Agentive Matter(s)

Advanced digital technologies and research in architectural materials and construction processes are transforming work and life towards digitalisation and sustainability. These developments present opportunities to reduce environmental impacts and address long-standing labour inequalities, social injustices, and gender imbalances in the field. This workshop at TU München (TUM) aims to explore how social discourses and knowledge cultures shape and are shaped by new technologies, and will serve as the basis for the development of an educational format that asks what social actions the history of technological artifacts produces today and how we can shape them to achieve sustainable results. We are happy to share that Karola Dierichs, Cluster Professor for »Material and Code«, will contribute to this project with her research on »Cultural Creations: Minimal Machines«.

This workshop is organized by TUM IAS Anna Boyksen Fellow Nathalie Bredella in collaboration with TUM-IAS Rudolf Mößbauer Tenure Track Professor Pierluigi D’Acunto (TUM School of Engineering and Design), Kathrin Dörfler (TUM School of Engineering and Design) and TUM-IAS Rudolf Mößbauer Tenure Track Professor Anna Keune (TUM School of Social Sciences and Technology), supported by Simon Rötsch.

Please find more information on the TUM website.