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Living Tower Talk #9 Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
It takes more than Listening to Hear
28Jun 2024The city is a noisy place. Not only for and by people. Animals also make the necessary noise and are bothered by us. But what about trees or fish? What about soil or mycelium? What sound do they...
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WDCD Amsterdam Live 2024 X Mediamatic Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Crafting Tomorrow
5Jul 2024In today's rapidly changing world, technological progress often overshadows traditional knowledge, and global interconnectedness prevails. Historically, artisans relied on local resources, but...
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Living Tower Talk #8 Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Life Beyond Borders
31May 2024When does something change from wanted to unwanted? From native to invasive? During this Tower Talk we wonder who determined the boundaries of this. A boundary remains a strange concept
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Living Tower Talk #7 Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Exoten in de Stad
12Apr 2024In the city, various "invasive" species can be found, such as the ring-necked parakeet. Artist Teun Castelein will come to talk more about it. Below, you can see his winning entry for a new artwork...
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Can we legally represent the voice and thought of…
Is it possible for humanity to legally and politically represent the voice and voice-consciousness (thought) of non-human entities? Contemporary philosophers and anthropologists argue that it is...
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Law, life, and technology in the world of Psycho
The story of the popular anime Psycho-pass revolves around an AI-based legal and bureaucratic system named Sybil. Even though it is believed to be a perfect system free of human error, throughout the...
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Haeckel’s Alalus: on the decolonization of the…
Haeckel’s imagined Pithecanthropus Alalus is a conception of an “ape-man without speech”. In other words, Haeckel’s Alalus is a conception of a proto-human or a being-not-yet-men, and its lack of...