Community driven design of living technologies

The digital revolution, which led to the early days of internet, peer-to-peer sharing, and cryptocurrencies, illustrated how novel technologies can be ahead of ethical and political rules and principles. Anno 2018, a similar anarchic political framework is prevalent within the emerging field of biotechnology [1]. To ensure the broadest participation, an equitable distribution of resources, and democratization of this technology, the objective of this workshop is to explore opportunities for Participatory Design (PD) principles to be introduced into the field of synthetic biology. Simultaneously, we provide methodologies for designers, artists, engineers, scientists who aim to or already engage with biotechnologies, to integrate inclusive, political and ethical frameworks into their work.