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April 08:
FACT Fellowship, Liverpool
Over the last two months I've become involved with the HF programme at FACT and this week was made a Fellow. The main task over the next few months is to Edit their book for the Human Futures programe with its Director and CEO Mike Stubbs and Programme Director Laura Sillars. It'll be a busier few months ahead than I had anticipated!
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Miah, A. (2008) Letter to Utopia: A Reply to Bostrom, Studies in Ethics, Law and Technology, 1(2), in press
Miah, A. (2008) Engineering Greater Resilience or Radical Transhuman Enhancement, Studies in Ethics, Law and Technology, 1(2), in press.
Miah, A. (2007) Genetic Selection for Enhanced Health Characteristics, Journal of International Biotechnology Law, 4(6), in press
Miah, A. (2007) Genetics, Bioethics & Sport, Sport, Ethics and Philosophy, 1(2), 146-158
Kayser, B., A. Mauron, et al. (2007). "Current Anti-Doping: A Critical Appraisal." BMC Medical Ethics 8(2): doi:10.1186/1472-6939-8-2
Miah, A. (2006) Rethinking Enhancement in Sport, In Bainbridge, W.S. & Roco, M.C. 'Progress in Convergence: Technologies for Human Wellbeing.' Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, Vol.1093, pp.301-320.
Miah, A. & Rich, E. (2006) Genetic Tests for Ability?: Talent Identification and the Value of an Open Future, Sport, Education and Society, 11(3), pp.259-273.
Miah, A. (2006) Cyberspace,
Genetics & Bioethics: Why Not a Public Engagement with
Ethics (pre-publication draft) Public Understanding
of Science, 14(4), 409-421.
Miah, A. (2005, Dec) Viewpoint: Legalization of Drugs in Sport,The Lancet, vol.366, S21.
Miah, A. (2005,
Sept 10) Doping & the Child: Ethics for the Most Vulnerable The Lancet, vol.366, 874-876.
Miah, A. (2005) From Anti-Doping
to a Performance Policy: Sport Technology, Being Human & Doing Ethics, European Journal of Sport Science, 5(1):
51-57.
The Public
Autopsy: Somewhere between Art, Education, and Entertainment (2004)
Journal of Medical Ethics, 30:Dec, 576-579
Be
Very Afraid: Cyborg Athletes, Transhuman Ideals & Posthumanity (2003) Journal of Evolution & Technology, 13(2)
(e)text:
Error…404 Not Found!, or the Disappearance of History (2003)
Culture Machine: The E-Issue, 5,
Genetic
Modification (GM) in Sport: Legal Implications, Contemporary
Issues in Law, Vol.6(3), pp.207-226.
Dead
Bodies for the Masses: The British Public Autopsy & the Aftermath (2003) CTHEORY: International Journal of Theory, Technology & Culture,
Event-Scene, E119
Is bigger
better?: A response to the international tennis federation’s
‘bigger balls’ proposal (2002), International Sports Studies,
24(2), pp.19-32.
Governance,
Harmonisation & Genetics: The World Anti-Doping Agency and
its European Connections,
(2003) European Sports Management Quarterly, 2(4), 350-369.
The
Truth About Olympic Truce: Rights, Responsibilities & the
Impossibility of Being Global & Apolitical (2002, with
B. Garcia)
Human Rights Tribune, vol.9, No.1.
Bioethics,
Sport & the Genetically Enhanced Athlete (2002)
Journal of Medical Ethics & Bioethics, 9(3-4), 2-6.
Immersion
and Abstraction in Virtual Sport (2002) Research in Philosophy
and Technology, Vol.21, 225-233.
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Miah, A. Garcia, B. & Zhihui, T. (2008) We Are the Media: Alternative Voices and Non-Accredited Media at the Olympic Games. In Dayan, D. & Price, M. Narrative and Counter Narrative in the Beijing Olympics: Hearts, Minds and the Projection of Modern China. University of Michigan Press.
