L.030.35250 Google Cars, Networked Subjects and Human-Machine Autonomies. Reconfiguring Media and Mobility in the 21th Century

Lehrende: Jutta Weber

Veranstaltungsart: Blockveranstaltung

Orga-Einheit: Medienwissenschaft

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Semesterwochenstunden: 2

Unterrichtssprache: Englisch

Min. | Max. Teilnehmerzahl: - | 20

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‘Maybe the problem is not that texting and Facebook are distracting us from driving. Maybe the problem is that driving distracts us from our digital lives. ‘(Tom Vanderbilt)
Since 2010 robot cars roam German, Italian, Japanese or US-American streets on a test basis. And though driver assistance systems have been around since decades, it is now that ‘true’ self-driving cars are coming into focus. Maybe, it is because the fractions of the ‘system of automobility’ (Urry) become increasingly visible but also changes in 21st century (digital) life styles which are more focused on social media than driving experiences. Today, many research teams but also traditional automaker claim, that robot cars might solve a variety of sociotechnical problems such as traffic jams, fatal accidents, pollution, mobility barriers for disabled, young or elderly people.
In the course we will discuss and analyze self-driving cars in the context of the transformation of media and mobility. This is also the theme of an international workshop which will takes place at the 6th and 7th November 2014 at the University of Paderborn. In one or two preparatory sessions we will make us familiar with the subject and discuss core texts of the workshop. We will attend the workshop together and you will write a review of one or two presentations of the conference (‘Kleiner Schein’) or a review of the whole conference (‘Großer Schein’)
If you are unsure whether the seminar suits you (for example in terms of language skills), please contact me at my office hours.