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(Symposium) What is Intercultural Philosophy of Technology and why is it important?
Time:
Wednesday, 25/June/2025:
5:00pm - 6:30pm
Location:Auditorium 4
Presentations
What is Intercultural Philosophy of Technology and why is it important?
Chair(s): Gunter Bombaerts (Eindhoven University of Technoloogy), Andreas Spahn (Eindhoven University of Technology)
Within philosophy and ethics of technology, the use of “non-Western” approaches has long been very peripheral. Recent years show a careful but growing interest in many more globally spread approaches of philosophy of technology.
However, several challenges remain. Individual projects using “non-Western” approaches have their project-specific struggles, ranging from methodological issues to interpretative challenges. Furthermore, an overall view on how these approaches fit in a broader philosophy and ethics of technology is still missing.
This symposium aims to be the starting point for a more in-depth and general debate on the future of intercultural philosophy of technology. It pursues this aim through a dialogical method, in which participants are invited to deliberate together, rather than present their own research outputs. Some individual examples will be used as a springboard to discuss the central question: “What is Intercultural Philosophy of Technology and why is it important?”
We are looking forward to discussing this with you.
Co-Organizers: Gunter Bombaerts, Andreas Spahn, Patricia Reyes Benavides, Kristy Claassen, Alessio Gerola, Tom Hannes, Emma Kopeinigg, Joseph Sta. Maria, Anna Puzio and Hin Sing Yuen. (The co-organizers are part of the ESDiT intercultural ethics of technology research line.)
Presentations of the Symposium
Symposium Schedule (90 minutes)
Gunter Bombaerts1, Andreas Spahn1, Patricia Reyes Benavides2, Alessio Gerola3, Tom Hannes1, Emma Kopeinigg4, Joseph Sta. Maria5, Anna Puzio2, Hin Sing Yuen5 1Eindhoven University of Technology, 2Twente University, 3Wageningen University, 4Utrecht University, 5Delft University of Technology
Schedule (Total of 90 minutes):
Participants make, before the start of the session, a choice which sub-working group they want to be in. They take a seat in that sub-working group (separate table, all in the same room).
Introduction (30 minutes):
The theme “What is Intercultural Philosophy of Technology and why is it important?” will be introduced by the co-organizers.
Discussion in sub-groups (30 minutes)
In the sub-groups, the theme “What is Intercultural Philosophy of Technology and why is it important?” will be further discussed with a particular focus (see below for tentative ideas). The chair of the sub-group will introduce a few thought-provoking ideas or statements that will be the start of the discussion.
· Focus on particular philosophies: African-, Buddhist-, Confucian-, Indigenous-… philosophy of technology
· Focus on approaches: Religion Studies, Postphenomenology, Analytical Philosophy, … and intercultural philosophy of technology
Plenary discussion (30mins)
We bring together the insights of the different groups to formulate next steps, as concretely as possible, to the answer “What is Intercultural Philosophy of Technology and why is it important?”