Miah, A. (2008) Justifying Human Enhancement: The Accumulation of Biocultural Capital. In: Ethical Futures. Royal Society for the encouragement of the Arts, London.
Miah, A. (2008) Section Introduction: Ethical Considerations of Human Performance Optimisation. In Taylor, N.A.S., Groeller, H. & McLennan, P.L. ‘Physiological Bases of Human Performance During Work and Exercise, Elsevier.
Miah, A. & Garcia, B. (2007) Non-Accredited Media, Olympic Games and the Host City. in Sport & Media. [translated into Chinese-Mandarin].
Miah, A. (2008) The Ethics of Memory Modification in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. In Shapshay, S. (Ed) Bioethics and Film, Johns Hopkins University Press.
Miah, A. (expected, 2007) A Deep Blue Grasshopper: Playing Games with Artificial Intelligence. For Hale Benjamin. Philosophy and Chess, in press (2006)
Therapeutische ingrepen, niet-therapeutische ingrepen en prestatieverbetering,
in Hilvoorde, I. van & Pasveer, B. (eds.). Beter dan Goed.
Over genetica en de toekomst van topsport. Diemen: Veen Magazines, pp.138-149
[Dutch, link to English Version: 'Therapy, Non-Therapy & Enhancement'].
Gene Doping:
The Shape of Things to Come (2005) In Tamburrini, C.M. and Tannsjo, T. (Eds.) Genetic Technology and Sport: Ethical Questions. London and
New York: Routledge, pp.42-53.
Gene-Doping:
Sport, Values & Bioethics (2003). In Glasa, J. (Ed.)
The Ethics of Human Genetics. Strasburg, Council of Europe,
pp.171-180.
Patenting
Human DNA (2003)
In B. Almond and M. Parker (Eds)
Ethical Issues in the New Genetics: Are genes us?, Aldershot,
Ashgate, pp.111-117.
…/cybersex/
no_gender/
no_sexuality/
no_body.html (2002) In S. LaFont (Ed.) Constructing Sexualities: Readings in Sexuality, Gender, and
Culture, New York, Prentice Hall, pp.362-370.Simulating
Sport In Virtual Arenas (2001) Proceedings of the 11th Association of Sports Information
World Congress, Sports Information In The 3rd Millennium. Lausanne, Olympic
Museum
The
Olympic Games and the Cyborg-Athlete: Any Room for Improvement? (2001)
Proceedings of the 8th International Post-Graduate Seminar
on Olympic Studies, International Olympic Academy, Athens,
pp.264-277.
“New
Balls Please”: Tennis, Technology, and the Changing
Game (2000)
In S. Haake and A.O. Coe (Eds) Tennis, Science, and Technology.
London: Blackwell Science, pp.285-292.
The Human Rights
of the Genetically Engineered Athlete (2000)
In Taylor, T. (Ed) How you play the Game: the contribution
of sport to the protection of human rights,
University of Technology Sydney, pp.69-77.
Climbing
Upwards or Climbing Backwards? The Technological Metamorphoses
of Climbing and Mountaineering (2000)
In N. Messenger, W. Patterson, and D. Brook (Eds)
The Science of Climbing and Mountaineering. Human Kinetics
Publishers, Chapter 27.
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Miah, A. (2008) Letter to Utopia: A Reply to Bostrom, Studies in Ethics, Law and Technology, 2(1).
Miah, A. (2008) Engineering Greater Resilience or Radical Transhuman Enhancement, Studies in Ethics, Law and Technology, 2(1).

Beijing, China c (Aug, 2008)
Chair and Speaker for panel symposium on Emergent Journalistic Cultures at the Olympics, International Symposium on Olympic Research, Beijing National University and University of Western Ontario [outline].
Olympia, Greece i (July, 2008)
Supervising Professor, International Olympic Academy 16th Postgraduate Seminar [Lecture Outlines].
