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SUMMARY:Workshop "Practical and Epistemic Challenges of Living Lab Research - Perspectives from Australia and Germany" with Darren Sharp
DESCRIPTION:Aim:\nThe aim of the workshop is\n(1) to inform each other about current activities and thus to inform and inspire each other about current perspectives on living lab research in the respective countries\,\n(2) to reflect on these perspectives against the background of different research cultures in the respective countries\n(3) to identify future perspectives for cooperation. \nApproach:\nThe workshop will be scheduled for four hours and will be structured according to the three objectives of the workshop. Invited speakers will present examples and experiences from the two research contexts. This will be followed by a collaborative exploration of practical and epistemic practices. In a concluding phase\, further questions will be identified and perspectives for future cooperation will be explored. \nBackground:\nIn the first two weeks of September 2024\, Darren Sharp\, senior researcher at the Monash Sustainable Development Institute at Monash University (Melbourne\, Australia)\, is coming to Aachen based on a Kármán Fellowship. Darren Sharp is leading a challenging project which aims to turn the Monash Campus into a Net-Zero CO2 space following a living lab approach. \nIf you would like to attend\, please write a short email to lli@humtec.rwth-aachen.de. \n 
URL:https://khk.rwth-aachen.de/event/workshop-practical-and-epistemic-challenges-of-living-lab-research-perspectives-from-australia-and-germany-with-darren-sharp/
LOCATION:Stadtpalais\, Theaterstraße 75\, Aachen\, 52062\, Germany
CATEGORIES:Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240911T170000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240911T183000
DTSTAMP:20260414T230922
CREATED:20240726T092953Z
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SUMMARY:Net Zero Precinct Futures: place-based experimentation for sustainability transitions - Theodore von Kármán Lecture with Darren Sharp
DESCRIPTION:Lecture by Darren Sharp\, Monash Sustainable Development Institute (Melbourne\, Australia); RWTH Kármán-Fellow \nAbstract: \nUrban experimentation is an emerging field that brings together academic\, government\, industry and community actors to trial new modes of sustainable development and transition governance approaches. Envisioning sustainable futures involves the co-creation of visions and pathways to orient actors involved in urban experimentation and guide the direction of transformative change.\nIn this lecture Dr Darren Sharp will present an overview of Net Zero Precincts\, a four-year ARC Linkage project to develop and test a new interdisciplinary approach to help cities reach net zero by taking the precinct as an optimal scale for urban transitions. The research takes inspiration from the Net Zero Initiative through which Monash University has committed to achieving net zero emissions across its four Australian campuses by 2030. Net Zero Precincts brings together transition management with design anthropology to support the transition to net zero cities in a way that is responsive to the needs of people\, politics and place.\nDr Sharp will discuss the interdisciplinary approach being developed through an overview of the envisioning process that took place via a workshop series with participants from the Monash Precinct community. Walking tours were used as a catalyst to co-create future visions that took the form of ‘Living Worlds’ using speculative prototyping. A portfolio of Living Lab experiments has been activated to provide an enabling environment for research teams and project partners to test and demonstrate net zero innovations in a place-based setting. The lecture will conclude by exploring how transition managers can leverage monitoring and evaluation to support reflexive learning\, steer transformative outcomes and build capability for the governance of experimentation. \nIf you would like to attend\, please write a short email to events@khk.rwth-aachen.de. \n 
URL:https://khk.rwth-aachen.de/event/public-university-lecture-by-darren-sharp/
LOCATION:Stadtpalais/Online\, Theaterstraße 75\, Aachen\, 52062\, Germany
CATEGORIES:Talks
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20241009T170000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20241009T183000
DTSTAMP:20260414T230922
CREATED:20240917T134935Z
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SUMMARY:Towards Expanded STS? - Stefan Böschen
DESCRIPTION:This event is part of our winter semester 2024/25 Lecture Series Expanding Science and Technology Studies. \nTo take part either online or in presence\, please write a short email to events@khk.rwth-aachen.de.
URL:https://khk.rwth-aachen.de/event/evening-lecture-ws2425-1/
CATEGORIES:Lecture Series,Lecture Series 2024/25,Lecture Series 24/25
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20241021
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20241106
DTSTAMP:20260414T230922
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SUMMARY:Freedom of Research: Art Exhibition
DESCRIPTION:We are pleased to have brought the exhibition “European Archive of Voices” to Aachen. \nA team of 50 young international interviewers has interviewed people from across Europe born in the first half of the 20th century in their mother tongue about their experiences\, fears and hopes. This diverse collection of memoirs includes activists\, artists\, lawyers\, politicians\, scientists\, writers\, and many more. Through these varied biographies\, the project aims to highlight the rich\, complex\, and polarized histories of Europe and the generation that rebuilt it after 1945. \nYoung photographer Maximilian Gödecke\, focusing on reportage and portrait photography\, travels through European countries\, capturing personal portraits of the witnesses to history featured in the “European Archive of Voices.” Through his lens\, he captures not only their faces but also the spirit of a “last generation.” The project won the European Charlemagne Youth Prize in 2020. \nThe exhibition will be displayed in the Foyer of the C.A.R.L. at RWTH Aachen University. The opening will take place on Monday\, 21 October 2024\, at 12:00pm. \nThis event is part of the “Freedom of Research: A European Summit – Science in Times of Uncertainty” symposium and jointly organized by the Charlemagne Prize Foundation and RWTH Aachen University’s Knowledge Hub and Käte Hamburger Kolleg: Cultures of Research (co/re).
URL:https://khk.rwth-aachen.de/event/freedom-of-research-art-exhibition/
LOCATION:RWTH Aachen\, C.A.R.L.\, Claßenstraße 11\, Aachen\, 52072\, Germany
CATEGORIES:Conference
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20241022T103000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20241022T183000
DTSTAMP:20260414T230922
CREATED:20241015T074849Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260116T102144Z
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SUMMARY:Political Philosophy of Engineering and Technology - Workshop organized by Carl Mitcham (Colorado School of Mines)
DESCRIPTION:Abstract: \nWhy political philosophy of technology? Why aren’t the philosophy and ethics of technology adequate? A classic answer is contained in the concluding chapter of Nicomachean Ethics where Aristotle transitions to the Politics: “Ethical arguments may have the power to encourage and stimulate the high-minded and those of noble character\, but they are insufficient to encourage the many to nobility and goodness” (NEX\, 9). Only in a world blinded by excessive individualism could ethics alone be thought sufficient to deal with questions of good and evil in an engineered and engineering world. Indeed\, as Aristotle also notes at the beginning\, it is politics that determines how technics and sciences are to be pursued and practiced in the polis (NE I\, 2). It’s not just ethics. As engineered technologies increasingly supervene on and threaten the lifeworld through both success and destruction\, only politics\, political action\, and political philosophy can save us. \nSpeakers:\n\nAvigail Ferdman (Technion\, Israel)\nGiovanni Frigo (ITAS Karlsruhe)\nLukas Fuchs (TU Eindhoven)\nViet Anh Nguyen Duc (TU Darmstadt) \nPlease find the prorgam here.  \nHere you can see the event announcement. \nIf you would like to attend\, please write a short email to events@khk.rwth-aachen.de.
