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We Have Always Been Transgenic: A Dialogue

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This dialogue concerns the nature of ethical responsibility in contemporary art practice, and its relation to questions of creativity; the role of writing in shaping the perception of transgenic art and related practices; and the problems that may be associated with trusting artists to act with integrity in the unchartered waters of their enthusiastic engagement with genetic technologies.

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  1. Professor Emeritus of Art History, University of Central Lancashire, Preston, Lancashire, UK

    Steve Baker

  2. Dynamic Media and Critical & Cultural Studies, Emily Carr University, Vancouver, BC, Canada

    Carol Gigliotti

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  1. Emily Carr University of Art + Design, Johnston Street 1399, Vancouver, V6H 3R9, Canada

    Carol Gigliotti

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Baker, S., Gigliotti, C. (2009). We Have Always Been Transgenic: A Dialogue. In: Gigliotti, C. (eds) Leonardo’s Choice. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-2479-4_5

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