The Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences has chosen 21 new members, and I have the honor to be one of them: https://knaw.nl/nl/actueel/nieuws/knaw-kiest-21-nieuwe-leden-2018.
Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences
Month: April 2018
New article out: “The Perspective of the Instruments”
“The Perspective of the Instruments: Mediating Collectivity”, in: Foundations of Science: https://rdcu.be/Masx. Numerous studies in the fields of Science and Technology Studies (STS) and philosophy of technology have repeatedly stressed that scientific practices are collective practices that crucially depend on the presence of scientific technologies. Postphenomenology is one of the movements that aims to draw … Continue reading New article out: “The Perspective of the Instruments”
MOOC Philosophy of Technology and Design
A new edition of our MOOC on Philosophy of Technology and Design will start April 16. Three weeks, four hours of study load per week, and it’s totally free. Registration: https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/philosophy-of-technology
New article published: Technological Environmentality
(Online first at: https://rdcu.be/LpS0) After several technological revolutions in which technologies became ever more present in our daily lives, the digital technologies that are currently being developed are actually fading away from sight. Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) are not only embedded in devices that we explicitly “use” but increasingly become an intrinsic part of … Continue reading New article published: Technological Environmentality
Conference ‘Critical by Design?’ (Basel)
"Critical By Design?" is a two-day international research conference on the capacity of design as a mode of critique. It offers a unique platform for the interdisciplinary discussion of critical theories and practices from a design perspective. Renowned experts from design theory, history and practice, the philosophy of technology, the art, cultural and media studies … Continue reading Conference ‘Critical by Design?’ (Basel)
Conference ‘Politics of the Machines: Art and After’ (Copenhagen)
http://www.eva-copenhagen.dk How does the machine impact and contextualize artistic production and perception? Recent research on the impact of machines and technology on art places the machine in the centre of ‘ecologies’ (Fuller), ‘archaeologies’ (Parikka) and ‘aesthetics of interaction’ (Kwastek) pointing towards a ‘techno-ontology’ (Broeckmann). However, the growing interest in describing the phenomenon of the ‘computer’ as … Continue reading Conference ‘Politics of the Machines: Art and After’ (Copenhagen)
Peter-Paul Verbeek 