00:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":["free_food"],"hg_media":{"557471":{"id":"557471","type":"image","title":"Chris Toumey","body":null,"created":"1470074348","gmt_created":"2016-08-01 17:59:08","changed":"1475895358","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:55:58","alt":"Chris Toumey","file":{"fid":"218231","name":"toumey.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/toumey.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/toumey.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":45700,"path_740":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/toumey.jpg?itok=wGhQR5W4"}}},"media_ids":["557471"],"groups":[{"id":"1271","name":"NanoTECH"},{"id":"197261","name":"Institute for Electronics and Nanotechnology"},{"id":"198081","name":"Georgia Electronic Design Center (GEDC)"},{"id":"213771","name":"The Center for MEMS and Microsystems Technologies"},{"id":"213791","name":"3D Systems Packaging Research Center"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"516","name":"engineering"},{"id":"1496","name":"Ethics"},{"id":"7392","name":"microscopy"},{"id":"4315","name":"nano@tech"},{"id":"107","name":"Nanotechnology"},{"id":"626","name":"public policy"},{"id":"3149","name":"religion"},{"id":"168651","name":"science communication"},{"id":"166968","name":"the Institute for Electronics and Nanotechnology"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1795","name":"Seminar\/Lecture\/Colloquium"}],"invited_audience":[{"id":"78751","name":"Undergraduate students"},{"id":"78761","name":"Faculty\/Staff"},{"id":"78771","name":"Public"},{"id":"174045","name":"Graduate students"}],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:david.gottfrien@ien.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Edavid.gottfrien@ien.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}