I-African Neuroscience, Neuroethics kunye neSociety Short Course
Wamkelekile
"Kulilungelo ngokwenene ukuba mna no-Olivia sivule le khosi imfutshane yokuqala kwilizwekazi laseAfrika elizinikele kwi-Neuroscience, Neuroethics, kunye noMbutho. Siqokelelwe apha sivela kwiinkalo ezahlukeneyo, amaphondo kunye namaziko, sidityaniswe kukunomdla okwabelwana ngawo malunga nengqondo - kunye nokuzinikela okwabelwanayo ekuqinisekiseni ukuba ukuqhubela phambili kwi-neuroscience kuxhamle ngokufanelekileyo kwintlalontle yethu, ngokufanelekileyo, kunye neenjongo zoluntu. Le khosi iphindwe kabini, ikhosi ijolise ekuqondeni intsimi ekhula ngokukhawuleza ye-neuroscience (ukusuka kwinqanaba leemolekyuli ukuya kwinqanaba loluntu) kunye nendlela ezi zinto zifunyenweyo zilungisa ukuba kuthetha ukuthini ukuba ngumntu, ukucinga, ukuziva, kunye nokwenza. Okwesibini, kwaye kubaluleke ngokulinganayo, kukwakha amandla kunye nobunkokeli phakathi kwabaphandi baseAfrika abasakhulayo kunye neekliniki ukuba bahlanganyele kunye nemilinganiselo yokuziphatha, inkcubeko kunye nentlalo yoluntu kule nzululwazi. Njengoko i-neuroscience iqhubela phambili kwihlabathi-ngezixhobo ezifana ne-neuroimaging, i-genetics, kunye ne-intelligence yokufakelwa - i-Afrika kufuneka ibe nelizwi elinamandla ekubumbeni imibuzo ebuzwayo, iindlela ezisetyenzisiweyo kunye nemigaqo-nkqubo elandelayo. I-Neuroethics ibonelela nge-lens yokuhlola ngokunzulu olu phuhliso: ukubuza kungekuphela nje into esinokuyenza, kodwa yintoni ekufuneka siyenze - ngeendlela ezibonisa iimeko zaseAfrika, imilinganiselo, kunye neenyani eziphilayo. Le khosi lutyalo-mali kuwe, kwisizukulwana esilandelayo seengcali ze-neuroethicists zase-Afrika kunye ne-neuroethicists, ukuqinisekisa ukuba uphando kunye nokusebenza kweli lizwekazi zikhula ngendlela engqongqo ngokwesayensi kunye nentlalontle. Ndiyakukhuthaza ukuba usebenzise le veki ukubuza imibuzo enesibindi, ukudibanisa kwiinkalo zakho zokufundisa, kwaye ucinge intsebenziswano entsha eya kuthwala le ntsimi phambili e-Afrika. Wamkelekile kwakhona, kwaye ndiyabulela ngokuba yinxalenye yeli nyathelo eliyimbali ekubumbeni ikamva lenzululwazi yemithambo-luvo, i-neuroethics, kunye noluntu kwilizwekazi lethu.” UNjing Soraya Seedat, iNtloko yesiGqeba yeSebe lezoNyango lweNgqondo, kwiYunivesithi yaseStellenbosch.
"Kwicala lam, ndifuna ukuvakalisa ukuba niziinkokheli zexesha elizayo ze-Afrika kwi-neuroscience kunye ne-neuroethics - ekudala siyilindile, ngoko ke nceda usebenzise eli thuba kangangoko unakho ukulola izakhono zakho kunye nokwakha uthungelwano lwentsebenziswano phakathi komnye nomnye. Akuzange kubekho ixesha elimnandi kakhulu lokulandela i-neuroscience kunye neuroethics e-Afrika. Nonke nikrelekrele kuzo zonke iindawo zenu zokufunda, kwaye siyakholelwa ukuba niya kuqhubeka niqinisekisa ukuba iinqobo ezisesikweni ziyinxalenye ebalulekileyo yophando lwakho oluqhubela phambili. Siyakholelwa kuwe, kwaye siyavuya ukufunda kunye ngelixa sikubona uqaqambile kule veki nakuhambo lwakho lonke! Wamkelekile kwi-African Neuroscience, Neuroethics kunye neSociety Short Course!” UGq Olivia Matshabane, umphandi weNeuroethics, kwiSebe lezeNgqondo, kwiDyunivesithi yaseStellenbosch.
Malunga
Ngokubambisana neDana Foundation eMelika, iSebe lezeMpilo yengqondo kwiYunivesithi yaseStellenbosch libonelela ifundo emfutshane edibeneyo kwi-neuroscience, neuroethics kunye noluntu kubafundi baseMzantsi Afrika kwi- inzululwazi yemithambo-luvo, imfundo zenqondo, imfundo efunda inqondo, izifundo ze-neurology, amayeza osapho, kunye neendawo ezinxulumene noko. Le khosi ihlola imixholo ebalulekileyo, kuquka i-neuroethics yaseAfrika neyehlabathi, i-AI kunye noluntu, kunye ne-neuroscience ejolise kubulungisa bentlalo. Ikhokelwa nguGqr. Olivia Matshabane kunye noNjingalwazi Soraya Seedat kwiSebe lezeMpilo yengqondo kwiYunivesithi yaseStellenbosch ngokubambisana noNjingalwazi Laila Asmal (Stellenbosch University), uNjingalwazi Bonga Chiliza (University of KwaZulu-Natal), uGqr. Cornelius Ewuoso (University of Witwatersrand), uNjingalwazi Kate Webb (Duke University, USA), kunye noNjingalwazi Judy Illes (University of British Columbia, Canada).
Le mfundo imfutshane iqala ngeyeNkanga ukuya ekupheleni kuCanzibe kwaye ifundiswa ngendlela edibeneyo (ngokwenyani nangobuqu kwi - Iziko loPhando leBiomedical kunye neSibhedlele saseStikland kwiYunivesithi yaseStellenbosch) kunye noqeqesho lwamaqela kunye nemisebenzi ebandakanyeka kuluntu.
Le khosi imfutshane ixhaswa ngesisa yiDana Foundation eMelika.
Kutheni siphuhlise le khosi imfutshane?
Njengoko uphuhliso kwi-neuroscience, i-neurotechnologies, i-artificial intelligence (AI) kunye ne-generative AI ziqhubeka zikhawuleza, kukho imfuneko ebalulekileyo yokujongana nemiphumo ye-neuroethical yezi zixhobo zisandula ukuveliswa kunye nedatha eziyivelisayo. Nangona ukwanda kokuqondwa kwesidingo sengxoxo yehlabathi malunga ne-neuroethics, amathuba oqeqesho kunye nohlalutyo olubalulekileyo kwimiba ye-neuroethics ahlala emincinci e-Afrika. Iingxoxo ze-neuroethics kufuneka zidityaniswe kumanqanaba amaninzi oluntu, kwaye oogxa bethu baqeqeshwa kule ndawo ikhethekileyo.
Iziphumo
Le khosi imfutshane iya kuxhobisa abaphengululi baseAfrika abasakhulayo ngezixhobo ezifanelekileyo ngokwemeko yokuyila nokuphumeza uphando lwe-neuroscience olubandakanyeka kuluntu. Ngaphezu koko, esi sifundo sifutshane siya kubonelela ngolungiselelo lwezifundo kwiindlela zokuziphatha, ezomthetho, ezentlalo, zefilosofi, kunye nenkcubeko yenkqubela phambili ye-neuroscientific e-Afrika nakwihlabathi jikelele.