Philosophy of the City Summer Colloquium 2018: Technology and the City
Venue:
University of Twente (NL)
Conferentie Hotel Drienerburght
Monday, June 11, 2018
09:30Opening
10:00Local keynote 1: Philip Brey (University of Twente)
Technological Transformations of the City and Its Functions
11:00Hans Voordijk (University of Twente) and Steven Dorrestijn (Saxion Enschede):
Smart City Technologies and Figures of Technical Mediation
12:00Lunch
13:00David Murakami Wood (Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario):
Can there be genuine human flourishing in the data-driven smart city?
14:00Brandt Dainow (Maynooth University, Ireland):
Binding the smart city human-digital system with communicative processes
15:00Coffee break
15:30Thilo Schaefer (University of Toronto):
Sidewalk sensors: the implications of modern technology for urban public space
16:30Bart van der Sloot (Tilburg University) and MarjoleinLanzing (TU Eindhoven):
Living Laboratories: Watching and Changing the Behavior of Smart Citizens
17:30Roundtable: Reflection on day 1
Tuesday, June 12, 2018
Track A
09:00Steven Vogel (Denison University, Granville, OH):
’Let’s Look Under the City’: On the Hiddenness of Infrastructure
10:00Mark Thomas Young (University of Bergen):
Invisible Structures - Maintenance, Repair and the Experience of Infrastructure
11:00Coffee Break
11:30Jonathan Maskit(Denison University, Granville, OH):
“The Accursed Share”: Cyclists and Traffic Controls
12:30Lunch
14:00Shane Epting (University of Nevada Las Vegas):
Urban Infrastructure and the Problem of Moral Praise
15:00Gerald J. Erion (Medaille College, Buffalo, NY):
The City as Medium: Marshall McLuhan and Urbanist Philosophy
16:00Coffee Break
Track B
09:30Master students’ panel 1
SelenEren (University of Twente):
The Techno-Political Orderof Smart Cities: An analysis through the Arendtianunderstanding of politics
10:00McKay Holland (Georgetown University, Washington, DC):
Urban Social Ecology: Constructing Niches to Promote Possibilities
11:00Coffee Break
11:30MargothGonzález Woge (University of Twente):
Smart Environments - Exploring the Relevance of a High-Tech World
12:30Lunch
14:00Master students’ panel 2
Lorenzo Olivieri (University of Twente):
Smart cities and the colonization of everyday life: playful moments for the information cage
Denise Suzanne Antoinette Maria Op den Kamp (University of Twente):
Smart Infrastructure – A Research on the shaping agency of the WiFi sensors project in Enschede
15:00Taylor Stone (TU Delft):
Towards a Darker Future? Designing Environmental Values into the Next Generation of Streetlights
16:00Coffee Break
Public keynote lecture
The public keynote will take place in the Designlab (Room IDEATE).
17:00Ekim Tan (Play the City, Amsterdam):
Play to plan
Wednesday, June 13, 2018
09:00Local keynote 2: Peter-Paul Verbeek (University of Twente):
Technopolis and technopolitics: smart cities and the digitalization of democracy
10:00Udo Pesch (TU Delft):
The Relevance of Arendt’s Work for Understanding Public Space
11:00Coffee break
11:30Ryan Mitchell Wittingslow (University of Groeningen):
Authenticity and the „Authentic City“
12:30Lunch
14:00Marcel Müller (University of Darmstadt):
The Concept of ‘Lifeworld’ in Philosophy of Technology
15:00Milos Mladenovic (Aalto University, Helsinki):
Explicating hidden moral dilemmas of self-driving vehicle technology development
16:00Coffee break
16:30SannaLehtinenVesaVihanninjoki(University of Helsinki):
Aesthetic Perspectives to New Urban Technologies – Conceptualizing and Evaluating the Technology-Driven Changes in the Urban Experience
17:30Closing of the conference
Last update: May 2, 2018. Program is subject to change.