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SUMMARY:Conference HaPoC 2025
DESCRIPTION:The KHK c:o/re is proud to host the 8th edition of the international conference on History and Philosophy of Computing (HaPoC)\, taking place every two years under the auspices of the DHST/DLMPST Interdivisional Commission on History and Philosophy of Computing (www.hapoc.org). \nInitiated in 2011\, the conference has the aim of building an interdisciplinary community and environment to address the various facets of computing and computing  technology\, bringing together scholars from a broad range of disciplines to discuss the past and present cultures\, practices and images of computing. \nFind the program on our website. \n\nKeynote Speakers:\nLiesbeth De Mol\, CNRS/Université de Lille\, France\nRobin K. Hill\, University of Wyoming\, US\nAlexandre Hocquet\, Université de Lorraine\, France \nProgram Committee:\nArianna Borrelli\, TU Berlin and RWTH Aachen\, Germany\nJianqing Chen\, Washington University at Saint Louis\, US\nJack Copeland\, University of Canterbury\, Christchurch\, NZ\nBeatrice Fazi\,  University of Sussex\, UK\nGabriele Gramelsberger\, RWTH Aachen\, Germany\nThomas Haigh\, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee\, US\nAndrei Korbut\, CAIS Center for Advanced Internet Studies Bochum\, Germany\nAlfred Nordmann\, TU Darmstadt\, Germany\nMitsuhiro Okada\, Keio University\, Tokyo\, Japan\nBen Peters\, University of Tulsa\, US\nMate Szabo\, University of Southern California\, US \nLocal Organising Committee at RWTH Aachen University:\nGabriele Gramelsberger (philosophy of science)\nStefan Böschen (sociology of science)\nDawid Kasprowicz (philosophy of science)\nPhillip Roth (science and technology studies)\nSaskia Nagel (ethics of science)\nTorsten Voigt (science and technology studies)
URL:https://khk.rwth-aachen.de/event/hapoc-2025-conference/
LOCATION:RWTH Aachen University – Super C\, Templergraben 57\, Aachen\, 52062
CATEGORIES:Conference
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SUMMARY:Art Event: The Ambiguity of Sorting
DESCRIPTION:The Ambiguity of Sorting\nHow do technologies of separation bring us together? \nDigital systems are based on acts of transformation from continuity and unity into discreteness and separation. These acts of transformation have been popularized in the multiple ways in which humans engage with AI systems and other forms of digital technologies. Everything we do is transformed\, one could say\, automatically into data. It is transformed into discrete units that can be computed. Digital technologies have become more than tools for research; people produce knowledge with them\, engage emotionally through and with these systems\, generating new forms and spaces of intimacy. At the same time\, these technologies carry a history of creating disconnections\, failing to account for different ways of engaging with the world. They are the result of a certain imaginary of the human and intelligence\, one that leaves aside many other existing ways to be in the world. What kind of communities are enabled by technologies? What kind of technologies are successful in bringing communities together? Can we imagine a history of technology that is based on plural ways of understanding intelligence and the human? How can we design technologies that bring people together? How can we imagine technologies that enable communities? \nThe Ambiguity of Sorting is a pop-up exhibition and a panel discussion that takes place during the 8th edition of the Conference of the Society for the History and Philosophy of Computing. The event brings together installation\, performance\, and conversations to discuss how the history of intelligent systems embodied ideas of intelligence\, the human\, and how we live together. With the panel\, we invite to think of a different history of computing\, one where those that were not thought to be fitting within their categories were creating their own technologies all along. \nWith contribution by: Sasha Bergstrom-Katz\, Ren Loren Britton\, and Verena Friedrich \nOrganization and moderation: Ana Maria Guzmán Olmos \nFind out more about the artists and their artworks on this website. \nHeader photo: Sasha Bergstrom-Katz\, On the Subject of Tests: Opening Boxes\, 2022. Video.
URL:https://khk.rwth-aachen.de/event/art-event-ambiguity-of-sorting/
LOCATION:RWTH Aachen University – Super C – Generali Saal 639\, Templergraben 57\, Aachen\, 52062\, Germany
CATEGORIES:Art,Conference,Talks
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SUMMARY:Freedom of Research: A European Summit
DESCRIPTION:For more information about the program\, check out the event website. \nThe Summit is organized by the Charlemagne Prize Foundation and RWTH Aachen University’s Knowledge Hub and Käte Hamburger Kolleg: Cultures of Research (c:o/re).
