Birkbeck Cinema

Episodes 3 and 4, 2009

On the evening of Wednesday 6th May 2009, the two episodes of Interior Traces set in the present day were presented as a live multimedia performance at the Birkbeck Cinema, accompanied by a new musical score and video works, and followed by a panel discussion exploring how our society and ideas about the self are changing with new brain imaging technologies. A recording of the drama and panel discussion was broadcast on Resonance FM at 3.30pm on Friday 5th May 2009 and is available to download as an mp3 or live video stream.

The panelists:

Professor Judy Illes
Professor of Neurology, Canada Research Chair in Neuroethics, and Director of the National Core for Neuroethics, University of British Columbia
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Professor Walter Sinnott-Armstrong
Hardy Professor of Legal Studies and Professor of Philosophy, Dartmouth College
Co-director, MacArthur Law and Neuroscience Project
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Professor Geraint Rees
Wellcome Senior Clinical Fellow, Institute for Cognitive Neuroscience and Wellcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging, UCL; Honorary consultant neurologist at the National Hospital for Neurology & Neurosurgery
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Chairperson:

Dr Daniel Glaser
Head of Special Projects in Public Engagement for the Wellcome Trust
Honorary Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience and Department of Science and Technology Studies, UCL
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