Leeds, UK c (July, 2008)
Ambush Media: Journalistic Freedom & Media Politics at the Beijing Olympics, Olympic Politics and Protest, Leeds Metropolitan University [abstract].
Liverpool, UK i (July, 2008)
Keynote, Body & Economy, London 2012 Cultural Olympiad, FACT.
San Francisco , USA i (Jun, 2008)
Bioethics and Doping colloquium, St Mary's College.
Brussels, Belgium i (May, 2008)
The ethical and philosophical aspects of enhancement medicine.
London, UK i (May, 2008)
New Media and the Olympics, Olympic legacy conference, University of Greenwich.
Liverpool, UK i (April, 2008)
The Future of the Mind,
FACT Human Futures.
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Miah, A. (2008) Justifying Human Enhancement: The Accumulation of Biocultural Capital. In: Wint, S. Ethical Futures. The Royal Society for the Encouragement of the Arts (RSA), London.
Miah, A., Garcia, B. & Zhihui, T. (2008). 'We Are the Media': Non-Accredited Media at the Olympic Games. In Price, M. & Dayan, D. 'Owning the Olympics: Narratives of the New China'. University of Michigan Press.
Miah, A. (2008, forthcoming). Posthumanism: A Critical History. In Gordijn, B. & Chadwick, R. 'Medical Enhancements and Posthumanity. Springer.
Miah, A. (2008) 'Blessed are the Forgetful': The Ethics of Memory Modification in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. In Shapshay, S. (Ed) Bioethics Through Film, Johns Hopkins University Press.
Miah, A. (2007) Genetic Selection for Human Enhancement Journal of International Biotechnology Law, 4(6) in press.
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Zwart, N. H. (2007). "Genomics and self-knowledge: implications for societal research and debate." New Genetics and Society 26(2): 181-202.
Mitchell, C. B., E. D. Pellegrino, et al. (2007). Biotechnology and the Human Good. Washington, DC., Georgetown University Press.
Peters, H. P., J. T. Lang, et al. (2007). "Culture and Technological Innovation: Impact of Institutional Trust and Appreciation of Nature on Attitudes towards Food Biotechnology in the USA and Germany." International Journal of Public Opinion Research 19(2): 191-220.
House of Commons Select Committee, Science And Technology (2007) Report on Human Enhancement Technologies in Sport.
Koolstra CM, Bos MJW, Vermeulen IE. Through which medium should science information professionals communicate with the public: television or the internet? Journal of Science Communication 2006;5(3):1-8.
April, 2008
Evening Standard
Beijing 2008 Olympics and Protest
March, 2008
The Sports Factor, ABC Radio, Blogging at the Beijing Olympics
Feb, 2008
ESPN Magazine
28 Dec, 2007
BBC World Service, News Hour
14 Dec, 2007
CBC,
The World at 6pm
12 Sept, 2007
The Independent
24 Aug, 2007
BBC World Service [live]
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Oxford, UK a (Mar, 2008)
Olympic Legacies, St Anthony's College, Oxford University. |
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London, UK i (Feb, 2008)
Royal College of Art, Lecture for Design Interactions, Emerging Cultures of Nanotechnology |
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London, UK i (Feb, 2008)
Royal College of Art, AHRC Seminar on Art & Design in Human Enhancement [brief]. |
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Liverpool, UK a (Feb, 2008)
SK-interfaces conference, FACT. |
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Liverpool, UK i (Feb, 2008)
Human Futures: What is the future of the body? Artists' seminar in advance of the SK-interfaces meet, @ FACT. |
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London, UK i (Jan, 2008)
London Metropolitan University, New Media @ the Olympics. |
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London, UK i (Dec, 2007)
Perspectives on Ethical Futures: Boundaries to Human Enhancements, Royal Society for the Encouragement of the Arts (RSA |
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Olympia, Greece a (Nov, 2007)
Scholars for Olympia |
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Madrid, UK a (Nov, 2007)
World Conference on Doping in Sport, WADA |
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