Interdisciplinary Conference
March 31 – APRIL 1, 2016 // Festival lounge Mousonturm
This year’s motto of the LICHTER Agora is “Grenzen Unlimited”. The program of the open discussion forum features political lines of conflict and their challenges, the unlimited space of the internet, questions of cyberlaw or the looming borders of growth. At the Agora, the interdisciplinary dialogue of scientists, practitioners and audience does not have borders.
Thursday March 31, 2016 // 7pm
Conference Opening / Get-together in the festival restaurant Hans & Franz
Friday April 1, 2016 // from 1pm
Agora relay talk with various topics:
Ich // Die Anderen [I // Others]
Social borders and experiences of demarcation between societal groups: How can we identify borders between status, power and distribution of goods and also between attitudes, convictions, stances and value systems?
Hier // Dort [Here // There]
Political drawing of borders as focal points: How much border does democracy need and tolerate? Which challenges do transgressions of borders (for example through migration) pose for political systems? Do we have to reimagine democracy and politics in their relation to the border?
Virtual // Reality
The internet and its role in normative orders: Where do the borders between public and private sphere lie in the net? How can we guarantee autonomy and data privacy? How can rule of law be established on the internet?
Welt // Raum [World // Space]
Borders of growth, of progress and of people: Which borders are set for people by nature? Where do we reach the limits of possibility? How are climate changes and migration related? Which role do political boundaries play for the ecological preservation of our planet?
With: Marcus Jurk, Ben Kamis, Dr. Matthias Kettemann, Jonathan Klein, Prof. Verena Kuni, Sebastian Läßle, Max Pichl, Dr. Valentin Rauer, Johannes Röß, Dr. Vanessa Rüegger, Dr. Thorsten Thiel and other researchers
Host:
Yumin Li, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Katja Kynast, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Find more details about the AGORA here.