URL:https://khk.rwth-aachen.de/event/political-philosophy-of-engineering-and-technology-workshop-organized-by-carl-mitcham-colorado-school-of-mines/
LOCATION:Stadtpalais\, Theaterstraße 75\, Aachen\, 52062\, Germany
CATEGORIES:Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20241030T170000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20241030T183000
DTSTAMP:20260414T230922
CREATED:20240917T134959Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240918T093243Z
UID:11072-1730307600-1730313000@khk.rwth-aachen.de
SUMMARY:An IAEA for AI? The Regulation of Artificial Intelligence and Governance Models from the Nuclear Age - Elisabeth Röhrlich
DESCRIPTION:This event is part of our winter semester 2024/25 Lecture Series Expanding Science and Technology Studies. \nTo take part either online or in presence\, please write a short email to events@khk.rwth-aachen.de.
URL:https://khk.rwth-aachen.de/event/evening-lecture-ws2425-2/
CATEGORIES:Lecture Series,Lecture Series 2024/25,Lecture Series 24/25
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20241104T183000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20241104T233000
DTSTAMP:20260414T230922
CREATED:20241002T125232Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260116T102122Z
UID:11419-1730745000-1730763000@khk.rwth-aachen.de
SUMMARY:Freedom of Research: Freedom Late Night
DESCRIPTION:We invite you to an inspiring event featuring thought-provoking talks\, artistic performances\, and scientific presentations. Delve into the critical questions: “Why is science crucial for freedom?” and “How do key technologies ensure our freedom and that of future generations?” Don’t miss this opportunity to be part of a vibrant discussion on the power of education and technology in securing freedom for all. \nThe Freedom LateNight event will be held in the Ludwig Forum für Internationale Kunst in Aachen\, offering a unique and immersive experience that explores the multifaceted concept of freedom. Attendees will have the opportunity to engage with the theme from various perspectives – artistic\, scientific\, political\, and deeply personal – across three dynamic stages. \nThis event is part of the “Freedom of Research: A European Summit – Science in Times of Uncertainty” symposium and jointly organized by the Charlemagne Prize Foundation and RWTH Aachen University’s Knowledge Hub and Käte Hamburger Kolleg: Cultures of Research (co/re).
URL:https://khk.rwth-aachen.de/event/freedom-of-research-freedom-late-night/
LOCATION:Ludwig Forum\, Jülicher Str. 97-109\, Aachen\, 52070\, Germany
CATEGORIES:Conference
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20241105T090000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20241105T163000
DTSTAMP:20260414T230923
CREATED:20241002T125134Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260116T102005Z
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SUMMARY:Freedom of Research: Symposium
DESCRIPTION:In a conference format\, we will explore various aspects of research freedom in times of uncertainty through panel discussions\, TED Talks\, and interactive sessions. Engage with renowned scientists\, hear firsthand accounts from representatives in business\, politics\, and academia\, discuss the ideas of young researchers from across Europe who are currently working on pressing issues that may affect all of us\, and reflect with us on the major challenges for the future of Europe. \nThese thematic discussions will take place on the rooftop of the bookstore “Mayersche” at forum M\, right in the heart of Aachen. Whether you are a student\, an expert\, a media representative or a local\, you are warmly invited to join the debates. \nThis event is part of the “Freedom of Research: A European Summit – Science in Times of Uncertainty” symposium and jointly organized by the Charlemagne Prize Foundation and RWTH Aachen University’s Knowledge Hub and Käte Hamburger Kolleg: Cultures of Research (co/re).
URL:https://khk.rwth-aachen.de/event/freedom-of-research-symposium/
LOCATION:Forum M\, Mayersche\, Buchkremerstraße 1-7\, Aachen\, 52062\, Germany
CATEGORIES:Conference
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20241108T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20241109T000000
DTSTAMP:20260414T230923
CREATED:20241021T133530Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260116T101937Z
UID:11499-1731088800-1731110400@khk.rwth-aachen.de
SUMMARY:“5 to 12” RWTH Science Night
DESCRIPTION:On November 8\, 2024\, the 20th science night “5 to 12” will take place at RWTH Aachen University. The annual event aims to present science and research at the RWTH to the public in different events across the RWTH Campus. The main hub of these events will be the C.A.R.L. and the program can be found here (in German). \nThe KHK c:o/re will be represented on the second floor of the C.A.R.L. in S05 with its theme “Unboxing Science: Experience Knowledge in Art and Society”. \nJoin us anytime between 7 p.m. and midnight!
URL:https://khk.rwth-aachen.de/event/5-to-12-rwth-science-night/
LOCATION:RWTH Aachen\, C.A.R.L.\, Claßenstraße 11\, Aachen\, 52072\, Germany
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20241112T090000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20241112T153000
DTSTAMP:20260414T230923
CREATED:20241104T144714Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260116T101925Z
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SUMMARY:Logic and the Philosophy of Science - Workshop with Gabriel Sandu
DESCRIPTION:9:00 – 9:10 Welcome \n9:10 – 10:05 Gabriel Sandu (University of Helsinki): “Logical representation of causal inferences in statistics” \n10:05 – 11:00 Gabriele Gramelsberger (RWTH Aachen University): TBA \n(11:00 – 11:15 Coffee break) \n11:15 – 12:10 Dawid Kasprowicz (RWTH Aachen University): “Modality as a subject for science and modality as experience in science” \n(12:10 – 13:40 Lunch break) \n13:40 – 14:35 Markus Pantsar (RWTH Aachen University): “Logical foundations of science in the age of generative AI” \n14:35 – 15:30 Jack Copeland (University of Canterbury\, Christchurch): “Uncomputability(?)—mental and physical”
URL:https://khk.rwth-aachen.de/event/logic-and-the-philosophy-of-science-workshop-with-gabriel-sandu/
LOCATION:Stadtpalais\, Theaterstraße 75\, Aachen\, 52062\, Germany
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20241113T170000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20241113T183000
DTSTAMP:20260414T230923
CREATED:20240917T135024Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260116T100724Z
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SUMMARY:STS between the Climate Crisis and the Einstein Telescope - Harro van Lente
DESCRIPTION:This event is part of our winter semester 2024/25 Lecture Series Expanding Science and Technology Studies. \nTo take part either online or in presence\, please write a short email to events@khk.rwth-aachen.de.
