Film & Panel Discussion:
THE MINORITY REPORT
6: 30 PM 
Monday March 15, 2010
Halifax Infirmary, QE II Royal Bank Theatre
1796 Summer Street, Halifax
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This film and panel discussion is a presentation of Brain Awareness Week.
Minority Report is a dystopic vision of the future in which criminals are arrested before they commit their crimes, courtesy of future imaging technology. When the protagonist (Tom Cruise) discovers evidence of his own pre-crime, his journey to prove his innocence examines the vulnerabilities and limitations of the technology, as well as the philosophical assumptions that underlie its use. Join the panel in exploring questions of the ethical implications of using novel neurotechnologies to advance social control and social security.
Panelists
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Ryan D'Arcy MSc PhD
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Archibald Kaiser LLB LLM
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Dr. D'Arcy specializes in functional neuroimaging and systems neuroscience. He is the Group Leader of the NRC's institute for Biodiagnostics (Atlantic) which operates the Neuroimaging Research Laboratory at the QEII Health Sciences Center.
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Archibald Kaiser is a Professor at Dalhousie University and teaches in the Schulich School of Law and in the Dept. of Psychiatry. He is an advocate for law and policy reform in his scholarly writings and public activities in the criminal and mental disability law fields.
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Letitia Meynell MA PhD
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Chrisopher Murphy MA PhD
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Dr. Meynell is Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Gender and Women's Studies at Dalhousie University. Her research explores the politics of science and the roles that images play in the construction and communication of scientific knowledge.
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Dr. Murphy is a Professor in the Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology at Dalhousie University. He has conducted academic and policy research on a variety of justice issues, with a focus on the sociology of policing, security and governance.
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The panel discussion will be moderated by Timothy Krahn, a member of the NTE research team working in the areas of neuroethics and genetics with a special focus on how new technological developments impact questions of ethics and policies for persons with disabilities or mental health conditions.
Topics for discussion may include novel neurotechnologies, neuroimaging, criminal law, procedural fairness, evidence, privacy, profiling, sociology of policing and security.
Krahn T., Fenton A. & Meynell L. (2009) Novel neurotechnologies in film: A reading of Steven Spielberg's Minority Report. Neuroethics [advance online publication] |
