Hannes Werthner, the initiator of the Digital Humanism Initiative, invites to a panel discussion reflecting on the accomplishments and the future of the Digital Humanism Initiative. He writes: In 2019, TU Wien Informatics invited over 100 international scholars from a…
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Reminder of the upcoming 5th annual conference of Netzwerk Kritische Kommunikationswissenschaft, 19-21 September 2024, University of Paderborn, Germany: The detailed programme is ready, you can find it here. Our Members Marisol Sandoval, Thomas Allmer, Christian Fuchs, Sebastian Sevignani, and our…
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The conference series on Advanced Research in Technologies, Information, Innovation and Sustainability – continued at Universidad Andrés Bello, Santiago de Chile, Chile, from 21 to 23 October – is held again in a hybrid format. The deadline for paper submission…
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During the stay of Kang Ouyang, Philosopher at the Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST) School of Philosophy in Wuhan, China, in Austria, where he was invited to four events of our Utopia(s) Conversations about a perspective from China on…
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Chapter 13 of the Handbook of Critical Studies of Artificial Intelligence, edited by Simon Lindgren, published by Edward Elgar at UK and USA at the end of 2023, provides a contribution on digital humanism and AI, authored by Wolfgang Hofkirchner…
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Our Member of Advisory Committee, the German philosopher of technology and physicist, Klaus Kornwachs, published last year a new book on the development of Artificial Intelligence (AI). Since the development of AI has so far been owed to humans, it…
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The Critical Communication Studies Network announces its next conference. It is on the topic of solidarity: Call for Papers5th Conference of the Critical Communication Studies NetworkSeptember 19–21, 2024Paderborn University
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During our three-days event, the artist duo Pauseroni – they are Members of GSIS – took film footage. They did interviews and they made an event video. The event video is finished. It is 5 minutes long. Have a look…
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Almost a hundred people registered for participation in the Talks for a common future, an event organised by GSIS with the help of 14 networks and organisations under the title Utopia(s) reloaded: Science, activism and the techno-eco-social transformation. The purpose…
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The purpose of the talks about “Utopia(s) reloaded: Science, activism and the techno-eco-social transformation” we are preparing for 26-28 October 2023 is to raise awareness of the scientific basis on which action can be effective in overcoming the current polycrisis.…
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