URL:https://khk.rwth-aachen.de/event/evening-lecture-ws2425-3/
CATEGORIES:Lecture Series,Lecture Series 2024/25,Lecture Series 24/25
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20241120T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20241120T193000
DTSTAMP:20260414T230923
CREATED:20241030T092400Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260116T100704Z
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SUMMARY:Alan Turing\, Artificial Intelligence\, and the Imitation Game - Jack Copeland
DESCRIPTION:At the turn of the millennium Time magazine listed Alan Turing among the twentieth century’s 100 greatest minds. His ideas helped to transport us from an era where ‘computer’ was the term for a human clerk who did the sums in the back office of an insurance company or science lab\, into a world where many have never known life without the Internet. His fundamental contributions to computer science are now widely celebrated\, but less explored is his pioneering work on what we now call artificial intelligence.\nThis lecture describes the evolution of Turing’s thinking about intelligent machinery\, from his wartime investigations at the British codebreaking headquarters at Bletchley Park\, through to his groundbreaking publications in the early 1950s. His famous 1950 article ‘Computing Machinery and Intelligence’ described his Imitation Game\, now called simply the ‘Turing test’. Over the years\, Turing’s test has been the target of a hail of objections from computer science\, philosophy\, and elsewhere. The lecture will suggest that leading objections in the literature miss their mark\, being for the most part based on misunderstandings of Turing’s subtle test; and recent claims that Turing’s test has actually been passed will be evaluated in the light of Turing’s own specification of the test. \nJack Copeland is Distinguished Professor in Humanities at the University of Canterbury (New Zealand)\, a world-wide expert on the life and works of Alan Turing as well as a leading philosopher of AI\, computation\, and information. The lecture is followed by a fireplace talk between Jack Copeland and Holger Hoos on Turing and AI. Holger Hoos is professor of computer science at RWTH Aachen University and leading researcher in the field of machine learning. The evening will be introduced by Gabriele Gramelsberger\, director of the Käte Hamburger Kolleg: Cultures of Research Aachen (KHK c:o/re) and professor of philosophy of science and technology at RWTH Aachen University. The event is organized in cooperation between the KHK c:o/re\, the Center for Artificial Intelligence at RWTH Aachen\, and the OecherLab. Available seats are limited; we recommend arriving early. \nYou can find the poster for the event here.
URL:https://khk.rwth-aachen.de/event/alan-turing-artificial-intelligence-and-the-imitation-game-jack-copeland/
LOCATION:OecherLab\, Kapuzinergraben 19 D\, 52062 Aachen
CATEGORIES:Talks
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20241125
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20241127
DTSTAMP:20260414T230923
CREATED:20241030T123248Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260116T100508Z
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SUMMARY:Workshop: "Emergence\, Causality\, and Complexity"
DESCRIPTION:Organizers: Erica Onnis\, Ana María Guzmán\, Alexander Schubert \nAbstract: \nAccording to many authors involved in the debate about emergence\, ontological emergent phenomena can be characterized as partially dependent on a more fundamental base and causally novel in instantiating new causal properties able to make them autonomous. Moreover\, emergence is often recognized as a relevant feature in complex systems\, namely those systems composed of several parts mutually influencing each other and producing unexpected and sometimes highly organized behaviors. The significance of the relationship between emergence\, causal efficacy\, and complexity is clear. However\, how to conceive more precisely this connection and the notions at play is far from straightforward. \nFrom a historical point of view\, one particular type of complex object sparked the debates that continue today: the organism. After the advent of biology as a science\, the question of whether the complexity of biological phenomena introduces some kind of non-linear causality shaped the search for a middle position between mechanism and vitalism in\, for  example\, post-Kantian idealism and\, subsequently\, British Emergentism which gave the middle position its contemporary name. Debates about constraints and their causal relevance in biology prove that such historical considerations are still relevant today. \nThe international workshop Emergence\, Causality\, and Complexity aims to bring together contemporary and historically inspired philosophical perspectives on the nature of\nemergent phenomena\, their causal dimension\, and their role in shaping our view of complexity. \nPlease find the program of the workshop here. \nIf you would like to attend\, please write a short email to events@khk.rwth-aachen.de.
URL:https://khk.rwth-aachen.de/event/workshop-emergence-causality-and-complexity/
LOCATION:Stadtpalais\, Theaterstraße 75\, Aachen\, 52062\, Germany
CATEGORIES:Workshops
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20241127T170000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20241127T183000
DTSTAMP:20260414T230923
CREATED:20240917T135143Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260116T100446Z
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SUMMARY:Cancelled: From IP and Cookies to IDFA/GAID. Towards a Historical Sociology of (Digital) Addressing - Ricky Wichum
DESCRIPTION:Unfortunately\, this lecture has been canceled due to health reasons. We will continue our lecture series on December 18. Thank you for your understanding.  \nThis event is part of our winter semester 2024/25 Lecture Series Expanding Science and Technology Studies. \nTo take part either online or in presence\, please write a short email to events@khk.rwth-aachen.de.
URL:https://khk.rwth-aachen.de/event/evening-lecture-ws2425-4/
CATEGORIES:Lecture Series,Lecture Series 2024/25,Lecture Series 24/25
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20241218T170000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20241218T183000
DTSTAMP:20260414T230923
CREATED:20240917T135224Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260116T100431Z
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SUMMARY:Spaces of Research Beyond the Laboratory? The University as a Neglected Research Object in STS - David Kaldewey
DESCRIPTION:This event is part of our winter semester 2024/25 Lecture Series Expanding Science and Technology Studies. \nTo take part either online or in presence\, please write a short email to events@khk.rwth-aachen.de.
URL:https://khk.rwth-aachen.de/event/evening-lecture-ws2425-5/
CATEGORIES:Lecture Series,Lecture Series 2024/25,Lecture Series 24/25
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20250108T170000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20250108T183000
DTSTAMP:20260414T230923
CREATED:20240917T135249Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260116T100411Z
UID:11081-1736355600-1736361000@khk.rwth-aachen.de
SUMMARY:Communicating Science and Technology. How Can STS Benefit From Historical Semantics? - Désirée Schauz
DESCRIPTION:This event is part of our winter semester 2024/25 Lecture Series Expanding Science and Technology Studies. \nTo take part either online or in presence\, please write a short email to events@khk.rwth-aachen.de.
