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Genes, on the front page

On Thursday, July 1 at 19:30, in the sala Verdageur of the Ateneu Barcelonés (C / Canuda, 6), Matiana González Silva (CEHIC) will give the conference “Els gens, a la portada” (“Genes on the front cover") as part of the conferences series “Goodbye to the all-powerful genes.” The speaker will describe the history of genetics in the imagery projected by the media, from the point of view of a journalist and historian of science.

30 june 2010

During the 1990s, newspapers headlines abounded with talk of the “homosexuality gene,” “the gene of the dictators” or “the genome project that will cure all diseases.” During the last decade, however, this rhetoric has changed. González also explore how the original crush of media was motivated by a very simplified view of genetics, relating them to the political and ideological contexts of the last century, and make a tour of the main discussions that took place in the public sphere about genetics over recent years.

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