Digital humanism aims to shape a livable digital future that focuses on people, the environment, and society. Visions of the future often assume the elimination of suffering. This panel discusses vulnerability as a source of meaning, society, and care. But is it even possible to take the vulnerability of humans and nature as a starting point for a digital future? A dialogue of computer science, philosophy, and art to develop positions of a digital humanism based on vulnerability.
Digitality and Vulnerability / Erich Prem (AT), Franziska Nori (DE), Christopher Frauenberger (AT), Noemi Iglesias (ES), Silke Grabinger (AT), Photo: tom mesic
Conference
Digitality and Vulnerability
Digital Humanism Panel on Human Vulnerability in the Digital Age
Erich Prem (AT), Franziska Nori (DE), Christopher Frauenberger (AT), Noemi Iglesias (ES), Silke Grabinger (AT)
POSTCITY, First Floor, Conference Hall
Sun 7. Sep 2025
15:00
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16:30
Language //
EN
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Photo: Markus Kutschera
Erich Prem
Erich Prem is a seasoned computer scientist, innovation expert, and philosopher working at the intersection of AI, ethics, and technology policy. As the CEO of strategy consultancy eutema, he combines technical expertise with expertise in societal and ethical dimensions of digital technologies. Erich holds doctorates in philosophy and in computer science (AI). He is the president of the Austrian Association of Digital Humanism and coordinator of EUDHIT—the EU Digital Humanism Initiative.
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Photo: Norbert Miguletz / Frankfurter Kunstverein
Franziska Nori
Prof. Franziska Nori has been Director of the Frankfurter Kunstverein since 2014. Under her leadership, a program addressing social issues at the intersection of art and science has emerged. Her focus lies on the relationship between humans and nature in the Anthropocene, the transformation of human perception in virtual spaces and through AI, as well as the political role of cultural institutions. Nori is a professor of Museology at the University Lorenzo de’ Medici in Florence and also teaches at the University of Bern.
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Photo: Martin Dörsch / IT:U
Christopher Frauenberger
Christopher Frauenberger is a professor of Human-Computer Interaction and explores how to design meaningful relationships between humans and digital technology. His work is highly interdisciplinary and oscillates between design practice in settings such as care or education, and theory that aims to rethink our relationship with technologies such as Artificial Intelligence. Rooted in computer science, his methods are inspired by concepts from the social sciences and the philosophy of technology.
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Photo: Paul S. White
Noemi Iglesias Barrios
Noemi Iglesias Barrios is a multidisciplinary artist whose work explores the intersection of romantic emotions and consumer culture through sculpture, porcelain, and long durational performative formats. Her practice investigates how digital rituals shape affection and desire, reflecting on intimacy as a commodified experience. She has exhibited internationally at institutions including the Thyssen-Bornemisza National Museum, iMAL Brussels, and the Onassis Foundation.
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Photo: Meinrad Hofer
Silke Grabinger
Silke Grabinger is an Austrian artist and choreographer. Her artworks and concepts combine contemporary dance with performative art and robotics. Her particular focus is critical examination of social phenomena, artistic paradigms and the function and position of the audience. She is the founder and artistic director of SILK Fluegge and SILK Cie. In 2021 she opened KLISCOPE, a former chapel in Linz, as a creative space for new experiments and visions.
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Photo: Michaela Quast-Neulinger
Michaela Quast-Neulinger
Prof. Quast-Neulinger’s research lies at the intersection of systematic theology, social and political theory. She focuses on the possible contribution of religion to the common good. As a theologian, she is in critical dialogue with the “signs of the time studying secularisation and political liberalism as well as their critique. She is interested in conceptions and practices of power, questions concerning the secular and the religious, and practices of interreligious and intercultural encounter. The concept of “vulnerability” has been a key topic in her research for many years.