URL:https://khk.rwth-aachen.de/event/evening-lecture-ws2425-6/
CATEGORIES:Lecture Series,Lecture Series 2024/25,Lecture Series 24/25
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20250116T183000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20250116T200000
DTSTAMP:20260414T230923
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SUMMARY:Lecture “The (global) politics of Technology Assessment – discursive-deliberative or agonistic?” – Pierre Delvenne
DESCRIPTION:This lecture is part of the “STS Forum” organized by the HumTec (Human Technology Center) at RWTH Aachen University. \nAbstract: \nThe dynamics of convergence of specific practices (e.g.\, responsible research and innovation [RRI]\, technology assessment [TA]) across research and innovation policies are frequently interrogated by STS scholarship. Progress itself has often been defined by its ability to make projects expand without changing their framing assumptions. This quality is “scalability” [and it refers to] the ability of a project to change scales smoothly without any change in project frames (Tsing 2015: 38). In this talk\, I will explore the possible standardization of TA practices and knowledge norms and its consequences at a time when the TA community is considering that TA can and should go global beyond nation-specific practices to meet the current socio-technical challenges of our time. \nCan TA practices be scaled up to reach and engage a global audience? Can there be a global TA organization? Given the normative and philosophical roots of TA that make it unique among the many other practices that aim to support decision making and public debate\, the only sustainable answer to these questions forces us to consider TA’s relation to democracy. I will start by arguing that the politics and practices of scaling TA are matters of democratic politics\, since there is no viable TA without a strong democratic life. \nFrom this point\, I will ask: What kind of democracy are TA practitioners committed to\, and how has this shaped the approaches they have developed to support decision-making and public debate? What are the limits of these visions in terms of the insights and revitalization they can still bring to TA practices and democratic orders? With these questions in mind\, I would like to explore the roots of TA in relation to democracy. Drawing on recent work (Delvenne and Parotte 2024)\, I will begin with a brief overview of four theories of democracy that I find relevant and useful for making sense of TA’s crucial role and activity in the tumultuous times that many democracies are currently experiencing. First\, I will consider the theories of discursive and deliberative democracy developed by Benjamin Barber and Jürgen Habermas\, which are often considered by the TA community to be at the core of TA’s rationales and methodologies (van Est/Brom 2012). I will then include the ideas of two authors who theorized agonistic models of democracy – Noortje Marres and Chantal Mouffe – whose approaches that value conflict and dissensus have somehow been neglected by the TA community and\, to a large extent\, by scholarly work on TA. \nI will argue that the contribution of discursive and deliberative theories\, while crucial\, is now leading to an impasse from which a way out must be found. The successes of the model of democracy sought by Habermas and Barber remain mixed. All around\, the framework of representative democracy is cracking and in need of deep repair given the widening gap between those who govern and those who are governed. As an institutional embodiment of democratic ideals translated into practice\, if it is to continue to play a pioneering role\, adapted to the contemporary challenges posed by the rapid rise of far-right extremism and epistemic ambiguity about the status of science\, TA needs to renew its sources of theoretical inspiration. \nI am not advocating a switch between discursive-deliberative and agonistic approaches. Instead\, my intention is to blur the traditional distinctions between these models of democracy\, leading to the conclusion that it is fruitful to consider the boundary between the two as not insurmountable\, in theory as in practice. Identifying what I will call ‘disturbance zones’ at the intersection of these theories of democracy will allow me to consider the global politics of technology assessment. I will do so tentatively\, guided by Anna Tsing’s conceptual lens\, arguing that in the shadow of the zeitgeist of scalability\, it is necessary to turn attention to the nonscalable as a spur to TA theory and practice.
URL:https://khk.rwth-aachen.de/event/lecture-the-global-politics-of-technology-assessment-discursive-deliberative-or-agonistic-pierre-delvenne/
LOCATION:Stadtpalais\, Theaterstraße 75\, Aachen\, 52062\, Germany
CATEGORIES:Talks
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20250121T170000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20250121T183000
DTSTAMP:20260414T230923
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SUMMARY:What Role for History and Philosophy of Science in STS? Critical Engagements with Empirical Inquiry - Sabina Leonelli
DESCRIPTION:This event is part of our winter semester 2024/25 Lecture Series Expanding Science and Technology Studies. \nTo take part either online or in presence\, please write a short email to events@khk.rwth-aachen.de.
URL:https://khk.rwth-aachen.de/event/evening-lecture-ws2425-7/
CATEGORIES:Lecture Series,Lecture Series 2024/25,Lecture Series 24/25
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20250124T120000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20250124T133000
DTSTAMP:20260414T230923
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SUMMARY:ERS invites… Dr. Pēteris Zilgalvis: Competition Law in the Digital Era: AI and other new challenges
DESCRIPTION:Professor Stefan Böschen\, Director of the KHK c:o/re\, and the Exploratory Research Space (ERS) of RWTH Aachen University invite you to another lecture of the “ERS invites…” series\, this time featuring Dr. Pēteris Zilgalvis\, Judge at the General Court of the European Union\, to discuss how AI is reshaping the legal landscape from various perspectives. \nFor further information\, please visit the event website.
