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Symbioses, transdisciplinary prospects
Symbioses, perspectives transdisciplinaires
Published on Friday, June 02, 2023
Abstract
The study of the interdisciplinary notion of symbiosis has become a subject of reflection on biological identity, its becoming within the symbiotic relationship with an associated environment (biotic, abiotic, social) and on the nature and diversity of symbiotic relationships. Using transdisciplinarity as a method, the idea is therefore to reflect, across different disciplines, on the definitions of symbioses in living organisms and their heuristic, symbolic and even metaphorical dimensions and on the nature and temporality of symbiotic relationships between living organisms, including with our germs.
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The epistemology and ethics platform SOCA of the ANR project MetaGenoPolis (INRAE-INSERM-UCLy) and the "Confluence, Sciences and Humanities" Research Unit of UCLy are pleased to invite you to the international conference in Lyon: SYMBIOSES, transdisciplinary prospects (June 8 and 9, 2023).
The study of the interdisciplinary notion of symbiosis has become a subject of reflection on biological identity, its becoming within the symbiotic relationship with an associated environment (biotic, abiotic, social) and on the nature and diversity of symbiotic relationships. Using transdisciplinarity as a method, the idea is therefore to reflect, across different disciplines, on the definitions of symbioses in living organisms and their heuristic, symbolic and even metaphorical dimensions and on the nature and temporality of symbiotic relationships between living organisms, including with our germs.
The main language of the conference is French, but three papers are in English (Javier Suarez Diaz, Scott Gilbert, Hub Zwart).
When Anton de Bary and Albert Franck studied the lichen at the end of the 19th century, they discovered a new way of living that consisted of the lasting association between two different species – a fungus and an algae – that form a coherent structural and physiological entity considered as new life form. The term symbiosis was already used in a political context during the Greek Antiquity and since the 16th century, there had been observations by naturalists describing the fact that different species could partner-up in life in diverse ways. But it was the lichen discovery that offered symbiosis a scientific status and symbiosis from thereon has been used to designate several forms of enduring associations between different species.
The now-known symbiotic relationship between humans and microbes located at the interfaces between the body and the outside world (mouth, digestive tract, skin...), had to wait until the end of the 20th century for the invention of the powerful sequencing tools to be able to reliably detect the presence of these life-partners. The revealed tremendous genetic and species diversity of these invisible living communities opens new fields in a large number of disciplines, such as ecology or medicine.
These different approaches to symbiosis show that the notion has become more complex and that it has become a research object in different disciplines. What conceptual, explanatory, heuristic or creative contributions does it carry? If we consider, on the one hand, the partners in the symbiotic relationship and the type of relationship they maintain and, on the other hand, the use that is made of the word symbiosis, we can propose that there is not a notion of symbiosis, but symbioses between living organisms or parts of living organisms and perhaps by metaphorical extension, symbioses between living and non-living organisms.
To understand the longevity of symbiosis, used from politics to biology, from architecture to astronomy, from microbiology to economics, we propose to hear the analyses of researchers who, starting from the discourse on symbiosis already existing or in the making in their discipline, will circulate between disciplines in order to discover new uses, to analyze analogies, extensions, metaphors or, on the contrary, possibly inappropriate uses. Speakers from a wide range of disciplines (Biological Sciences, Human and Social Sciences, History, Linguistics, Medicine, Philosophy) will discuss around three main axes:
- Axis 1: Identity and future of symbiotic partners. What is the origin of symbiosis and what are the evolutions of the notion of symbiosis? What has changed for the partners?
- Axis 2: Characterization of symbiotic relationships. What type of relationship can be considered as symbiotic within a certain field or discipline? Can we find analogies between symbiotic relationships in different disciplines?
- Axis 3: Transdisciplinary prospects of the notion of symbiosis. Why this longevity and in which fields can it be a step forward concerning the relation between humanity and all other living beings and communities?
