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Bioethics And Humanities Through Different Media

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Date: 17 October, Friday | Time: 15:15 - 16:45 | Venue: Academia Room, L1-S3

Speakers: Prof Angus DawsonDr Shizuko TakahashiDr Wee Teck Young

Dr Shizuko Takahashi's Topic: Ontology of “Becoming You- A journey from a single cell.

Learning Outcomes:

  • Explore human development from one cell to birth through paintings and pop-up art.
  • Build gentle, age-appropriate genetic literacy while reinforcing that genes don’t divide us.
  • Foster curiosity, empathy, and confident parent–child conversations about bodies and beginnings.

 

Dr Wee Teck Young's Topic: The Tonsil Blindness of Kharaba

Programme Description: A very short story of a tonsillitis scare in a remote Afghan village called Kharaba, and how fears shape behaviour