URL:https://khk.rwth-aachen.de/event/ers-invites-dr-peteris-zilgalvis/
LOCATION:RWTH Aachen University – Super C – Generali Saal 639\, Templergraben 57\, Aachen\, 52062\, Germany
CATEGORIES:Talks
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20250221T103000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20250221T173000
DTSTAMP:20260414T230923
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SUMMARY:Beyond-nature / Beyond-life
DESCRIPTION:Due to the rapid development of materials sciences during the past decades\, such disciplines known as bioinspired materials and biorobotics have posited themselves as domains whose starting point is inspiration from nature\, or more precisely\, from various ‘natural’ or biological objects and processes found in the natural world. For example\, the technology of CRISPR gene editing developed in the 2010s may be elucidating for such projects. These projects in genetics go beyond the common conception of the readability of the world\, and showcase attempts to program nature as an application of genome editing. One may therefore suggest that ‘nature’ does not act any more as a limit beyond which one cannot reach further; rather\, it is a mark which may be or should be transcended. \nAs such examples may show\, some of these developments intend to reach domains that are not only ‘beyond nature’ but also ‘beyond life’. Because many of these projects are often conducted in relation with medical research\, they may result in possibilities of re-writing life while simultaneously re-writing what health and illness may potentially become. Especially due to the advent of cyber technologies\, the emerging artifacts that combine the material with the digital revolutionize medical worlds\, surpassing conceptions of ‘biology as information’. Correcting nature and correlatively correcting life for the purpose of ‘fixing’ or ‘ameliorating’ parts of it opens new inquiries on how understanding\, researching and theorizing life and its being ‘nature’ expand ‘beyond’ these domains. \nThe aim of the workshop is to explore new discourses and conceptual approaches in which the research on ‘beyond-nature’ and ‘beyond-life’ is embedded. We intend to question the ways in which they reflect older traditions\, identify concrete examples that support the use of such concepts\, and examine how they contribute to a new theoretical landscape in the 21st century. \nLink to the Zoom Meeting: \nhttps://rwth.zoom-x.de/j/61559379749?pwd=ruk1LvHssje509aWa2269tCn2760If.1 \nMeeting ID: 615 5937 9749\nPasscode: 334765 \nProgram \n10:30 Coffee and cookies \n11:00-11:30: Denisa Butnaru\, Michael Friedman: Introduction \n11:30-12:30: Falk Tauber (Freiburg)\nBeyond natural motion – Plant and animals as inspiration for soft autonomous machines \n12:30-14:00 Lunch \n14:00-15:00: Bianca Jansky (Augsburg)\nMundane every-day life maintenance and repair-work in algorithm-mediated (self)care with devices in\, on and with bodies \n15:00-16:00: Eric Deibel (Maynooth)\nAI and humans who think about life: on neurotechnology and generative biology \n16:00-16:15 Coffee Break \n16:15-17:15: Ulrich Schwaneberg (Aachen)\nProtein engineering of adhesion promoting peptides for innovations in material science that go beyond-nature \n19:30: Dinner \n  \n 
URL:https://khk.rwth-aachen.de/event/beyond-nature-beyond-life/
LOCATION:Stadtpalais/Online\, Theaterstraße 75\, Aachen\, 52062\, Germany
CATEGORIES:Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20250325T090000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20250327T153000
DTSTAMP:20260414T230923
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SUMMARY:International Conference “Cultures of Research”
DESCRIPTION:The international conference “Cultures of Research” takes stock of the first four years of the fellow program at the Käte Hamburger Kolleg: Cultures of Rearch (c:o/re). During these years\, more than fifty international fellows came to the KHK c:o/re to explore the transformation of research in its many facets. Topics such as the digitalization of science\, the growing influence of AI on research practices\, the organizational transformations in science\, the “engineering of science”\, and the historical as well as intercultural comparison of “varieties of science” have been widely discussed. The conference “Cultures of Research” will focus the discussions on these topics in various panels with current and alumni fellows as well as members of the scientific advisory board of the KHK c:o/re. \nA detailed program with all speakers and titles can be found in this document. \nProgram \n\n\n\n\n\nTime\nTuesday\, 25th\nWednesday\, 26th\nThursday\, 27th\n\n\n09:00-12:00\nWelcome and Introduction\nPanel 4 “Digitalisation of Science” Lecture by Franck Varenne\nPanel 7 “Expanded STS” & Euregio\n\n\n \nPanel 1 “Historicizing Science” Lecture by Hans-Jörg Rheinberger\n \n \n\n\nLunch\n \n \n \n\n\n13:00-15:30\nPanel 2 “Dealing with Complexity” Lecture by Mary Morgan\nPanel 5 “Varieties of Science” Lecture by Alfred Nordmann\nPanel 8 “Art and Research” \n\n\nCoffee break\n \n \n \n\n\n16:00-18:00\nPanel 3 “Lifelikeness”\nPanel 6 “Freedom of Research” Lectures by Frederik Stjernfelt & Steve Fuller\nDeparture\n\n\n18:00-20:00\n\nEvening Keynote Lecture by Ad Aertsen \n\nConference Dinner\n \n\n\n \nReception (finger food)\n \n 
URL:https://khk.rwth-aachen.de/event/international-conference-cultures-of-research/
LOCATION:Forum M\, Mayersche\, Buchkremerstraße 1-7\, Aachen\, 52062\, Germany
CATEGORIES:Conference
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ORGANIZER;CN="c%3Ao/re":MAILTO:events@khk.rwth-aachen.de
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20250403T090000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20250403T153000
DTSTAMP:20260414T230923
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SUMMARY:Workshop "Engaged Social Studies of Modelling"
DESCRIPTION:Modelling and computing are increasingly at the heart of innovation\, governance\, and public policy. Yet\, many modelers remain detached from the social\, ethical\, and political implications of their work\, often viewing these aspects as irrelevant to the success of the model. The flexibility\, variety\, and resistance to falsification\, coupled with their status as authoritative evidence-making technologies\, have also enabled models to distance themselves from public scrutiny and social critique. \nFor years\, historians and philosophers of science\, and researchers in Science and Technology Studies have studied climate\, health\, environment\, and economics models. However\, these insights have often been fragmented\, external to modeling communities\, and disconnected from their everyday concerns and practices\, perpetuating the “two cultures” divide\, famously described by C.P. Snow. \nIn the wake of global experience of modelling COVID-19\, however\, the social and political dimensions of modeling have come into sharper focus within modeling communities themselves\, and the call for more responsible modeling and computing is now gaining momentum. \nThis shift presents an opportunity to bridge these divides. This workshop aims to capitalize on this moment\, as the social critique of modeling is now beginning to catch the attention of the modelling community. We will begin by discussing what social studies of modelling is\, and how it can evolve from an external reflection into a transformative\, engaged research program that works within and alongside modelling communities. \nIf you would like to attend\, please register with: events@khk.rwth-aachen.de \n Program: \n09:00 – 9:30: Welcome & Coffee \n09:30 – 11:00: Opening Discussion: Ehsan Nabavi\, Andrea Saltelli\, Lieke Melsen\, Stefan Böschen\nBrief introductions + initial reflections on ‘social studies of modelling’ (framed by a short draft shared in advance) \n11:00 – 11:15: Coffee Break \n11:15 – 12:45: Roundtable: ‘Engaged social studies of modelling?’ \n12:45 – 14:00: Lunch Break \n14:00 – 15:30: Collaboration and Reflection on Next Steps\nMapping intersections and possibilities for collaborations. Reflections\, next steps\, and possible ways to continue the conversation
