A one-day conference organised by the Royal Society of New Zealand,  the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, and the Stout Research Centre, Victoria University.

 Are we getting too big for our boots? As humans we have the capacity to transform the world. Science is one way in which we do this. Culture is how we understand what we have done. When science and culture move apart, fear and uncertainty enter the gap.

Being Human focuses on issues around this uncertainty. Where are the gaps between science and culture, and where are the contact points?

Keynote speakers address the intersections between science and culture. Is culture biological? What is the relationship between science and commerce?
Other discussions will centre on genetic modification and ethics, Matauranga Maori and intellectual property, and forensics and the law.

Being Human features invited speakers from Canada, Hawai'i, the USA, Australia, and New Zealand.

	Suitable for broadband connections  mpeg 1.5 Mbps mpeg  600 kbps mpeg  384 kbps mpeg 128 kbps ASF 100 kbps (also suitable for Jetstart ADSL)  Suitable for dial-up connections ASF  56 kpbs	Mihi - Te Taru White On the CD-ROM this can be viewed by clicking here or looking for the file mihi.mpg On the Internet, click on one of the files to the left, according to your connection speed This is on CD 1
	Suitable for broadband connections  mpeg 1.5 Mbps mpeg  600 kbps mpeg  384 kbps mpeg 128 kbps ASF 100 kbps (also suitable for Jetstart ADSL)  Suitable for dial-up connections ASF  56 kpbs	Opening by Steve Thompson, Royal Society of NZ amd Hon Pete Hodgson, Minioster of Science and Technology On the CD-ROM this can be viewed by clicking here or looking for the file intro.mpg On the Internet, click on one of the files to the left, according to your connection speed This is on CD 1
	Suitable for broadband connections  mpeg 1.5 Mbps mpeg  600 kbps mpeg  384 kbps mpeg 128 kbps ASF 100 kbps (also suitable for Jetstart ADSL)  Suitable for dial-up connections ASF  56 kpbs	Introduction Paul Callaghan On the CD-ROM this can be viewed by clicking here or looking for the file paul.mpg On the Internet, click on one of the files to the left, according to your connection speed This is on CD 1
	Suitable for broadband connections  mpeg 1.5 Mbps mpeg  600 kbps mpeg  384 kbps mpeg 128 kbps ASF 100 kbps (also suitable for Jetstart ADSL)  Suitable for dial-up connections ASF  56 kpbs	Keynote Speaker - Colin Groves. Colin Groves is Reader in Biological Anthropology at the Australian National University in Canberra. He is particularly interested in 'pseudoscience, the paranormal, and irrationality,' especially 'the baleful influence of creationism'. On the CD-ROM this can be viewed by clicking here or looking for the file colin.mpg On the Internet, click on one of the files to the left, according to your connection speed This is on CD 2
	Suitable for broadband connections  mpeg 1.5 Mbps mpeg  600 kbps mpeg  384 kbps mpeg 128 kbps ASF 100 kbps (also suitable for Jetstart ADSL)  Suitable for dial-up connections ASF  56 kpbs	Question and answer session #1 On the CD-ROM this can be viewed by clicking here or looking for the file qa1.mpg On the Internet, click on one of the files to the left, according to your connection speed This is on CD 1

