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Genetically Modified Athletes
I
have been researching the philosophical, legal, moral, and
policy implications of gene doping in sport since 1998. During
this period, significant changes have arisen with how the
world is approaching this impending reality.
The
GMA
website includes resources on the science, policy, and
media representation of this matter.
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Prof.
Francis Fukuyama
Johns Hopkins University
Author of The End of History, Our Posthuman Future, says about
GMA...
"GMA provides a comprehensive analysis of how genetic
technology will be used to enhance sports performance, and how
our existing framework for dealing with the problem of sports
doping is inadequate on both practical and ethical grounds." |
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Prof.
Barrie Houlihan
Loughborough
University
Author of 'Dying to Win' and 'Sport, Policy and Politics'
says about GMA...
"Andy
Miah provides an incisive analysis of some of the most difficult
issues facing anti-doping authorities. The research is thorough,
the argument is perceptive and the conclusions are challenging.
Compulsory reading for anyone interested in the future of
anti-doping policy."
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Book
reviews...
The Lancet, British Association of Sport and Exercise Medicine,
Journal of Sport Science and Medicine, Yale Journal of Public
Health, Scandinavian J of Medicine & Science in Sports
Comments on Genetically Modified Athletes (Routledge, 2004)
‘[Miah] at once calls our attention to social constructionist understandings of the body as a mediator of cultural values, and at the same time, highlights a series of sobering thoughts (at least for social scientists) about sports bodies as genetically determined.’
Dr Michael Atkinson, McMaster University (2006, Sport in Society).
‘Miah understands better than the majority of us how tomorrow’s world may look. A glimpse into tomorrow’s world, where the convergence of nanotechnology, biotechnology, information technology and cognitive science-NBIC are becoming daily realities, might make us think that Miah’s opinion is plausible.’ Dr Dorin Festeu (2005, European Sport Management Quarterly).
‘Miah's book is a thought-provoking read that raises important questions about sport and society. It is a truly boundary-crossing piece of work, one within which students and scholars in a number of disciplines, from sociology and law to sports studies, will find much material to mine.’
Dr Guy Osborn (2005, Times Higher Education Supplement).
‘Always scholarly and well researched, it had me turning pages at the rate I normally reserve for a good novel…. The book should be compulsory reading on all Sports Medicine courses.’
Professor Andy Smith (2004, for British Association of Sport and Exercise Medicine). |
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art&design // bioethics // china // cyberculture // ethics // law // medicine // olympics // outer space // politics // public engagement with science // science // sport // technology
Miah, A. (2008, July 31) Inside the mind of a Marathon man, Nature, 454, in press.
Miah, A. (2008) Paralympics 2.0, Bioethics Forum, The Hastings Center.
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).
Glasgow, Scotland i (30 Sept, 2008)
Our Cultural & Moral Commitment to Discover, Create, and Support New Life Forms, for LESS REMOTE: The Futures of Space Exploration: an Arts & Humanities Symposium, International Astronautical Congress, SEC, Glasgow, Scotland [abstract]
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].
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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. (2008) Playing Games with Artificial Intelligence. Hale, B. (Ed) Philosophy Looks at Chess . Open Court Press.
Miah, A. (2008). 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.
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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.
May, 2008
The technological enhancement of man, Danish Broadcasting Corporation
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
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Brussels, Belgium i (May, 2008)
The ethical and philosophical aspects of enhancement medicine. |
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London, UK i (May, 2008)
New Media and the Olympics, Olympic legacy conference, University of Greenwich. |
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Liverpool, UK i (April, 2008)
The Future of the Mind,
FACT Human Futures. |
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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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