Artificial intelligence, virtual reality, and the Internet of Things were the major themes at CeBIT 2017, the world's largest trade fair for information technology, which opened on March 20, 2017. Also on March 20, a seminar began at the wannseeFORUM in which trainees from Berlin and Hamburg explored various aspects of "Humans, Machines, Possibilities: Living & Working in a Smart World." Technological innovation is linked to complex questions: How does technological progress influence and change everyday life, the professional world, and our social interactions with existing values and conventions today, in the near future, and in the distant future?
What do algorithms have to do with human rights? What impact will Industry 4.0 have on our lives? What questions must we, as a society, address as humans and robots increasingly merge?
The six-day seminar generated further questions and a wide range of results and media products, which the Multimedia workshop group has documented on their blog, escapethefilterbuble. You can view, listen to, and read the results there – enjoy!
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Multimedia Workshop
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Humans, Machines, Possibilities – Life in a Smart World
For a week, various groups explored this topic at the wannseeFORUM in Berlin. We, the "Multimedia" group, decided to publish a blog on the topic of "Filter Bubbles." …With this blog, we want to inform you about the phenomenon of filter bubbles and draw your attention to the influence you have on how one-sided the information world becomes in your social media.
Read more from the workshop group
The blog with its posts as a workshop outcome: escapethefilterbubble.wordpress.com
, including an excursion to the Museum for Communication and Use of the Futurlab "Freiraum" (Free Space).
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Workshop Group Black and White Photography:
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“Surveillance”
The Black and White Photography group visited the exhibition “Watched!” at the C/O Museum of Photography in Berlin to get a first impression of how to approach the theme of “surveillance” with analog photography. The exhibition showed the group how many forms of surveillance exist. Not all of them are as conspicuous as the video cameras at train stations. In fact, people are often monitored without their knowledge. Social media and its data storage are just one example. …read and see more
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Audio Workshop
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Industry 4.0
The "Audio" group explored the topic of "Industry 4.0" within the seminar. This refers to the fourth industrial revolution, which began at the end of the 20th century. Previously analog technologies are increasingly being digitized, and cyber-physical systems are being integrated
. To gather initial information on how technology and communication networks have developed in recent decades, the group visited the "The Network" at the German Museum of Technology in Berlin.
The group told us that they would not only incorporate their own opinions and knowledge into their audio projects but would also draw inspiration from other sources. Read and listen to more: "Soundgarden Radio Show"
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Staged Reading
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Cyborgs
The "Staged Reading" group creatively explored the topic of cyborgs. Cyborgs are technological devices integrated into the body as replacements for, or to support, organs that are not functioning adequately. Initially, the group used a mind map to capture their first thoughts and ideas about cyborgs. Then…
Later, the group members wrote various texts. They received no specific guidelines and were free to let their creativity flow. For example, two participants wrote a dialogue from the perspective of God and the Devil, aiming to offer an ethical view of the topic. …At the end…
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Comic:
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Virtual Reality
. The "Comic" group explored the topic of virtual reality. "Virtual reality" refers to a representation in a virtual world, created by a computer. Using VR glasses, one can immerse oneself in this world and bring one's imagination to life. Various sensory impressions, such as sounds and touch, are also represented. ...For their field trip, the group visited the Computer Games Museum in Berlin. There, they viewed the special exhibition "Virtual Reality" and gained initial experience with the topic. ...
Read more and view, for example, the comic book as a PDFor as a VR glasses experiment.
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Conversation in the “Freiraum”/Museum for Communication with Johannes Lindenlaub, press officer (right) and Stefan Jahrling, media educator (left)
Impressions from the entire seminar:
http://bs-alster.hamburg.de/bericht-ueber-das-fami-seminar-im-wannsee-forum/
Image at the beginning of the article:
Excerpt from the photographic work “What are you looking for?” by Franz Kedrowski (photographed in the final exhibition)
The seminar took place as part of the "Political Youth Education in the AdB" within the "Digital Media and Democracy" . It is funded by the Senate Department for Education, Youth and Family.
The wannseeFORUM Foundation is a recognized sponsor of the Federal Agency for Civic Education.
