Luciana Parisi (Goldsmiths University of London)

Computational Mediation and the Future of the Humanities
It has been argued that the transformation of the medium of knowledge production has direct bearing on how humanities have been able to select, store and transmit knowledge. In particular, when reflecting upon computational systems or automated modes of aesthetic production, for instance in design, music, or art in general, the specificity of “mediality" or of the medium through which these practices work, has brought into questions ideas of authorship, creativity, imagination. This seminar will discuss the possibilities that computational and digital systems offer to develop methods of research and collaboration afforded by the medium - by algorithms and their relation to data. This discussion will also point out that the humanities and social sciences need to re-assess their relationship to the sciences, bringing about changes in epistemic resources and theorisation of the locations, modes and objects of knowledge. More on Luciana Parisi

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