OLN | Panpsychism
Project information
submitted by
Jenny Brockmann
Mentors
Prof. Dr. Henning Schmidgen, Dr. Mathias Schönher, Dr. Alexandra Selivanova, Elizavetta Frolova
Faculty:
Media
Degree programme:
Art and Design/Fine Art/Media Art (Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)),
Computer Science and Media (Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.)),
Computer Science and Media (english) (Master of Science (M.Sc.)),
Media Studies (Master of Arts (M.A.)),
Media Studies - Study programme European Film and Media Studies (EFMS) (Master of Arts (M.A.)),
Media Art and Design - Study programme Integrated International Media Art and Design Studies (IIMDS) (Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.) and Master of Arts (M.A.)),
Media Art and Design -Study programme Media Art und Design (MAD) (english) (Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.)),
Human-Computer Interaction (Master of Science (M.Sc.)),
Media Studies - Study programm European Media Culture (EMK) (Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) and Licence en Information-Communication (L.I.C.)),
Media Studies (Bachelor of Arts (B.A.))
Type of project presentation
Film
Semester
Summer semester 2024
- Schwanseestraße 143 - S143
(Raum 1.16, b.m.b. lab)
Freitag, 12.07.24, 17-22h und Samstag, 13.07.2024, 12-15h
Project description
The research project "Animism/Machinism" provides insights into the transdisciplinary conference "Assistants, Avatars, Atmospheres. Perspectives on Animism in Media Studies and Media Art", which took place at the Faculty of Media from January 24 to 26, 2024. The aim of the conference was to bring together researchers from German-speaking countries who have demonstrated the relevance of animist perspectives in recent years and to firmly anchor the debate on these perspectives in media studies. The conference, which addressed the question of animism with a view to current developments in media technology, focused on three figures that are becoming increasingly apparent: the new assistants, including the currently much-discussed chatbots such as ChatGPT, the avatars that accompany and encounter us in virtual worlds, and the technical-media atmospheres that smart cities and other developments based on the Internet of Things bring with them.