August 27, 2018
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Diving into Deep Space with Noise Aquarium
Current scientific studies have shown with shocking examples that noise sources such as sonar and fracking are extremely harmful to large marine life. Noise also affects microscopic organisms such as plankton, as Victoria Vesna and her collaborators show in their interactive installation in Deep Space 8K at the Ars Electronica Festival 2018, where Victoria Vesna…
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Refugee Camps as Proving Grounds for New Technologies: Ariana Dongus
At the Ars Electronica Festival Theme Symposium on September 7, 2018, author Ariana Dongus will talk about how the UNHCR’s refugee camps are becoming test labs for collecting biometric data. In this interview, she discusses biometrics, responsibility and immaterial labor.
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Symposium: Perspectives on Political Education
The 3rd annual Perspectives on Political Education symposium will be held at the Ars Electronica Festival on Thursday, September 6, 2018. This year’s theme is “Fresh, Courageous, Demanding – Self-empowerment through Peer Education?” To learn more, read on!