birmingham salon http://www.createdinbirmingham.com Fri, 17 Aug 2018 17:05:12 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://www.createdinbirmingham.com/wp-content/uploads/cropped-CiB-Google-copy-32x32.jpg birmingham salon http://www.createdinbirmingham.com 32 32 The Sanitised City http://www.createdinbirmingham.com/2012/02/21/the-sanitised-city/ Tue, 21 Feb 2012 11:41:43 +0000 http://www.createdinbirmingham.com/?p=11682 Nikki Pugh’s talk at the last Birmingham Salon:

]]> Are humans unique or just another ape? http://www.createdinbirmingham.com/2010/11/21/are-humans-unique-or-just-another-ape/ Sun, 21 Nov 2010 10:30:02 +0000 http://www.createdinbirmingham.com/?p=8035 [Read more...]]]> Birmingham Salon will be debating just that on 8 December at The Studio, joined by authors Helene Guldberg with her latest book ‘Just Another Ape?’ and Jeremy Taylor discussing ‘Not a Chimp: the hunt to find the genes that make us human’.

Today, the belief that human beings are special is distinctly out of fashion. Almost everyday we are presented with new revelations about how animals are so much more like us than we ever imagined. The argument is at its most powerful when it comes to our closest living relatives – the great apes.

They’ll be discussing issues including whether apes should have rights and how ape communications have been wrongly elevated to the status of human language.

Anyone up for some deep discussion and heavy debating is welcome, the group will meet from 6.30pm – 8.15pm.

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    • ]]>         Birmingham Salon http://www.createdinbirmingham.com/2010/01/27/birmingham-salon/ http://www.createdinbirmingham.com/2010/01/27/birmingham-salon/#comments Wed, 27 Jan 2010 08:46:21 +0000 http://www.createdinbirmingham.com/?p=4942 [Read more...]]]>

    A public forum for debate where ideas are vigorously scrutinised and no topic is off limits

    That’s Birmingham Salon, that is. Sponsored by the University of Birmingham (nice to see them get off their campus) and to be held regularly from January 2010 – the first event being on, um, Tues 9 Feb at thestudio* in the city centre.

    The first topic up for debate will be ‘Is Childhood in Crisis?’ and will feature contributions from Dr Helene Guldberg.

    I like the look of this (although can’t make this one) and it’ll be interesting to see what other topics come up.

    Thanks to John Mostyn for forwarding me the link.

    * their daft highlighting, not mine.

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