Leipzig Book Fair 2024: What does »new reading« and »new writing« look like?
The student team from the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar is eagerly anticipating the opening of the Leipzig Book Fair next Thursday, 21 March 2024. The Bauhaus-Universität Weimar is set to make its first appearance at the book fair since 2019, showcasing an ambitious exhibition stand that has been the culmination of intensive collaboration among team members from various faculties over the past few months. In the art colleges’ exhibition area, for four days there will be a highly interactive stand entitled »Even more reading, even more writing. Neues Schreiben – neues Lesen (New writing – new reading)«.
What impact will emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence have on reading, writing and therefore education and learning in the future? Three local projects will invite visitors to engage with innovative applications in a hands-on and playful manner, allowing them to experience firsthand all that is already possible today. Attendees will have the opportunity to experience the Bauhaus Gamesfabrik, play the game »Walter's Words« with »Interactive Cubes«, and engage with the anonymous author ILLUMULUS at Stand H503 in Hall 2. Conventional books will also be included in the mix: The student-run LUCIA Verlag publishing house will be presenting publications from the university setting.
A programme of panel discussions will round out the trade fair presence. Dr. Simon Frisch, Vice-President for Teaching and Learning, came up with the idea and will be leading discussions with experts regarding where »reading and writing« may be heading in the future.
Gianluca Pandolfo, Bauhaus Gamesfabrik, Prof. Jakob Hüfner, Professor of Cross-media Moving Image, and Marcel Gohsen, scientific employee in the fields of »Information Retrieval« and »Conversational Search«, will kick off the event from 2 to 3 pm on Thursday, 21 March. They will be discussing with Dr. Simon Frisch new literary practices and their influence on designing, teaching and learning processes.
From 2 to 3 pm on Friday, 22 March, Dr. Katrin Richter, an employee of the University Library, will be presenting her book »Else’s Story«, which is dedicated to the life of Else Goldschmidt, the world’s first female stockbroker. The author will report on the extensive research process and her innovative approach to sources.
Also on Friday, Dr. Simon Frisch will be discussing the impact of generative AI on literary practices in a conversation with Peter Braun, Head of the “Learning to Write” Writing Centre at Friedrich Schiller University Jena, from 4 to 5 pm. To what extent does the development of a unique writing style necessitate and afford freedom? How can you train skills that lead to a critical writing mindset? How can scientific knowledge be acquired through writing?
Dr. Alexander König, artistic staff member at the Professorship of »Media Environments«, Prof. Dr. Benno Stein, Head of the »Intelligent Information Systems« work group, and Dr. Simon Frisch will be discussing the impact of algorithms on authorship from 2 to 3 pm onSaturday, 23 March. The panel will be moderated by Dr. Nicole Baron, an employee of the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar.
Moritz Hiller, a scientific employee at the Professorship of »History and Theory of Cultural Technologies«, will be exploring the question of authorship when using AI text generators in his lecture entitled »Humans and Machines« from 2 to 3 pmonSunday, 24 March. Finally, in the subsequent lecture performance »Geteiltes_Schreiben (Shared_Writing)«, Moritz Wehrmann, artistic staff member at the Faculty of Media of the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar, will utilize the »Collab-Keys« installation to engage trade fair visitors in an exploration of the experience of a collaborative experimental writing process.
Leipzig Book Fair 2024
21 to 24 March 2024
Stand of the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar
»Even more reading, even more writing. Neues Schreiben – neues Lesen«
Hall 2
Stand H503
You can find all the projects and participants from the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar, as well as an overview of the programme, on our website at www.uni-weimar.de/leipzigerbuchmesse2024 and in the programme flyer: https://www.uni-weimar.de/fileadmin/user/uni/zentrale_einrichtungen/uk_kommunikation/medienservice/Medieninformationen/2024/03/programmflyer_leipzigerbuchmessse2024.pdf