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Technoscience and life sciences
Responsible Innovation Lectures at Leiden University
On Thursday 5th and Monday 9th of December (2024), Bassetti Foundation correspondent Jonathan Hankins brought discussion about responsible innovation and sociotechnical imaginaries to Leiden University Institute of Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology, as part of its Social Theories undergraduate course. Here his report: In December of 2024 I was given the opportunity to discuss responsible ... Responsible Innovation Lectures at Leiden University
12/12
2024 4min
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2024 4min
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Performance Lecture at the International School Utrecht
The Bassetti Foundation recently continued its long-term collaboration with the International School Utrecht as on 23 October Jonathan Hankins delivered a Performance Lecture about sociotechnical imaginaries during a Diploma Years TOK (theory of Knowledge) lesson. The Foundation and the school have been collaborating since 2018, when topics under discussion were ‘the driverless society’ and developments ... Performance Lecture at the International School Utrecht
25/10
2024 2min
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2024 2min
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The more the metaverse advances, the more our human side emerges
Dialogue with Marco Centorrino and Josephine Condemi What if the arrival of the metaverse helped us all (or almost all of us) to become more human? This ‘counter-current’ question lingers after meeting experts in the human aspect of the metaverse and its impact on society: Marco Centorrino, Professor in the Sociology of Communication (who has ... The more the metaverse advances, the more our human side emerges
20/09
2024 7min
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2024 7min
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Call for application for the Twelfth Annual Winter School on Emerging Technologies
Call for application for the Twelfth Annual Winter School on Emerging Technologies: Accelerating Impactful Scholarship. The Twelfth Annual Winter School on Emerging Technologies: Accelerating Impactful Scholarship is supported by National Nanotechnology Coordinated Infrastructure and takes place from January 3-10, 2025 at Saguaro Lake Ranch in Mesa, Arizona. The Winter School provides junior scholars and scientists ... Call for application for the Twelfth Annual Winter School on Emerging Technologies
19/09
2024 2min
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2024 2min
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Thoughts from the EASST 4s Conference
Conference Theme: Making and doing transformations In July I attended the quadrennial joint meeting of the European Association for the Study of Science and Technology (EASST) and the Society for Social Studies of Science (4S). This (the 11th quadrennial joint conference) was hosted by the Athena Institute at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU). EASST is the European Association for ... Thoughts from the EASST 4s Conference
13/09
2024 7min
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2024 7min
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What we really need is the “Technology of the Revolution”
What do bicycles and artificial intelligence have in common? They discriminate. They were designed to do so, but few oppose it. Most drop their eyes and shoulders and … pedal, or just sit behind the desk. In any case, they look on, as models like Chat GPT choose from which point of view we should ... What we really need is the “Technology of the Revolution”
06/09
2024 6min
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2024 6min
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Longevity: Now Available in Cans!
Longevity: Now Available in Cans! A Performance Lecture Approach to Addressing Longevity Issues from A Responsible Innovation Perspective is the latest research article from Bassetti Foundation collaborators Jonathan and Angelo Hankins. The publication appears in Glocalism: Journal of Culture, Politics and innovation, and is the result of a call for papers focusing on longevity and ... Longevity: Now Available in Cans!
18/06
2024 4min
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2024 4min
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Datafied Childhoods: Data Practices and Imaginaries in Children’s Lives
Datafied Childhoods: Data Practices and Imaginaries in Children’s Lives from Giovanna Mascheroni and Andra Siibak is dedicated to describing and critiquing practices of datafication that sustain what Shoshana Zuboff calls surveillance capitalism. Datafication is described as both an outcome and an intensifier of deep mediatization: an outcome, as almost all social action and interaction is ... Datafied Childhoods: Data Practices and Imaginaries in Children’s Lives
08/05
2024 5min
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2024 5min
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Meet the Media Guru: Jamie Metzl e presentazione ‘A society for all ages’
Event: Milan Longevity Summit Title: Hacking Age, Meet the Media Guru con Jamie Metzl + presentazione del white paper “A society for all ages” Date: 2024 03 21 Time: 1:19:08 min. Place: Meet Digital Culture Center. Language: Italian and English. Part: 2/2 url Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/930215558 Photos: Album in Flickr e immagini in Instagram: 1, 2, ... Meet the Media Guru: Jamie Metzl e presentazione ‘A society for all ages’
21/03
2024 2min
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2024 2min
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Public Governance and Emerging Technologies: Values, Trust, and Compliance by Design
Between 11 – 12 January I attended the Public Governance and Emerging Technologies: Values, Trust, and Compliance by Design Conference held in Utrecht, Netherlands. The conference was hosted by the Chain Project, a Dutch Research Council (NWO) funded initiative that focuses on blockchain in the network society. From the project website: Governments are developing blockchain ... Public Governance and Emerging Technologies: Values, Trust, and Compliance by Design
20/02
2024 10min
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2024 10min
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Con la forza del pensiero. Il caso Neuralink – 5/5
Event: Con la forza del pensiero. Il caso Neuralink: un’analisi tra scienza e neuroetica Date: 2024 02 15 Time: 15:31 min. Place: Università degli Studi di Milano. Language: Italiano. Part: 5/5 url Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/918391601 Photos: Album in Flickr. Podcast: la singola parte 5 di 5, la versione integrale e la playlist (in Spotify) Post: Con ... Con la forza del pensiero. Il caso Neuralink – 5/5
15/02
2024 2min
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2024 2min
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Con la forza del pensiero. Il caso Neuralink – 4/5
Event: Con la forza del pensiero. Il caso Neuralink: un’analisi tra scienza e neuroetica Date: 2024 02 15 Time: 30:44 min. Place: Università degli Studi di Milano. Language: Italiano. Part: 4/5 url Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/918391601 Photos: Album in Flickr. Podcast: la singola parte 4 di 5, la versione integrale e la playlist (in Spotify) Post: Con ... Con la forza del pensiero. Il caso Neuralink – 4/5
15/02
2024 2min
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2024 2min
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