Trajectories

Fri Sep 6, 2019, 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm
All times are given in Central European Time (CET / UTC +1).
POSTCITY, First Floor, Conference Hall

Host: Manuela Naveau (AT)
Speakers
: Sarah Petkus (US), Aza Raskin (US), Andrew Pickering (UK)

Aza Raskin (US)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEY_il8hts4&t=5678

Sarah Petkus (US)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEY_il8hts4&t=7253

Andrew Pickering (UK)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEY_il8hts4&t=8513

 

Biographies:

Aza Raskin (US), Credit: Ryan Tuttle

Aza Raskin (US)
Aza is a cofounder of The Center for Humane Technology, which is leading the charge in reversing the digital attention crisis and realigning technology with humanity’s best interests. Previously, Aza Raskin helped build the web at Mozilla as head of user experience, was named to Inc and Forbes 30-under-30 and became the Fast Company Master of Design for his work founding Massive Health, an early consumer health behavior change company. The company was acquired by Jawbone, where he was VP of Innovation. Before that, he founded Songza.com (acquired by Google), Humanized (acquired by Mozilla), and was a dark matter physicist at both University of Chicago and Tokyo University. He is proud to have served on the board for Planned Parenthood in California. He is less proud to have invented infinite scroll.

 

Andrew Pickering (UK), Credit: Andrew Pickering

Andrew Pickering (UK)
Andrew Pickering is professor emeritus of sociology and philosophy at the University of Exeter, UK. He is a leading figure in the field of science and technology studies, and the author of Constructing Quarks, The Mangle of Practice and, most recently, The Cybernetic Brain: Sketches of Another Future. His current research explores questions of agency in life, art, environmental management and traditional Chinese philosophy.