Overview
Morning |
Afternoon |
Evening |
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Sun |
Arrival |
Welcome |
Poster tour |
Mon |
Lecture, response, discussion |
Plenary Sessions |
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Tues |
Lecture, response, discussion |
Parallel Sessions |
Market of ideas |
Wedns |
Exploratory workshops |
Excursion |
Fondue dinner |
Thurs |
Lecture, response, discussion |
Parallel Sessions |
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Fri |
Lecture, response, discussion |
Plenary Sessions |
Departure (or Sat) |
Invited guests and the focus of their lecture in the morning sessions of the Winter School
Order of speaking (Mon, Tues, Thurs, Fri):
Prof. Dr. Christiane Schildknecht (Philosophy, University of Lucerne) An explication of the concept of knowledge, including its limits and an analysis of different forms of knowledge. Website
PD Dr. Roland Wenzlhuemer (History, University of Heidelberg) The changing relation between information and knowledge: new communication technologies and contemporary societies’ perception of them – the example of telegraphy. Website
Prof. Dr. Michael Hagner (Science Studies, ETH Zurich) Generation and transfer of knowledge in the digital age: the fate of the printed book and changing notions of intellectual property, reading, writing and interpretation. Website
PD Dr. Stefan Willer (Literary Studies, ZfL Berlin) Figurations of future knowledge: a rhetorical and epistemological investigation of knowledge-to- come in connection to current prognostic notions like ‘sustainability’, ‘security’, ‘scenario’, ‘contingency’. Website