URL:https://khk.rwth-aachen.de/event/workshop-engaged-social-studies-of-modelling/
LOCATION:Stadtpalais\, Theaterstraße 75\, Aachen\, 52062\, Germany
CATEGORIES:Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20250416T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20250417T153000
DTSTAMP:20260414T230923
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SUMMARY:Tagung "Digitale Aufklärung" der DGPhil
DESCRIPTION:You can find the program in this document. \nIf you would like to attend\, please register with: events@khk.rwth-aachen.de
URL:https://khk.rwth-aachen.de/event/tagung-ag-digitalitatsforschung-der-dgphil/
LOCATION:RWTH Aachen University – Super C\, Templergraben 57\, Aachen\, 52062
CATEGORIES:Conference
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20250416T163000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20250417T173000
DTSTAMP:20260414T230923
CREATED:20250124T144010Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260116T100056Z
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SUMMARY:Workshop "After Networks: Reframing Scale\, Reimagining Connections"
DESCRIPTION:If “Expanded STS” can also be understood as a platform – in a sense that it gathers different disciplines that eventually go back to their original research field – the workshop “After Networks: reframing scale\, reimagining connections” proposes a direct connection with the KHK c:o/re’s 2024 research theme. The interdisciplinary program\, combining art and internet studies\, also puts together different approaches on how science and technology are configured in other spheres beyond academia. Gathering scholars\, artists and activists who have been working on disruptive understanding of digital systems\, this two-day event will discuss alternative ways to reimagine connections in contrast to increasingly monopolistic and financially motivated social media platforms. \nIn the last few years\, we have witnessed an unprecedented crisis in the way social interactions have merged with the informational space. The current “space of the world”\, as the artificial space of social media platforms has been called (Couldry\, 2025)\, is designed and controlled by corporations with strictly business purposes\, putting at risk a sense of community in a devastating way. How can the future of the internet be imagined beyond social media platforms? What can we learn from other networks or other notions of space devised by artists? In which ways can digital communication be grounded on equity\, common ownership and sustainability? These are some of the questions that will be addressed during the workshop. \nThe program includes an opening artist talk with Eduardo Kac\, a keynote speech with the media scholar Lori Emerson\, who is launching her new book “Other Networks: A Radical Technology Sourcebook” (Anthology Editions\, 2025) and a round table focused on a community-centered perspective of networks. \nIf you would like to attend\, please register with: events@khk.rwth-aachen.de \nYou can find an overview of the speakers here. \nProgram: \nApril 16:  \n16:30 – 18:30: Artist talk\nEduardo Kac: Dialogical Art on Earth and in Space\nModerated by Nathalia Lavigne \nRecognized for his pioneering work in the fields of telepresence\, bioart\, holographic poetry and space art\, Eduardo Kac has been developing artworks since the early 1980s that explore the idea of what he calls “dialogical art”. His work articulates processes of communication between different spheres and agents\, and between both humans and non-humans\, such as animals\, plants and robots. In this talk\, Kac will focus on his recent works developed in outer space\, showing their connection with earlier works from the 1980s and 1990s in which he expanded communication in art to include the non-human. The lecture is followed by a screening of the documentary Inner Telescope\, a Space Artwork by Eduardo Kac (2017\, 35 min)\, directed by Virgile Novarina. \nApril 17:  \n9:30: Introduction of the project “After Memory” (more info here)\nNathalia Lavigne and Lisa Deml \n10:00 – 12:00: Keynote\nLori Emerson: The Future of the Internet is a Future of Networks\nModerated by Ana María Guzmán \nIn the occasion of the launch of “Other Networks: A Radical Technology Sourcebook” (Anthology Editions\, 2025)\, Lori Emerson will present some case studies gathered in the book: networks that existed before or outside of the internet\, digital as well as analog\, IRL as well as imagined\, state-sponsored systems of control as well as homebrew communities in the footnotes of hacker culture. She is the Associate Professor of Media Studies and Director of the Intermedia Arts\, Writing\, and Performance Program at the University of Colorado Boulder and Director of the Media Archaeology Lab. She is also co-author of THE LAB BOOK: Situated Practices in Media Studies (University of Minnesota Press\, 2021)\, author of Reading Writing Interfaces: From the Digital to the Bookbound (University of Minnesota Press June\, 2014)\, and editor of numerous collections. \n12:00 – 14:00: Lunch and coffee \n14:30 – 16:30: Roundtable\nTatiana Bazzichelli\, Geert Lovink\, João C. Magalhães\, Alex Wermer-Colan\, and Bruna Zanolli: Local networks: reframing scale\nModerated by Nathalia Lavigne \nIn times when the ‘extinction internet’ notion has been claimed from a “platform-in-the-age-climate-collapse perspective” (Lovink\, 2024)\, which other telecommunication infrastructures could be developed in this current configuration? How can a more nourishing sense of community be recreated beyond the social disintegration naturalized on social media? Gathering five researchers who have been working on disruptive understanding of digital systems\, this roundtable will focus on a community-centered perspective of networks and their importance in the current context. Geert Lovink and Tatiana Bazzichelli will talk about the organization format of the Institute of Network Cultures and the Disruption Network Lab – founded by each of them in 2004 and 2014\, respectively. Focusing on the challenges around inequalities affecting particularly the Global South\, Bruna Zanolli will present recent projects developed by indigenous communities in Brazil\, while João C. Magalhães will discuss the potential use of deliberative democracy\, and in particular of online citizens’s councils\, to address platform speech governance issue. Lastly\, Alex Wermer-Colan will talk about the coalition Philly Community Wireless\, co-created by him in the outskirts of Philadelphia in 2020. \nHave a look at the event poster here. \nHeader Image:\n© Illustration of SSTV event “Still Life Alive” (by Carlos Fadon Vicente) which also included “Intercities São Paulo / Pittsburgh” from 1988\, organized by the Digital Art Exchange (headed by artist Bruce Breland) [from DAX archives\, Carnegie Mellon University\, “Intercities Sao Paul-Pittsburgh” Jan. 25\, 1988 Letter of May 31 to Breland/Kocher from Matuck FF44]
URL:https://khk.rwth-aachen.de/event/after-networks-reframing-scale-reimagining-connections/
LOCATION:RWTH Aachen University – Super C\, Templergraben 57\, Aachen\, 52062
CATEGORIES:Conference,Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20250428T160000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20250428T173000
DTSTAMP:20260414T230923
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SUMMARY:Science-Art Installation Experiment "Melodic Pigments: Exploring New Synesthesia"
