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14 10 19

Platform Imaginaries

On self-driving cars and the new mobility

Waze, Car2Go, Uber, ViaVan, Here and Google Maps are amongst some of the most popular mapping technologies that support Amsterdam city life. They allow people to move efficiently around a city; they dynamically regulate the city’s chaos with a tap of a smartphone. In this edition of Platform Imaginaries we reflect on the way platforms are changing mobility in and around the urban environment with presentations from UvA lecturer and researcher Alex Gekker, Gerrit Rietveld Academie’s artistic researchers Esther Polak and Ivar Van Bekkum, and as moderator author of ‘The Platform Society. Public values in a Connective World’ Martijn de Waal.

10 10 19

A seminar on systems and perspectives

The work behind data

Data has become central to many aspects of our society. However, the social and technical work that lies behind data is often overlooked. This seminar will explore the challenges and state of the art in working with data from both these vantage points.

07 10 19

Een avond met Dick Harrison

De geschiedenis van de slavernij

Met Zweedse hoogleraar geschiedenis Dick Harrison en moderator Martijn Icks kijken we naar de geschiedenis van de slavernij, van de vroegst bekende beschavingen tot hedendaagse dwangarbeid.

04 10 19

De glorie van Rome

Bestsellerauteur Adrian Goldsworthy bespreekt de werking en de invloed van het Romeinse leger. Het beste beroepsleger dat de wereld heeft gekend, was niet ‘slechts’ uit op de overwinning, maar op de totale vernietiging van de vijand. Met: Adrian Goldsworthy en Diederik Burgersdijk

04 10 19

Jet Steinz in gesprek met Simon Sebag Montefiore

Geschreven geschiedenis

Weinig is zo echt als een brief. Wij leggen onze vergankelijke gevoelens en herinneringen op papier vast om ze te delen met anderen en ze bestendigheid te geven. Brieven zijn het geschreven tegengif voor de vluchtigheid van het leven, meende ook brievenliefhebber Goethe. En dat dat klopt bespreken Jet Steinz en Merlijn Olnon (moderator) deze middag met Simon Sebag Montefiore, die voor ons de belangrijkste en opmerkelijkste brieven uit de wereldgeschiedenis verzamelde.

01 10 19

Whither the two-state solution?

The future of Palestine

The recent move of the US Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, the closing down of the Palestinian Liberation Organisation’s PLO office in Washington as well as the cut of US funding to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian refugees in the near east (UNRWA) have all resulted in a deadlock and breakdown of the peace process.

26 09 19

In gesprek met Erika Fatland

Rusland als buurland

Wat betekent het om Rusland als buurland te hebben? Op zoek naar het antwoord op deze vraag, reisde Erika Fatland door de veertien landen aan de andere kant van de langste grens ter wereld. Een avond met Erika Fatland over haar boek, haar ervaringen en haar reizen.

21 09 19

For your convenience

Large-scale agriculture, feasting on exhausted land, plants and animal life, makes it increasingly difficult to choose what to drop into our shopping baskets. “What is it that we should be eating?” is a crucial daily decision, affecting some of the biggest issues of today; from climate change, to workers’ or animal rights and public health.

20 09 19

SPUI25-lezing met Katie Roiphe

Disappointing the Feminists

Op 20 september geeft de Amerikaanse schrijfster Katie Roiphe in de Aula de jaarlijkse SPUI25-lezing. Daarna wordt zij geïnterviewd door schrijfster Niña Weijers.

16 09 19

Visions of Europe

How to democratize Europe?

Four distinguished French public intellectuals, Stéphanie Hennette, Thomas Piketty, Guillaume Sacriste, and Antoine Vauchez , have written a draft treaty establishing a parliamentary assembly for the Eurozone, its members drawn mainly from national parliaments. During this event, Antoine Vauchez will discuss the T-Dem proposal and the key issues raised by ensuing debate with an interdisciplinary group of lawyers and political scientists from the Amsterdam Centre for European Studies (ACES).

11 09 19

Design, fiction, and speculative philosophy for a planet in crisis

We are currently living through the earth’s sixth mass extinction. We need to open up new vistas for living and dwelling on a planet in crisis. This event will reflect on ways in which artists and designers can create and experiment with much needed fresh frameworks. With: Adam Nocek, Betti Marenko, and Patricia Pisters.

03 09 19

The technology behind Deep Fake

When fake looks all too real

In this program, experts will explain the technology known as ‘Deep Learning’. They will show examples of benign and malign uses such as Deep Fake applications and discuss ways in which Artificial Intelligence researchers can help avoid misuse. With: Dieuwke Hupkes, Jelle Zuidema and Paul Boersma.

