This dialogue on the current state of digitization and creativity is part of the seminar Digitization and (Un)sustainability: Reclaiming Technologies for our Environment, hosted by NIAS – the Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities and Social Sciences. The seminar focuses on how technology can be reclaimed to serve environmental and social goals rather than undermining them. Participants will reflect on the ways digital infrastructures, data ecologies, and algorithmic systems intersect with the planet’s material and social realities.
Digitization and (Un)sustainability: Reclaiming Technologies for our Environment
Digitization and (Un)sustainability: Reclaiming Technologies for our Environment is a two-day workshop that examines how digitalisation promises efficiency and innovation, yet often generates new forms of (un)sustainability.The structure of the event draws inspiration from community forums and participatory knowledge-sharing traditions. It seeks to foster exchange between artists and researchers, bridging speculative and practical approaches to sustainability in the digital age. The discussion explores how digital infrastructures underpin social, economic, and political systems, and how these entanglements relate to environmental degradation, data extraction, and unequal access to technological resources. Drawing from art, urbanism, sociology, and philosophy, speakers will explore how transdisciplinary thinking can contribute to reclaiming technologies for collective, sustainable futures.
Full programme and registration information: https://nias.knaw.nl/events/digitalisation-and-unsustainability
Access: This session is open to the public. Registration is required via Letizia Chiappini (l.chiappini@utwente.nl)