“Prospects for Political Education” Symposium

Let’s argue. Conflict culture in the age of digital battlefields

Conflicts and fights have been with humanity since primeval times. In an ideal case, they are a prime mover for societal development; in the worst case they set free destructive powers of incommensurable strength, combined with human suffering and ecological, economic, and political catastrophes.

The symposium seeks to investigate whether social media can contribute anything to a new culture of conflict and fighting or if these media obstruct such a culture, whether digitalization has changed communication, cooperation, and opportunities for manipulation and, last but not least, whether new forms of conflict would emerge through the digital transformation of society. In lectures and workshops, new socio-political repercussions are demonstrated and discussed on various levels.

An event produced jointly by the Upper Austria Teacher-Training College, Upper Austria Chamber of Labor and Ars Electronica.

More information und registration here.