The digital age confronts us with huge societal challenges like growing inequality, algorithmic bias, surveillance technologies and data monopolies disrupting social cohesion and equity. But we reflect these challenges often only within our own filter bubble. As in physical space, in the digital we like to surround ourselves with people who have similar views and values as ourselves. In times of physical distancing, we almost solely rely on the digital realm to provide us with new information and inspiration. Here, instead of exposure to chance encounters and opinions, we each move in our own filter bubbles where we consume information tailored specifically towards our own interests and opinions by algorithms.
Changing perspectives has become a harder thing to do under current circumstances so this semester we want to use the opportunity the digital format of the Colloquium gives us to invite speakers with different views from different parts of the world to discuss together with us their perspectives on the digital society of tomorrow. What is their view on the individual in the digital world in times of increasing data analysis, profiling and dwindling privacy? Is digital sovereignty a thing in their bubble and how does design play into all of this? We will invite Open Data activists, cultural studies scholars, designers, artists, philosophers and anything in between to exchange views on our digital past, present and future on a global level.
Schedule
15 Apr 2021 | Gesche Joost: Kick-Off
22 Apr 2021 | Emilia Knabe and Ben Siegler: Design and Data Sovereignty
29 Apr 2021 | Chris Roper: Data, drones, disinformation: giving African citizens actionable information.
6 May 2021 | Gameli Adzaho: Exploring Resilience through Online Interactions
13 May 2021 | No session (public holiday)
20 May 2021 | Mario Schmidt: Curse or Blessing
27 May 2021 | Philipp Schmidt: History of open education
3 Jun 2021 | Ezri Tarazi: Connecting to a state of “No Bubble”
10 Jun 2021 | Stephanie Hankey: The Glass Room
17 Jun 2021 | Raul Krauthausen: Soziales Handeln neu gedacht: mit Spaß und Leidenschaft statt Mitleid
24 Jun 2021 | Emilia Knabe: How to Pop your own Filter Bubble
1 Jul 2021 | Ousia Foli-Bebe: Forget the technology, let’s go back to human first!
8 Jul 2021 | Florian Marcus: e-Estonia – Service Design in e-government
15 Jul 2021 | Gesche Joost: Closing Session
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