DESCRIPTION:Science-Art Installation Experiment by Yasmin Vega (Tokyo University of the Arts) and Masahiko Hara (Tokyo Institute of Technology/Institute of Science Tokyo) \nSynesthesia is a perceptual phenomenon in which the stimulation of one sensory or cognitive pathway leads to involuntary experiences in another sensory or cognitive pathway. An example of synesthesia is experiencing “colors” in response to sensory information. This phenomenon can manifest as perceiving and feeling “colors” when hearing certain sounds\, reading letters\, or even tasting or smelling something. \nIn this installation\, we aim to train a machine using machine learning based on databases that map the correlation between emotions and colors in response to certain sounds. The machine will then demonstrate the colors it imagines and feels when it hears a sound\, thereby expressing its own form of new synesthesia in machines. \nThrough these explorations\, we seek to deepen our understanding of synesthesia in machines and its emergent functions\, moving beyond mere sympathy or empathy between humans and machines. Additionally\, we aim to explore methodologies for visualizing the internal cognitive processes of machines. \nIf you would like to attend\, please register with events@khk.rwth-aachen.de. \n— \nCredits header photo: Masahiko Hara
URL:https://khk.rwth-aachen.de/event/melodic-pigments-exploring-new-synesthesia/
LOCATION:Stadtpalais\, Theaterstraße 75\, Aachen\, 52062\, Germany
CATEGORIES:Art
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20250507T170000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20250507T183000
DTSTAMP:20260414T230923
CREATED:20250226T080707Z
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SUMMARY:Innovation as Res Publica: The New Governance of Technoscience and its Politics – Nina Frahm
DESCRIPTION:This lecture is part of the summer semester 2025 lecture series Expanding Science and Technology Studies and the STS Forum organized by the HumTec (Human Technology Center) at RWTH Aachen University. \nAbstract: \nImperatives of technoscientific innovation have become a ubiquitous leitmotiv for public policies in the 21st century. Driven by increased public investments in research and development and fueled by hope and hype regarding the benefits of emerging technologies for society\, innovation is no longer a mere task of the market but a central concern of democracies in their pursuit of desirable futures. Yet\, innovation’s intrinsic uncertainty\, its risks and possible harms for people and the planet also present a challenge for public institutions when it comes to legitimizing innovation efforts. \nIn my research\, I follow the turn to innovation as res publica – a public thing – and argue that it is enabled by a shift from ‘hard’ regulatory instruments to tools and frameworks for the ‘soft’ governance of technoscience such as ethics guidelines and principles\, public engagement exercises\, and co-creation processes. Rather than following technocratic rationales\, the new governance of technoscience relies on new forms of reasoning and expertise that grant society\, its values and needs a central role in shaping innovation trajectories. As such\, it is key for the production of powerful imaginaries of democratic sovereignty vis-à-vis innovation and corollary ideals of socio-technical order. By zooming into the field of AI and emerging neurotechnologies\, I examine the situated politics of new governance regimes\, and in particular\, their critical role in the making of a body politic in the innovation era. \nIf you would like to attend\, please register with: events@khk.rwth-aachen.de.
URL:https://khk.rwth-aachen.de/event/innovation-as-res-publica-the-new-governance-of-technoscience-and-its-politics-nina-frahm/
LOCATION:Stadtpalais/Online\, Theaterstraße 75\, Aachen\, 52062\, Germany
CATEGORIES:Lecture Series 2025
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20250513T170000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20250513T183000
DTSTAMP:20260414T230923
CREATED:20250417T083928Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260116T100001Z
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SUMMARY:Design Meets Evolution: Theory and Practice - Theodore von Kármán Lecture with Victor de Lorenzo
DESCRIPTION:Abstract: \nThe prevailing view of biological evolution is not unlike bricolage/pastiche/tinkering – in sharp contrast with rational engineering. Yet\, different paths often lead to solutions that coincide or converge whether they emerge from naturally-occurring evolution or rationally designed. Such a conjunction – often presented as a mere anecdote – in fact reveals the ability of biological systems to physically explore solution spaces and gravitate towards information-rich attractors\, which can be found through different routes. The consequences of this notion for bioengineering are remarkable\, as it enables solutions to multi-objective optimization challenges not yet amenable to all-rational approaches. The ensuing technical question is how to bring about hyper-diversification not only of genomic sequences but also environmental parameters for securing the desired performance of a given synthetic device. This issue will be illustrated with a number of practical cases where naturally-occurring or artificially enhanced variability was key to find ideal outcomes to otherwise intractable design hitches of interest for industrial and environmental biotechnology. \nIf you would like to attend\, please register with events@khk.rwth-aachen.de.
URL:https://khk.rwth-aachen.de/event/design-meets-evolution-theory-and-practice-theodore-von-karman-lecture-with-victor-de-lorenzo/
LOCATION:Stadtpalais\, Theaterstraße 75\, Aachen\, 52062\, Germany
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20250521T170000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20250521T183000
DTSTAMP:20260414T230923
CREATED:20250409T072400Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260116T095947Z
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SUMMARY:Expanding STS: Art\, Science\, and Technology Studies (ASTS) - Hannah Star Rogers
DESCRIPTION:Abstract: \nArt and science are all around us: in the academy\, in galleries\, and in the news. How do we make sense of the power that these two categories hold in our society? And is this process new? In this lecture\, Rogers explores how the tools of Science and Technology Studies (STS) can provide critical insights into art and science projects\, highlighting the practices of these knowledge-making communities as discussed in her book Art\, Science\, and the Politics of Knowledge (MIT Press\, 2022). Rogers’ work challenges the idea that art and science are inherently separate or incompatible. Instead\, she suggests that these fields are better understood as knowledge communities that are constantly negotiating\, shaping\, and blurring their boundaries. This approach reframes how we think about the roles of art and science in society\, and it also points to a new subdiscipline—Art\, Science\, and Technology Studies (ASTS)—which blends the insights of both fields to explore their interconnectedness. This framework can deepen our understanding of how these disciplines shape social worlds. By examining artistic practices through the lens of STS and showing how art can inform STS inquiry\, Rogers highlights a dynamic and evolving relationship between science and art. This approach invites us to think beyond the traditional categories and consider the fluidity of knowledge production\, where the boundaries of art and science are constantly in flux\, influenced by politics\, culture\, and technological advances. \nThis event is part of our summer semester 2025 lecture series Expanding Science and Technology Studies. \nTo take part either online or in presence\, please register with events@khk.rwth-aachen.de.
