Expert Tour: ERROR – Who decides what the norm is?

This expert tour questions norms and dispositives that choreograph human coexistence. In particular, the importance of socio-economic and gender-related “digital divide” is explained in more detail by Ariana Dongus’ (DE). In an artistic discourse, both the possibilities for overcoming the “digital divide” and subsequent questions of cultural diversity, social participation and freedom will be discussed.

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. Read more...