	Suitable for broadband connections  mpeg 1.5 Mbps mpeg  600 kbps mpeg  384 kbps mpeg 128 kbps  ASF 100 kbps (also suitable for Jetstart ADSL)  Suitable for dial-up connections  ASF  56 kpbs	Remarks from the Chair - Professor Gary Hook, Te Whare Waananga o Awanuiarangi, Whakatane. Dr Gary Hook is CEO at Te Whare Wananga o Awanuiarangi in Whakatane where he also teaches environmental studies. He was previously Professor of Toxicology in North Carolina. He is a member of the Foundation for Research, Science and Technology Board. On the CD-ROM this can be viewed by clicking here or looking for the file gary.mpg On the Internet, click on one of the files to the left, according to your connection speed This is on CD 3
	Suitable for broadband connections  mpeg 1.5 Mbps mpeg  600 kbps mpeg  384 kbps mpeg 128 kbps ASF 100 kbps (also suitable for Jetstart ADSL)  Suitable for dial-up connections  ASF  56 kpbs	Mr Leo Watson, barrister, Wellington Leo Watson is a barrister who has worked with Maui Solomon for over five years on a range of indigenous rights issues, including claims to the Waitangi Tribunal, High Court and Court of Appeal. He is co-counsel in the claim to the Waitangi Tribunal on cultural and intellectual property (Wai 262). On the CD-ROM this can be viewed by clicking here or looking for the file leo.mpg On the Internet, click on one of the files to the left, according to your connection speed This is on CD 3
	Suitable for broadband connections  mpeg 1.5 Mbps mpeg  600 kbps mpeg  384 kbps mpeg 128 kbps ASF 100 kbps (also suitable for Jetstart ADSL)  Suitable for dial-up connections  ASF  56 kpbs	Professor Michael Walker,  University of Auckland Michael Walker has Ngäti Whakatohea affiliations and is an Associate Professor in Biological Sciences at the University of Auckland. He has taken a particular interest in participation by Mäori and Pacific Island people at all levels of science, and has served on the boards of two Crown Research Institutes and the Prime Minister's Science and Innovation Advisory Council. On the CD-ROM this can be viewed by clicking here or looking for the file michael.mpg On the Internet, click on one of the files to the left, according to your connection speed This is on CD 3
	Suitable for broadband connections  mpeg 1.5 Mbps mpeg  600 kbps mpeg  384 kbps mpeg 128 kbps ASF 100 kbps (also suitable for Jetstart ADSL)  Suitable for dial-up connections  ASF  56 kpbs	Professor Leroy Littlebear, Lethbridge University, Alberta, Canada. Leroy Little Bear is a member of the Small Robes Band of the Blood Indian Tribe of the Blackfoot Confederacy. He has been Director of the Harvard University Native American Program, and has served in a consultant capacity to many Indian Tribes and organisations including the Blood Tribe, Indian Association of Alberta, and the Assembly of First Nations of Canada. His current interests include the exploration of North American Indian science and Western physics and the exploration of Blackfoot knowledge through songs, stories, and landscape. On the CD-ROM this can be viewed by clicking here or looking for the file leroy.mpg On the Internet, click on one of the files to the left, according to your connection speed This is on CD 4
	Suitable for broadband connections  mpeg 1.5 Mbps mpeg  600 kbps mpeg  384 kbps mpeg 128 kbps ASF 100 kbps (also suitable for Jetstart ADSL)  Suitable for dial-up connections  ASF  56 kpbs	Question and answer session #2 On the CD-ROM this can be viewed by clicking here or looking for the file qa2.mpg On the Internet, click on one of the files to the left, according to your connection speed This is on CD 4

During the lunch recess there was a short talk by a visiting artist, Rachel Chapman, a visiting artist, on her work with images produced from scientific elements. An exhibition fo this work was opened immediately after the close of the conference on the Te Papa terrace.

	Suitable for broadband connections  mpeg 1.5 Mbps mpeg  600 kbps mpeg  384 kbps mpeg 128 kbps ASF 100 kbps (also suitable for Jetstart ADSL)  Suitable for dial-up connections  ASF  56 kpbs	Introduction to the talk by Natasha Conland, Te Papa On the CD-ROM this can be viewed by clicking here or looking for the file natasha.mpg On the Internet, click on one of the files to the left, according to your connection speed This is on CD 5
	Suitable for broadband connections  mpeg 1.5 Mbps mpeg  600 kbps mpeg  384 kbps mpeg 128 kbps ASF 100 kbps (also suitable for Jetstart ADSL)  Suitable for dial-up connections  ASF  56 kpbs	Talk by Rachel Chapman, visiting Artist, Te Papa On the CD-ROM this can be viewed by clicking here or looking for the file rachel.mpg On the Internet, click on one of the files to the left, according to your connection speed This is on CD 5

