On March 26, 2025, the Master of Visual Arts proposes the symposium Worldbuilding in an era of extreme fragmentation
This one-day conference is an interdisciplinary event taking as its starting point the fragmentation thesis, based on the observation that our political conversations online – in forums, social media platforms, or discussion sites – are secluded into ideologically uniform groups. This tendency towards homophily is nothing new yet it has dramatically taken speed recently, to the point that it can be seen as a planetary condition of our times. The infrastructural changes in our digital networks – privatization, tracking, and algorithmic rationality – are not the sole explanatory factors. Finance capitalism, genocidal conflicts, climate crisis, as well as ambient anxiety all trigger responses that tend to favor withdrawal strategies.
9:00
Welcome coffee
10:00 - 12:45
Introduction by Ingrid Luquet-Gad
Helen Hester
OMSK Social Club
Q&A
12:45
Launch break
14:00 - 16:00
Bassam El Baroni
Josèfa Ntjam
Q&A
Lectureres
Bassam El Baroni · Helen Hester · Ingrid Luquet-Gad · OMSK Social Club · Josèfa Ntjam
Conception
Ingrid Luquet-Gad
Organisation
Shirin Yousef & Felice Berny-Tarente
Cet événement se déroulera en anglais.
March 26, 2025
9:30am - 4pm
Free entry
IKEA Auditorium, ECAL
