The Digital Counter-Revolution
Joshua Simon
Institute of Arts and Society,
Cross-Disciplinary Strategies
2026W,
Academic Seminar
(SEW),
4.0 ECTS,
2.0 semester hours,
course number S30486
Description
The paradoxs of the digital constitute a rupture carrying an unknown future, and at the same time continuing traditions that can be traced at least since the early modern period. The digital, therefore, cannot be located in any set of devices, nor is it located solely in the social relations around any set of devices. The course attempts to delineate the unique properties of the digital’s operations as a regime - through historical and contemporary concepts and instances, we will formulate together the digital as a regime, as it pertails to social, mental, cultural, environmental, economic, political, metabolic, and technological phenomena.
Dates
Thu, 08 October 2026, 14:15–18:15
CDS Studio
, "08 October 2026, 14:15-18:15"
Fri, 09 October 2026, 12:15–16:15
KUG Lecture Room PSK 140
, "09 October 2026, 12:15-16:15"
Thu, 12 November 2026, 14:15–18:15
KUG Lecture Room PSK 140
, "12 November 2026, 14:15-18:15"
Thu, 14 January 2027, 14:15–18:15
KUG Lecture Room PSK 140
, "14 January 2027, 14:15-18:15"
Fri, 15 January 2027, 12:15–16:15
KUG Lecture Room PSK 140
, "15 January 2027, 12:15-16:15"
Course Enrolment
From 31 August 2026, 09:00
Via online registration
Curriculum Allocation
Transformation Studies. Art x Science (Bachelor): Focus! Transformation Areas: Digital Transformation 162/2025UBA-040.10
Cross-Disciplinary Strategies (Master): Study Areas 1-3: Study Area 2: Science and Technology 569/2026UMA-020.20
Cross-Disciplinary Strategies (Bachelor): Science and Technology: Deepening / Application 700/2026UBA-002.20
Co-registration: possible
Attending individual courses: possible