URL:https://khk.rwth-aachen.de/event/freedom-of-research-a-european-summit/
CATEGORIES:Conference
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SUMMARY:Conference: Varieties of Science and Technology in Europe: Shifting Fortunes of STS in Turbulent Times
DESCRIPTION:This year’s Gesellschaft für Wissenschafts- und Technikforschung e.V. (GWTF) conference is organized in cooperation with RWTH Aachen University’s Käte Hamburger Kolleg: Cultures of Research (c:o/re) and its current thematic focus on “Globality and Varieties of Science.” We therefore expressly invite members of national STS associations in Europe to discuss this topic with us. \nScience and Technology Studies (STS) currently find themselves in a precarious position: Epistemologically\, they are caught between multiple disciplines precisely because they have become highly specialized. Institutionally\, as a relatively small field\, this position is often weak. At the same time\, STS are increasingly called upon to contribute to innovation and transformation processes originating in other disciplines\, such as biosciences or engineering. This is less surprising than it appears at first glance\, for science and technology themselves confront a range of tensions. On the one hand\, STS are mobilized to address societal problems and increasingly help to play a prominent role in processes of collective problem-solving. Key terms here include transdisciplinary research\, mission-oriented research\, co-creation\, and responsible research and innovation. On the other hand\, science and technology face increasing attacks and challenges. Growing restrictions of academic freedom in many countries are evident in the Academic Freedom Index. In addition\, universities have become battlegrounds for right-wing culture wars\, in which slogans like “cancel culture” are used to stir up sentiment against those deemed undesirable. In this situation\, research into the social and cultural dimensions of science and technology is growing in significance. Under these conditions\, and in playing an integrated role for science and technology\, STS must navigate more actively the tension between engagement and distancing. \nIn this context\, we want to take a closer look at the question of the positioning of Science and Technology Studies against the backdrop of different circumstances in European countries. We want to learn about specific cultural and institutional embeddings of STS and also focus on developments where these embeddings are particularly salient. We suggest the following two thematic strands as exemplary cases: \n\nForms of hybrid knowledge production and technology development in different European countries. It is truly astonishing how diverse the variants of transdisciplinary research have become under various labels (be it transdisciplinary research\, citizen science\, real-world laboratories\, etc.). Modes of funding and innovation policy have provided stimulating impe-tuses for how specific academic systems and forms of civil society organization interact. How have these forms of transdisciplinary research developed and which variations can be ob-served? And what is the relationship between such variations and their respective cultural-institutional contexts? What self-conceptions of researchers have developed? What does the balance between engagement and distancing look like\, how did it develop\, and how is it per-formed? For example\, the conditions and limitations of academic freedom differ from country to country. Europe\, too\, is not free from authoritarian developments\, which assigns science and technology research a significant yet precarious sociopolitical role in preserving academic freedom through its continued advancement.\nAcademic careers (in STS) in different countries. Academic systems can be understood in terms of their form and orientation particularly through the academic careers that emerge within them—or fail to emerge. The conditions of socialization of aspiring researchers reflect the particular cultural and institutional characteristics of a scientific system. What career paths are typically institutionally predefined? What meritocratic signals must scientists in their early career paths demonstrate to accumulate the symbolic capital that is so crucial? Even if the prevailing impression is that these are measured by the respective disciplines using purely objective criteria (such as\, publication and external funding success)\, a closer look is warranted here. What experiences and career paths exist in the various European countries? What key factors influence the similarity or dissimilarity of such career paths? And what is the situation in particularly specialized fields such as STS\, where it can be assumed that career trajectories within the academic system—which are already highly complex—develop in even more intricate ways? In addition to disciplinary quality indicators\, researchers often face other requirements that they must fulfill\, which presents a significant problem in the academic careers of researchers in STS\, as academic careers have traditionally been determined by discipline—that is\, by a qualification in a specific academic field. Cross-disciplinary perspectives are often critical in this regard. However: how does this relate to the different fields of application and the disciplines involved? What differences emerge depending on funding formats?
URL:https://khk.rwth-aachen.de/event/conference-varieties-of-science-and-technology-in-europe-shifting-fortunes-of-sts-in-turbulent-times/
LOCATION:Forum M\, Mayersche\, Buchkremerstraße 1-7\, Aachen\, 52062\, Germany
CATEGORIES:Conference
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