03 07 19

The History of Information Warfare and Why It Still Matters Today

News from Germany

Information warfare may seem like a new feature of our contemporary digital world. But it was just as crucial a century ago, when the great powers competed to control and expand their empires.

26 06 19

Sexual Violence in Wars of Decolonization

NIAS Fellows Stef Scagliola and Natalya Vince compare their findings on sexual violence in wars of decolonization in Indonesia (1945-1949) and Algeria (1954-1962).

25 06 19

Platform imaginaries

Rethinking Airbnb and other dominant technologies

Platforms like Airbnb, Uber and Thuisbezorgd are amongst the most popular technologies that support urban living. They allow people to rent a room, hire a car, or have food delivered to their doorstep; they regulate the city’s chaos with a tap of a smartphone. During this event, we will reflect on the ways platforms incorporate state-like logic and effects, and will incite your imagination to come up with alternatives for these dominant and dominating technologies.

20 06 19

Decisions in AI

Explaining the ‘black box’

Whether it’s a traffic fine, a court judgement or the price of your airline booking: increasingly, we leave decisions to algorithms. In the future, companies and institutions may not be able to explain what happens inside the ‘black box’. Decisions can cost or save us millions – but what if we disagree or question the outcome? A conversation between economics and data science.

13 06 19

The Islamic State and the Future Terrorist Diaspora

After the Caliphate

In 2014, the declaration of the Islamic State caliphate was hailed as a major victory by the global jihadist movement. But it was short-lived. Three years on, the caliphate was destroyed, leaving its surviving fighters – many of whom were foreign recruits – to retreat and scatter across the globe. So what happens now?

12 06 19

Empathic brains & debunking jet theories

Amsterdam Science Now

Are you interested in science and wondering what makes scientist in Amsterdam tick? Amsterdam Science Now gives the stage to three contributors to the ninth issue of Amsterdam Science Magazine.

11 06 19

From Conflict to Co-Creation

Constructivism and Positivism

Psychologist Ken Gergen will speak about Constructivism and how this school of inquiry may relate to Positivism. This lecture will be followed by a 10-minute response of Angélique Cramer, Q&A with the audience, and some drinks.

07 06 19

Persian Culture on the Global Scene

Persophilia

For many centuries, Persian culture has been shaped by regional and global influences, and in turn, it has shaped the global cultural scene. The acknowledgment of this historical and contemporary interaction calls for the deprovincialization of Persian culture and the recasting of globalisation as a non-Eurocentric process.

04 06 19

Political animals

Can animals be political? This event takes a ‘more-than-human’ approach to politics and conflict, exploring animals’ role in mediating (interhuman) conflicts, solidarities and inequalities.

03 06 19

Self-experimentation as artistic form

How do artists use their bodies in the pursuit of a creative and intellectual inquiries? Borrowing the term “self-experimentation” – a long-standing tradition of scientists testing hypotheses, remedies, and prototypes on themselves – this event explores body-based, durational artworks as an equivalent form of embodied research, ranging from corporeal interventions and endurance performance to bio-art and ecological interactions.

29 05 19

De Nobele Samenzweerder

Brutus

De moord op Julius Caesar kan gerekend worden tot een van de meest besproken gebeurtenissen uit de klassieke oudheid. De moordenaar, Caesars vertrouweling Brutus, heeft een zeer slechte reputatie, maar is dat terecht? Wie of wat bepaalt bij koningsmoord of de dader achteraf als held of slechterik wordt gezien?

29 05 19

Workshop by Ernst van Alphen

How to do Things with Affect?

The ‘affective turn’ is gaining increasing prominence in academia and has become an indispensable concept for cultural analysis. The (over)application of affect has given rise to much criticism. In this workshop we critically assess the concept in its many uses, to understand and apply it more effectively.

28 05 19

Mirjam van Hengel in gesprek met

Julia Blackburn

Mirjam van Hengel gaat met Julia Blackburn in gesprek over haar nieuwe boek, Lied van de tijd. Hierin onderzoekt Blackburn op bijzondere wijze de geschiedenis van het Doggerland, een gigantisch laagland dat ooit de oostkust van Engeland ooit direct verbond met Nederland en het vasteland van Europa – totdat de stijgende zeespiegel het gebied voorgoed overspoelde rond 5000 voor Christus.

27 05 19

Outcomes, observations and opportunities

European Elections 2019

Between 23 and 26 May 2019 citizens across Europe can express their voices in the European Parliament elections. The stakes are high and we will likely see a lot of new developments following the elections. In this public forum, we will analyze the outcome of the elections, highlight important observations and discuss opportunities and challenges for EU politics in the upcoming legislative term.

