The school was intended for a mixed group of students from both STEM fields and the humanities who shared an interest in the critical study of technology and in understanding how technology works. The goal was to bring together different perspectives from these two spheres of intellectual life, usually separated by an artificial divide, to view technology through a philosophical, social, and cultural lens while maintaining a rigorous understanding of its workings.
The main schedule consisted of two lectures or seminars per day: one focusing on technical and/or scientific aspects, and one focusing on social and/or cultural aspects, held by speakers with backgrounds in the respective fields.
Subjects varied from the impact technology had on the environment and the evolution of mobile phone software development paradigms, to the history and challenges of the semiconductor industry, and the implications of AI on privacy.
Curators: Irina Dumitru & Alexandru Evanghelidis
The project was organised by tranzit.ro/Cluj in partnership with Foundation 9 (Scena 9), National Institute for Research and Development in Materials Physics and Dezaticulat.