Program
June 8th:
- 9:00 - 9:15 Opening Pr. Valérie Aubourg, Vice-Rector and Director of Confluence: Sciences and Humanities Research Unit (UCLy, France)
- 9:15 - 9:30 Introduction Dr. Béatrice de Montera and Professor Claire Brun (UCLy, France)
Axis 1: Identity and evolution of symbiotic partners
Chairman: Dr. Juan Vidal
- 9:30 - 10:15 Symbiosis from the Ancien Régime (16th-18th centuries) to the present day: an epistemological and lexicological study Dr. Moreno Campetella (UCLy, France)
- 10:15 - 11:00 Historical emergence of research on cooperation Pr. Marc-André Sélosse (MNHN, Museum National d’Histoire Naturelle, France)
11:00 - 11:15 Break and coffee
- 11:15 - 12:00 Philosophy of symbiosis and its relevance in contemporary biology Dr. Javier Suarez Diaz (Universidad de Barcelona, Spain)
- 12:00 - 12:30 Discussion
12:30 - 2:30 Lunch break
Axis 2: Symbiotic relationship
Chairman: Dr. Laurence Terzan
- 2:30 - 3h15 Heuristics of symbiotic relationship in Microbiology and Philosophy of Biology Pr. Joël Doré (INRAE - Institut National de la Recherche en Agriculture, Alimentation et Environnement & Université Paris Saclay, France) and Dr. Béatrice de Montera (UCLy, France)
- 3h15 - 4h00 Autonomy, individuation, symbiosis Dr. Matteo Mossio (CNRS – Centre national de la Recherche scientifique & Université de Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, France)
4h00 - 4h15 Break and coffee
- 4h15 - 5h00 Interactions/interpenetrations of the symbiotic players Pr. Scott Gilbert (Swarthmore College, USA)
- 5h00 - 5h30 Discussion
- 5h30 - 5h45 Conclusion of the day Pr. Claire Brun and Dr. Béatrice de Montera
June 9th
Axis 3: Transdisciplinary prospects
Chairman: Dr. Sylvie Allouche
- 9:00 - 9:45 How the concept of symbiosis impacts the field of medicine Dr. Laurence Terzan (Université Paris Saclay & UCLy, France)
- 9:45 - 10:30 Symbiosis as a worldview Pr. Hub Zwart (Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam, Netherlands)
10:30 - 10:45 Break and coffee
- 10:45 - 11:15 Comment Pr. Bernadette Bensaude-Vincent (Université Paris 1 Panthéon- Sorbonne, France)
- 11:15 - 12:00 Round-table discussion with the Colloquium speakers
- 12:00 - 12:15 Conclusion and closure of the Colloquium Pr. Claire Brun and Dr. Béatrice de Montera
Registration
Face-to-face and video admission: free on registration
Registration via the link "inscription" on the conference page.
Registration contact : symbioses.jun23@gmail.com
Special requests : cbouchot@ucly.fr & bdemontera@ucly.fr
Organization
Colloquium organized by Confluence: Sciences and Humanities Research Unit (UCLy)
Language: French and English
- Colloquium coordination: Béatrice de Montera and Claire Brun
- Scientific committee: Sylvie Allouche, Claire Brun, Moreno Campetella, Béatrice de Montera, Michel Raquet, Laurence Terzan, Juan Vidal
- Organisation committee: Caroline Bouchot, Najate Dagron, Lorraine Guitton
Subjects
- Epistemology and methodology (Main category)
- Society > Science studies > History of science
- Mind and language > Thought > Philosophy
- Mind and language > Epistemology and methodology > Research and researchers
- Society > Science studies > Sociology of science
- Society > Science studies
- Society > Science studies > Philosophy of science
- Mind and language > Epistemology and methodology > Epistemology
Places
- Campus Saint-Paul | UCLy Amphi F. Perroux - A152 - 10 place des Archives
Lyon, France (69002)
Event attendance modalities
Hybrid event (on site and online)
Date(s)
- Thursday, June 08, 2023
- Friday, June 09, 2023
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Keywords
- symbiose, microbiote, biologie, transdisciplinarité, microbe, coopération, parasite, politique, vivant, écologie
Contact(s)
- Caroline Bouchot
courriel : symbioses [dot] jun23 [at] gmail [dot] com - Béatrice de Montera
courriel : symbioses [dot] jun23 [at] gmail [dot] com
Information source
- Sylvie Allouche
courriel : sallouche [at] univ-catholyon [dot] fr
License
This announcement is licensed under the terms of Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal.
To cite this announcement
« Symbioses, transdisciplinary prospects », Conference, symposium, Calenda, Published on Friday, June 02, 2023, https://doi.org/10.58079/1bc4
