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''Lecturer(s):'' [[:Category:Yashas Shetty|Yashas Shetty]]<br /> | ''Lecturer(s):'' [[:Category:Yashas Shetty|Yashas Shetty]]<br /> | ||
''Credits:'' 12 [[SWS]]<br /> | ''Credits:'' 12 [[SWS]]<br /> | ||
Date: Thursdays 09.15-12.30<br /> | ''Date:'' Thursdays 09.15-12.30<br /> | ||
''Venue:'' [[Marienstraße 7b/204|Room 204]]<br /> | ''Venue:'' [[Marienstraße 7b/204|Room 204]]<br /> | ||
''First meeting:'' 20.10.2022<br /> | ''First meeting:'' 20.10.2022<br /> | ||
''BBB:'' https://meeting.uni-weimar.de/b/min-g3n-kqy-lol | |||
This is a tool building seminar. Many of us today believe that we live in a dystopia. Our personal agency and autonomy have been slowly eroding. Many of the tools that were meant to liberate us -- the internet, computers, AI, biotechnology have turned against us. Is it possible to reimagine a future where humans take control of our own narrative or is it lost forever? Do we now learn to live in a dystopia or can we still dare to imagine a Utopia? In this seminar, We will borrow from the toolkit of hackers, designers, artists-collectives, activists and biohackers to learn the tools that they have imagined to create a utopia or fight dystopia. Our final project will critically examine these tools and techniques and attempt to reimagine or rebuild these tools. | This is a tool building seminar. Many of us today believe that we live in a dystopia. Our personal agency and autonomy have been slowly eroding. Many of the tools that were meant to liberate us -- the internet, computers, AI, biotechnology have turned against us. Is it possible to reimagine a future where humans take control of our own narrative or is it lost forever? Do we now learn to live in a dystopia or can we still dare to imagine a Utopia? In this seminar, We will borrow from the toolkit of hackers, designers, artists-collectives, activists and biohackers to learn the tools that they have imagined to create a utopia or fight dystopia. Our final project will critically examine these tools and techniques and attempt to reimagine or rebuild these tools. | ||