Sponsored by the Ministry of Research, Science and Technology

	Suitable for broadband connections  mpeg 1.5 Mbps mpeg  600 kbps mpeg  384 kbps mpeg 128 kbps ASF 100 kbps (also suitable for Jetstart ADSL)  Suitable for dial-up connections  ASF  56 kpbs	Remarks from the Chair - George Petersen George Petersen is one of New Zealand's leading biochemists, an expert in molecular biology, a member of the ERMA Board, and a past president of the Royal Society of New Zealand Academy Council. He had a major input to the Royal Society submission to the Royal Commission on Genetic Modification. On the CD-ROM this can be viewed by clicking here or looking for the file george.mpg On the Internet, click on one of the files to the left, according to your connection speed This is on CD 6
	Suitable for broadband connections  mpeg 1.5 Mbps mpeg  600 kbps mpeg  384 kbps mpeg 128 kbps ASF 100 kbps (also suitable for Jetstart ADSL)  Suitable for dial-up connections  ASF  56 kpbs	Professor Linda Smith Linda Tuhiwai Te Rina Smith is Professor of Education in the Department of Arts and Director of the International Research Institute for Mäori and Indigenous Education at Auckland University, Auckland. She is of Ngati Awa and Ngati Porou tribal affiliations. Her research interests span health, education, youth, Maori language and Mäori development, captured in her book Decolonising Methodologies, Research and Indigenous Peoples. On the CD-ROM this can be viewed by clicking here or looking for the file linda.mpg On the Internet, click on one of the files to the left, according to your connection speed This is on CD 6
	Suitable for broadband connections  mpeg 1.5 Mbps mpeg  600 kbps mpeg  384 kbps mpeg 128 kbps ASF 100 kbps (also suitable for Jetstart ADSL)  Suitable for dial-up connections  ASF  56 kpbs	The Rt Rev Richard Randerson The Rt Rev Richard Randerson was one of four members of the Royal Commission on Genetic Modification who delivered its report to the New Zealand Government in July 2001. He was Social Responsibility Commissioner for the Anglican Church between 1990 - 1994 and in 1994 was appointed Assistant Bishop (for Church in Society) in Canberra, where he chaired a Government Poverty Task Force. He has advocated an ethical base for public policy in industrial relations, corporate responsibility, the role of women, the environment, Treaty of Waitangi relationships and a multi-cultural society. On the CD-ROM this can be viewed by clicking here or looking for the file richard.mpg On the Internet, click on one of the files to the left, according to your connection speed This is on CD 6
	Suitable for broadband connections  mpeg 1.5 Mbps mpeg  600 kbps mpeg  384 kbps mpeg 128 kbps ASF 100 kbps (also suitable for Jetstart ADSL)  Suitable for dial-up connections  ASF  56 kpbs	Dr Jean Fleming Dr Jean Fleming was one of four members of the Royal Commission on Genetic Modification who delivered its report to the New Zealand Government in July 2001. Dr. Fleming's research and publications are in the area of molecular reproduction and endocrinology. The underlying theme of her research is the investigation of the expression, structure and function of hormone and growth factor genes in development and reproduction. On the CD-ROM this can be viewed by clicking here or looking for the file jean.mpg On the Internet, click on one of the files to the left, according to your connection speed This is on CD 7
	Suitable for broadband connections  mpeg 1.5 Mbps mpeg  600 kbps mpeg  384 kbps mpeg 128 kbps ASF 100 kbps (also suitable for Jetstart ADSL)  Suitable for dial-up connections  ASF  56 kpbs	Question and answer session #4 On the CD-ROM this can be viewed by clicking here or looking for the file qa4.mpg On the Internet, click on one of the files to the left, according to your connection speed This is on CD 7

