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

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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

Marta Abbà

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

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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

Jonathan Hankins

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”

Marta Abbà

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!

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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

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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’

Francesco Samorè
Jamie Metzl
Maria Grazia Mattei

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

Jonathan Hankins

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

Andrea Lavazza
Marcello Ienca

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

Francesca Minerva
Massimo Reichlin

Con la forza del pensiero. Il caso Neuralink – 3/5

Event: Con la forza del pensiero. Il caso Neuralink: un’analisi tra scienza e neuroetica Date: 2024 02 15 Time: 27:17 min. Place: Università degli Studi di Milano. Language: Italiano. Part: 3/5 url Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/918389725 Photos: Album in Flickr. Podcast: la singola parte 3 di 5, la versione integrale e la playlist (in Spotify) Post: Con ... Con la forza del pensiero. Il caso Neuralink – 3/5

Andrea Lavazza
Federico G Pizzetti
Francesco Samorè
Marta Sosa Navarro