Homo Futurus – välkommen till Konstfacks Friday Lectures!

Under fem fredagar framöver bjuder Konstfack på kunskapsfördjupning i form av öppna föreläsningar och diskussioner på temat Homo Futurus enligt nedan, alla mellan 14 och 15.30 med start 19 oktober, alla på engelska utom den sista. Varmt välkommen!

What will the reasoning human – homo sapiens – become? Relentlessly pursuing individuality, we have promoted competition and selfishness at the expense of what evolutionary biological research has shown to be our most natural element: cooperation.
Could more cooperation, along with genetic manipulation and/or artificial intelligence be the key to helping us survive the challenges we face – or will we destroy ourselves? Has the human species already begun to lose control of itself and its future? Will we be reduced to small synapses linked via the internet; part of one large brain that we in the future will refer to as ‘our world’?
During the autumn 2018 Friday Lectures series, we delve into the future of mankind, in times when the systems, more often than we are aware of, rule our lives.

All lectures are followed by a discussion moderated by members of Konstfack's staff.

19 October: As in the picture above.

9 November: Democracy – hated and vulnerable; pre, post and from below. Henrik Arnstad, author and journalist. Moderators: Vice-Chancellor Maria Lantz and Professor Loulou Cherinet

16 November: The human reason of being in the age of AI. Hedvig Kjellström, Professor of Computer Science and Susanne Wigorts Yngvesson, Professor in Ethics with Systematic Theology and Human Rights. Moderator: Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Head of Research Magnus Bärtås

23 November: Are We Human? The Design of the Species. Beatriz Colomina, Professor in History and Theory of Architecture, Princeton University. Moderator: Senior Lecturer Katja Pettersson

30 November: Homo Futurus – kropp, kontroll och magi. Ett samtal mellan filosof Jonna Bornemark, författare Helena Granström och professor Anders Ljungberg (in Swedish)