Sponsored by the Royal Society of New Zealand

	Suitable for broadband connections  mpeg 1.5 Mbps mpeg  600 kbps mpeg  384 kbps mpeg 128 kbps ASF 100 kbps (also suitable for Jetstart ADSL)  Suitable for dial-up connections  ASF  56 kpbs	Remarks from the Chair - Dr Rees Tapsell Dr Rhys Tapsell is of Te Arawa - Ngati Whakaue descent and is a Forensic Psychiatrist attached to Mason Clinic in Auckland. He is currently a Board member on the Auckland District Health Board and was a past Board member of Lakelan Health Limited. He is a foundation member and a leader of the Maori Psychiatrist group in New Zealand and is the Chair of the Maori Medical Practitioners Association. He has a strong interest in Maori health issues. On the CD-ROM this can be viewed by clicking here or looking for the file rees.mpg On the Internet, click on one of the files to the left, according to your connection speed This is on CD 8
	Suitable for broadband connections  mpeg 1.5 Mbps mpeg  600 kbps mpeg  384 kbps mpeg 128 kbps ASF 100 kbps (also suitable for Jetstart ADSL)  Suitable for dial-up connections  ASF  56 kpbs	Professor Lee Goff Lee Goff is Professor of Forensic Science and Program Coordinator for Forensic Science at the Chaminade University of Honolulu. He is part of the instructional staff for the FBI Academy course in Detection and Recovery of Human Remains taught at Quantico, Virginia, and recently taught portions of their Terrorism and Mass Disaster Response course. His most recent book is A Fly For The Prosecution. On the CD-ROM this can be viewed by clicking here or looking for the file lee.mpg On the Internet, click on one of the files to the left, according to your connection speed This is on CD 8
	Suitable for broadband connections  mpeg 1.5 Mbps mpeg  600 kbps mpeg  384 kbps mpeg 128 kbps ASF 100 kbps (also suitable for Jetstart ADSL)  Suitable for dial-up connections  ASF  56 kpbs	Timothy Brewer Timothy Brewer is a senior litigation partner at Auld Brewer Mazengarb & McEwen in New Plymouth. He was a Law Commissioner from 1997-2001 and undertook a study of the jury system for the Law Commission. On the CD-ROM this can be viewed by clicking here or looking for the file tim.mpg On the Internet, click on one of the files to the left, according to your connection speed This is on CD 8
	Suitable for broadband connections  mpeg 1.5 Mbps mpeg  600 kbps mpeg  384 kbps mpeg 128 kbps ASF 100 kbps (also suitable for Jetstart ADSL)  Suitable for dial-up connections  ASF  56 kpbs	Dr Arie Guersen Dr Arie Guersen has a PhD from the Biochemistry Department, University of Otago, and currently works for Virionyx Corporation Ltd, a biopharmaceutical company specialising in the development of a novel platform technology in the area of immunotherapeutic treatments. He is best known for his role in the David Dogherty case, in which he mounted a successful post-conviction campaign refuting the DNA evidence on which Dogherty had been convicted of rape. On the CD-ROM this can be viewed by clicking here or looking for the file arie.mpg On the Internet, click on one of the files to the left, according to your connection speed This is on CD 8
	Suitable for broadband connections  mpeg 1.5 Mbps mpeg  600 kbps mpeg  384 kbps mpeg 128 kbps ASF 100 kbps (also suitable for Jetstart ADSL)  Suitable for dial-up connections  ASF  56 kpbs	Question and answer session #5 On the CD-ROM this can be viewed by clicking here or looking for the file qa5.mpg On the Internet, click on one of the files to the left, according to your connection speed This is on CD 9

Sponsored by Fulbright New Zealand/Aotearoa

	Suitable for broadband connections  mpeg 1.5 Mbps mpeg  600 kbps mpeg  384 kbps mpeg 128 kbps ASF 100 kbps (also suitable for Jetstart ADSL)  Suitable for dial-up connections  ASF  56 kpbs	Remarks from the Chair - Dr James Buwalda, Ministry of Research, Science and Technolgy On the CD-ROM this can be viewed by clicking here or looking for the file james.mpg On the Internet, click on one of the files to the left, according to your connection speed This is on CD 10
	Suitable for broadband connections  mpeg 1.5 Mbps mpeg  600 kbps mpeg  384 kbps mpeg 128 kbps ASF 100 kbps (also suitable for Jetstart ADSL)  Suitable for dial-up connections ASF  56 kpbs	Dr Geoffrey Miller, Psychology Department, University of New Mexico. Dr Geoffrey Miller is an evolutionary psychologist best known for his book The Mating Mind: how sexual choice shaped the evolution of human nature (2000) - a theory that identifies strong biological drivers for much human culture. He is currently Associate Professor in the Psychology Department at the University of New Mexico. He is currently working on a book dealing with the evolutionary psychology of consumer behaviour, Aladdin's Cave: Consumerist dream-worlds and the nature of desire. On the CD-ROM this can be viewed by clicking here or looking for the file geoffery.mpg On the Internet, click on one of the files to the left, according to your connection speed This is on CD 10
	Suitable for broadband connections  mpeg 1.5 Mbps mpeg  600 kbps mpeg  384 kbps mpeg 128 kbps ASF 100 kbps (also suitable for Jetstart ADSL)  Suitable for dial-up connections ASF  56 kpbs	Closing remarks Dr James Buwalda, Ian Wedde On the CD-ROM this can be viewed by clicking here or looking for the file close.mpg On the Internet, click on one of the files to the left, according to your connection speed This is on CD 11
	Suitable for broadband connections  mpeg 1.5 Mbps mpeg  600 kbps mpeg  384 kbps mpeg 128 kbps ASF 100 kbps (also suitable for Jetstart ADSL)  Suitable for dial-up connections ASF  56 kpbs	Closing Mihi - Te Taru White, Te Papa On the CD-ROM this can be viewed by clicking here or looking for the file mihi2.mpg On the Internet, click on one of the files to the left, according to your connection speed This is on CD 11

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