Award Ceremony Spinozalens 2020

~ Peter-Paul Verbeek

On November 24 2020, the French sociologist and philosopher Bruno Latour (1949) will be awarded the Spinozalens 2020 by Mayor of Amsterdam Femke Halsema. The evening is organised by the International Spinozaprijs Foundation, the Embassy of the North Sea and Felix Meritis and can be followed via livestream. Part of the program is an interview by Dutch author Bas Heijne, fueled by questions that international thinkers Donna Haraway, Chantal Mouffe and Peter Paul Verbeek have prepared specifically for this occasion. After the presentation of the Spinozalens by Mayor Halsema, Latour will give a short acceptance speech. More information: https://felixmeritis.nl/programma/award-ceremony-spinozalens-2020-bruno-latour/

Published by Peter-Paul Verbeek

Peter-Paul Verbeek (1970) is full professor of Philosophy of Technology and co-director of the DesignLab of the University of Twente, The Netherlands. He is also honorary professor of Techno-Anthropology at Aalborg University, Denmark. Verbeek's research focuses on the philosophy of human-technology relations, and aims to contribute to philosophical theory, ethical reflection, and practices of design and innovation. His publications include Moralizing Technology: Understanding and Designing the Morality of Things (University of Chicago Press, 2011) and What Things Do: Philosophical Reflections on Technology, Agency, and Design (Penn State University Press, 2005).