The objective of the event is to explore the functions of AI and its relationship to humans. The workshop pays attention particularly to the analogies which characterize intelligent systems design and to the mental processes they give rise to. Leaning on ethnographic case studies, it tries to show that intelligent systems are devices of a …
The workshop organised by Alexandre Hocquet is part of the “Engineering Practices” Series in cooperation with RWTH Aachen University. Please find the program here.
This event is planned by Joffrey Becker as a short workshop that brings together different experts on the topic of Robotics and AI. Please find the program here.
In this seminar, we would like to draw a line between recent intense research into the intellectual history of the Enlightenment and our present situation. What would Radical Enlightenment mean today? How would a 17-18th century Enlightenment view on our present predicament look like? – given pressing issues of academia today, the fate of the …
The workshop addresses the big questions that post- and transhumanism are tackling with: What does it mean to be ‘human’? To what extent does being human depend on the existence of the ‘non-human’? Can a being transition in and out of being ‘human’? Can qualities such as mentality and personhood, which have been seen as …
The workshop organised by Ana Bazzan with Phillip H. Roth and Alin Olteanu charts the use of networks in humanities and social sciences and the consequences of their use for the way we perceive and understand science, society and the world. Please find the program here.
An-archaeology is a procedure to reshape the official foundational accounts of thought through adding virtual and counterfactual narratives. It springs from a certain mistrust in the capacity of any starting point to ground what comes next – and from the idea that no beginning is oblivious to its others. As such it is an attempt …
The last decade has seen a growing preoccupation with philosophies of realism from artists, curators, theorists and historians. But while the arts benefit from this domain of philosophical inquiry, the reverse is also true: the significance of realism in an era characterized by global warming, migrations, and fake news can only be fully understood …
The workshop organised by René von Schomberg and Andoni Ibarra tackles some ‘lead questions’ in open science, responsible innovation and anticipatory governance. Some of those are: Can open scholarship make science more reliable, responsive, credible and inclusive? And does open scholarship lead to a better scientific practice? How should open scholarship be incentivised? What is …
Science communication has been in the spotlight for quite some time, not only against the background of the COVID-19 pandemic. Its importance for creating an informed public that trusts science and scientific expertise has become apparent for science and politics alike. But where should institutions and researchers begin? How can they decide which target audience …
Prof. em. Dr. Werner von Seelen in Kooperation mit c:o/re Käte Hamburger Kolleg „Cultures of Research“ und dem INM-6 Institut für neurowissenschaft und -medizin, Forschungszentrum Jülich veranstalten den Workshop 'Prinzipien der neuronalen Informationsverarbeitung. Geometrie – Dynamik – Wissen'. PROGRAMM Donnerstag 27.10.2022 14:00-14:15 Begrüßung, Vorstellungsrunde durch Markus Diesmann (Direktor des Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine (INM-6), …
This workshop focuses on the kind of categories and conceptual frameworks that might be necessary to render visible the complex patterns of relations in which the plurality of scientific knowledge emerges.
Käte Hamburger Kolleg:
Cultures of Research (c:o/re)
Theaterstraße 75
52062 Aachen
