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ArticleFrontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology2020

Crossing Kingdoms: How Can Art Open Up New Ways of Thinking About Science?

Erika Szymanski, Tarsh Bates, Elise Cachat, Jane Calvert, Oron Catts, Lenny J Nelson, Susan J Rosser, Robert D J Smith, Ionat Zurr

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Article in Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Erika SzymanskiDepartment of English, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, United States.
Tarsh BatesSymbioticA, University of Western Australia, Perth, WA, Australia.
Elise CachatUK Centre for Mammalian Synthetic Biology, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom.
Jane CalvertScience, Technology, and Innovation Studies, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom.
Oron CattsSymbioticA, University of Western Australia, Perth, WA, Australia.
Lenny J NelsonUK Centre for Mammalian Synthetic Biology, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom.
Susan J RosserUK Centre for Mammalian Synthetic Biology, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom.
Robert D J SmithScience, Technology, and Innovation Studies, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom.
Ionat ZurrSymbioticA, University of Western Australia, Perth, WA, Australia.

Funding

Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BB/M00029X/1Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BB/M018040/1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

"Crossing Kingdoms" is an artist-led experiment in the biological fusion of mammalian and yeast cells and the cultural discussions of these phenomena. We present this collaboration as an experiment in responsible research and innovation (RRI), an institutionalized format for ensuring that researchers reflect on the wider social dimensions of their work. Our methods challenged us as researchers to reflect on interdisciplinary collaboration and the possibility of innovating in biology for artistic purposes, challenged audiences to reflect on biological boundaries, and challenged both groups to reflect on what it means to be responsible in science. We conclude that our experiment in RRI was successful because we have asked unexpected questions-a contrast to RRI implemented as a standard protocol. Our experiment has implications for biologists and artists pursuing interdisciplinary collaborations with each other and for researchers thinking about implementing RRI as more than a box-ticking exercise.

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art-science collaborationhybrid taxainterdisciplinarityresponsible research and innovationsynthetic biology

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PMID32733867
PMCPMC7362726

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