History and future in the digital age
Meetings on online information 13 February - 20 May 2020
How do the complex gears that underpin our digital present work? What tools, including philosophical ones, are needed to address the future challenges posed by the global “infosphere”? How is the relationship between “digital citizens” and historical knowledge changing?
For ethics of technology
- Thursday 13 February 2020 at 18:30 - 19:45
The transformations we are undergoing need to be understood, including by changing the languages and paradigms to which we were accustomed. What role can a renewed philosophy of information play in understanding the new human condition of on-life? What tools are needed to address the challenges posed by the global “infosphere”?
With **Luciano Floridi**, professor of Information Philosophy and Ethics at Oxford University.
Negationism and digital media
- Wednesday 20 May 2020 at 18:30 - 19:30
What is the significance of denial of the past in our democracies? How did these trends come about? What space do they find in new digital media? What is the relationship between the legitimate revision of historical knowledge and negationism? How is the relationship of “digital citizens” with history changing?
With **Marcello Flores**, professor of Contemporary History and Comparative History at the Faculty of Letters of the University of Siena, where he also directs the Master’s program in Human Rights and Humanitarian Action.
**The meeting will be streamed live.**
