This symposium creates a vital space for debate, inviting all who are interested in critically exploring the values and future directions embedded in our technological world. The goal is to start bridging a crucial divide in contemporary thought. Today, two powerful ways of understanding technology often remain separate: the detailed empirical studies of science and technology, which often set aside deeper normative questions and traditions of social critique that sometimes view technology merely as a force of alienation.

The symposium is an invitation to bring these perspectives together. We invite people to connect rich empirical analysis with profound ethical and philosophical critique, as we collectively interrogate the normative horizons of our technological age.

Program

1:30 p.m. Opening: Joao Tziminadis and James William Santos

1:45 p.m. Technologies and Life Interventions: Andreas Roespstorff, Viktor Berger, Ariane Hanemaayer, Jorg Oberthur; Mediator: James William Santos

4 p.m. Coffee break

4:15 p.m. Technology and Normativity: Jorn Lamia, Pieter Lemmens, Robert Rosenberger; Mediator: Joao Tziminadis

6 p.m. Coffee Break

6:15 p.m. Closing keynote: Hartmut Rosa

7:15 p.m. Cocktails