27 05 19

Athenaeum presents

The Populist Temptation, a masterclass by Barry Eichengreen

Populism is gaining traction almost as fast as talking about populism – but is ‘populism’ a useful concept for discussion, and how? In this masterclass renowned Berkeley economist and political scientist Barry Eichengreen will actively engage his audience about the usefulness of the concept, its US and European incarnations and their roots in the economy. SPUI25 and Athenaeum cordially invite you to join Eichengreen for a masterclass and debate.

24 05 19

Legacies in 2019

Sizing up the Cold War

The Cold War ended thirty years ago, but it is possible to see many continuities into our own time. To what extent does the Cold War, and its immediate aftermath, continue to shape the world of 2019?

22 05 19

The Annual NIAS Lecture 2019

Decolonization and the Political Use of History

The Annual NIAS Lecture 2019 highlights the relevance of history in today’s world. Building upon the comparative research project of the NIAS Theme Group ‘Comparing the Wars of Decolonization’, this year’s public lecture deals with Japanese and Dutch imperial justifications of occupying the Indonesian Archipelago.

21 05 19

Why do we fear Artificial Intelligence (and should we)?

Can we not stand the thought of non-humans being more intelligent than us? Or are we perhaps afraid that artificial superintelligence will do to us, what humans tend to do to the creatures we outsmart? In a multi-disciplinary evening we will debate our fear of AI through the lens of ethics, philosophy, and art.

17 05 19

Motivations to decrease meat consumption

Unsustainable, unhealthy, or disgusting?

Meat is a key ingredient in the main meal for many cultures around the world. However, problems on a world scale such as global warming and public health raise questions about the consequences of current meat consumption patterns. What is the effectiveness of persuasive messages to decrease meat consumption?

16 05 19

Double book launch with Eliza Steinbock, Toni Pape and Sudeep Dasgupta

Affective Politics in Contemporary Media

In contemporary media culture, public discourses run to a considerable degree on feelings. Such feelings, called “affects,” can be mobilised in a variety of ways. This event will focus on the political dimension of affect by a double book launch of new books in Media Studies by Eliza Steinbock and Toni Pape.

16 05 19

The case of the Gdańsk Museum of the Second World War

Divided memories in a united Europe

In post-communist Central and Eastern Europe, various museums have become subject of severe memory battles. The impressive Gdańsk Museum of the Second World War has occupied centre stage in these debates. In this event, its founder will speak of the huge challenges museums face when national politics intervene.

15 05 19

New strategies in post-truth times

Urgent Publishing

Urgent Publishing calls for insightful, quickly produced and well-positioned publications in an era where fake news, pseudoscience and other fact free features are broadcast to the world. On this opening night of a two-day conference speakers will discuss publishing in a post-truth era: how to publish effectively between fast populism and slow academia?

14 05 19

Over de werelden onder onze voeten

Benedenwereld

‘Kijk op een heldere nacht omhoog en je ziet het licht van sterren meer dan duizenden triljoenen kilometers van ons vandaan. Kijk naar beneden en je blik stuit op topgrond, tegel of teen…’. Deze avond presenteert Robert Macfarlane zijn nieuwe boek Underland, vertaald als Benedenwereld, en kijken we verder dan het oog reikt naar de werelden onder onze voeten.

14 05 19

Reading and conversation with Sadia Abbas

The Empty Room (A Novel)

Scholar, critic and novelist Sadia Abbas will read from and discuss the backgrounds of her novel, The Empty Room, with Maria Boletsi.

14 05 19

Civic Engagement in a Mediatized Culture

The Playful Citizen

How can digital games encourage and develop civic engagement? Can players be turned into ecological citizens? And could games revise oppressive social structures? This playful evening, visitors will be treated to an overview of the potential and limitations of citizen engagement in the digital age.

09 05 19

The Time Machine project

Virtual travels through space and time

Time machines have been the stuff of stories and speculations for centuries. Today, advancements in computation allow us to construct such machines as complex information systems that process cultural heritage as big data of the past. In this event, researchers of the new Time Machine project present their exciting initiative.

09 05 19

Self-Determination as Self-Elimination

Israel has a Jewish Problem

Much has been written about the outcomes for Palestinians who have been excluded and marginalized by the Zionist project. This event adds a layer of complexity by asking about the outcomes of popular sovereignty for those presumed to be at the center of an ethno-national state, “the people” themselves.

08 05 19

European elections in times of polarisation and disinformation

This May will see the next European Parliament election. Electorates of 28 member states will cast their vote in a democratic process that, in the last four years, has been challenged, debated and, as some argue, misunderstood and misrepresented. In this event, SPUI25 discusses the context of opinions and information in which Europe is heading for the ballot.