URL:https://khk.rwth-aachen.de/event/expanding-sts-art-science-and-technology-studies-asts-hannah-star-rogers/
LOCATION:Stadtpalais/Online\, Theaterstraße 75\, Aachen\, 52062\, Germany
CATEGORIES:Lecture Series 2025
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SUMMARY:Tagung "Der singuläre Satz"
DESCRIPTION:Tagung “Der singuläre Satz” by the Research Area “Wissenskulturen” of the Faculty Arts and Humanities of RWTH Aachen University in cooperation with the KHK c:o/re. The event will be held in German. \nAbstract: \nSinguläre Sätze zirkulieren in unterschiedlichen Wissenskulturen. Manche dieser Sätze\, etwa mathematische Sätze\, Weisheitssätze\, Gnomen und Aphorismen\, sind von vornherein als Einzelsätze konzipiert\, andere stammen aus umfangreicheren Texten und haben ein Eigenleben entwickelt. In Einzelsätzen wird Wissen in prägnanter Form verdichtet und überliefert; das Zitieren\, Sammeln\, De- und Rekontextualisieren individueller Sätze erlaubt ihre Neuinterpretation und ihre Überführung in kollektive Wissensbestände. Einzelsätze partizipieren an lokalen Kulturen des Forschens und Lehrens und überqueren zugleich die Grenzen zwischen Wissenschaft\, Literatur und gesellschaftlicher Öffentlichkeit. Als mobile Kondensate von Wissen geben sie Auskunft über komplexe\, sich transformierende Systeme wie Wissenschaft\, Recht\, Religion\, Kunst\, Politik und Medien\, in denen sie ihre Wirkmacht entfalten. Die Tagung fragt nach der Poetik\, Funktion und Epistemologie von Einzelsätzen in verschiedenen wissensgeschichtlichen Kontexten von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart. \nInformation und Anmeldung:\nwissenskulturen@germlit.rwth-aachen.de \nProgramm: \nMittwoch\, 11.06.2025 \nBegrüßung/Einführung \n15.00-15.45 | Gabriele Gramelsberger\, Christian Metz\, Caroline Torra-Mattenklott\, Klaus Freitag (Aachen): Der singuläre Satz als prägnante Form \n15.45-16.45 | Winfried Menninghaus (Berlin): Drei Faktoren memorabler Einzelsätze \nPause \n17.00-18.00 | Elisabetta Mengaldo (Padua): Sätze als verdichtete Formeln. Lichtenbergs Marginalien und seine Sudelbücher \nAbendveranstaltung \n20.00 | Lesung und Gespräch von und mit Oswald Egger \nOrt: Raststätte\, Kulturraum Aachen\, Lothringerstraße 23\, 52062 Aachen \nModeration: Christian Metz und Sarah Goeth \nDonnerstag\, 12.06.2025 \nEpistemologie mathematischer und physikalischer Einzelsätze \n09.30-10.30 | Gabriele Gramelsberger (Aachen): Protokollsatzdebatte – Überprüfbare singuläre Sätze \n10.30-11.30 | Michael Friedman (Bonn): Blumenberg\, Wittgenstein und (mathematische) Elementarsätze \nPause \n12.00-13.00 | Arianna Borrelli (Aachen/Berlin): Erhaltungssätze: Die Rolle der Sprache in der Konstruktion naturwissenschaftlicher Erkenntnis \nMittagspause \n14.30-15.30 | Aura Heydenreich (Erlangen): „Von Stund an sollen Raum für sich und Zeit für sich völlig zu Schatten herabsinken…“ Narratologie und historische Epistemologie von Einsteins/Minkowskis Raumzeit in der Relativitätstheorie \nPause \n Singuläre Sätze und ihr Umfeld: Kompilation\, Kontextualisierung\, Vernetzung \n16.00-17.00 | Christian Kaiser (Bonn): Die Methodik des Samplings philosophischer Einzelsätze in medizinischen Quaestiones des Mittelalters \n17.00-18.00 | Manfred Eikelmann (Bochum): Denkwürdige Spruchszenen. Wissenspraktiken in den Apophthegmata des Erasmus von Rotterdam und ihrer ersten deutschen Übersetzung (1531- 1535\, 1534) \nFreitag\, 13.06.2025 \nÄsthetik\, Politik und Wirkkraft singulärer Sätze \n09.30-10.30 | Anne Storch (Köln): Der Satz\, der am Anfang ist \n10.30-11.30 | Sabrina Blank (Aachen): Von der Fälschung zum legitimierten Rechtsanspruch des Papstes: Die Tragweite des singulären (Grund-)Satzes der päpstlichen Nichtjudizierbarkeit im Mittelalter \nPause \n12.00-13.00 | Johannes Engels (Köln): Die Sentenzen der Sieben Weisen des antiken Griechenlands als ein Beispiel epochen-übergreifend einflussreicher ‚singulärer Sätze‘ 13.00-13.30 | Abschlussdiskussion \nHier das Programm als pdf-Datei \nBildnachweis Header:\nIsaac Newtons Eintrag in Andreas Arnolds album amicorum\, 8. November 1681. Herzog August Bibliothek Wolfenbüttel: Cod. Guelf. 226 Blank.\, folio 82r. (public domain) \n 
URL:https://khk.rwth-aachen.de/event/der-singulare-satz/
LOCATION:Stadtpalais\, Theaterstraße 75\, Aachen\, 52062\, Germany
CATEGORIES:Workshops
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SUMMARY:Metascience as the Social Hygiene Movement of Science Studies - Bart Penders
DESCRIPTION:Abstract: \nMetascience and its more activist sibling\, scientific reform\, seek to rebuild public and peer trust for embattled fields or disciplines through the proposal\, development and testing of new bureaucratic procedures for experimentation and publication in science. In the expanding STS universe\, metascience is a qualitatively different addition\, located outside of the HPS sphere and drawing concepts and methods primarily from psychology and epidemiology. \nMetascience’s tendency to build procedures and infrastructures is primarily motivated to keep things out of scientific practice: researcher degrees of freedom\, bias\, social\, political and economic influence and more. This lecture explores how the 19th-century hygienist movement can serve as a metaphor for contemporary scientific reform\, in which reformers act as “procedural hygienists.” Drawing on Mary Douglas’ Purity and Danger\, I will argue that just as the hygienists sought to impose order and cleanliness on the physical environment\, today’s reformers aim to purify scientific procedures\, addressing concerns of pollution in the form of bias\, error\, and opacity. \nI will draw attention especially to the role of statistics as part of procedural hygiene. In both 19th century hygienist movements and in contemporary scientific reform movements\, they are used to quantify and display contamination\, purify data\, assert authority and legitimacy\, and build trust. They also come with the risk of epistemic injustice and the opacity of the moral agenda underpinning definitions of purity. To this end\, I will ask how metascience is positioned relative to an expanding STS. \nThis event is part of our summer semester 2025 Lecture Series Expanding Science and Technology Studies. \nTo take part either online or in presence\, please register with events@khk.rwth-aachen.de.
URL:https://khk.rwth-aachen.de/event/metascience-as-the-social-hygiene-movement-of-science-studies-bart-penders/
LOCATION:Stadtpalais/Online\, Theaterstraße 75\, Aachen\, 52062\, Germany
CATEGORIES:Lecture Series 2025
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