November 10, 2016
University of Twente, DesignLab, Room INFORM Hengelosestraat 500, 7521 AN, Enschede, The Netherlands
Technologies increasingly co-constitute the canvas for human experiences, practices and decisions. Self-driving cars are said to increase road safety; health tracking devices can help to monitor your health; there are even technologies allowing one to select the sex of a future child. However, the perceived benefits of these technologies also foster new concerns, often challenging the dominant normative ideas and standards. How should we conceive of such an interrelation of technology and morality? And what does such an entangled relationship mean for the matters of design and use of technologies?
Please, follow the link to access presentations of the speakers from November 10, 2016.
SPEAKERS:
- Prof. Dr. Batya Friedman (University of Washington)
- Prof. Dr. Tsjalling Swierstra (University of Maastricht)
- Dr. Tamar Sharon (University of Maastricht)
- Prof. Dr. Ir. Ibo van de Poel (Delft University of Technology)
AGENDA:
Chair of the day: Prof. Dr. Ir. Peter-Paul Verbeek (University of Twente)
Commenter: Dr. Michael Nagenborg (University of Twente)
Time | Presenter | Topic |
10:00 – 10:30 | Registration and coffee | |
10:30 – 10:45 | Peter-Paul Verbeek | Technological mediation and morality |
10:45 – 11:00 | Olya Kudina | Presenting the PhD project |
11:00 – 11:45 | Tsjalling Swierstra | Technomoral change: reconciling the first and third person’s perspectives |
11:45 – 12:00 |
| Comment by Peter-Paul Verbeek and Q&A |
12:00 – 13:00 | Lunch | |
13:00 – 13:45 | Tamar Sharon | Of technological practices and enacted values: The case of the Quantified Self |
13:45 – 14:00 |
| Comment by Michael Nagenborg and Q&A |
14:00 – 14:45 | Batya Friedman | Value Sensitive Design in practice |
14:45 – 15:00 |
| Comment by Michael Nagenborg and Q&A |
15:00 – 15:15 | Coffee break | |
15:15 – 16:00 | Ibo van de Poel | How can designers deal with the experimental nature of new technologies? |
16:00 – 16:15 |
| Comment by Peter-Paul Verbeek and Q&A |
16:15 – 17:00 | Plenary discussion | What does the interwoven character of technology and morality mean for the ethics of technology and design practice? |
Videos of the presentations:
1. Introduction to technologically mediated morality by Peter-Paul Verbeek and Olya Kudina (University of Twente)
2. “Identifying technologically induced moral change” by Tsjalling Swierstra (Maastricht University)
3. “Of technological practices and enacted values: The case of the Quantified Self” by Tamar Sharon (Maastricht University)
4. “Value Sensitive Design in practice” by Batya Friedman (University of Washington)
5. “Design and the experimental nature of new technology” by Ibo van de Poel (Delft University) + Plenary discussion
This symposium is part of the NWO funded VICI-program: Theorizing Technological Mediation, led by Prof. Dr. Ir. Peter-Paul Verbeek.