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Conversation, May 4th, 5:00–6:30 pm
Humboldt Lab in the Humboldt Forum
The conversation »Perspectives on Active Materials« on May 4th, 2022 with Bernadette Bensaude-Vincent, Michaela Eder, Peter Fratzl, and Richard Weinkamer aims to address one of the burning questions of our epoch: the possibility of engineering smart, active, or bio-inspired materials and the meaning these enhanced materials might have for solving the contemporary and future challenges of these tumultuous times. We will discuss these issues with historians of science on the one hand and materials scientists on the other. The following questions will be addressed: What effects has research had and continues to have on materials from a historical and cultural perspective? What is the radical innovation in recent approaches to materials? How can governmental research funding influence and guide this research? And what current research directions are pursued today? Indeed, as one of the rising crises of our society is an ecological one, the question arises what impact those newly developed materials will have. What resources do these materials consume and what is their afterlife? Are they sustainable? And how can they contribute to solve the worldwide ecological crisis?
The event presents central theses of the recently published anthology Active Materials, kicking off the workshop Materials Matter.
Workshop, May 5th, 9:00 am–3:05 pm
Humboldt Lab, Seminar room
It is almost obvious to say that materials are found at the very center of our life, situated in the complex zone between nature and society. Materials, to say it plainly, matter. But in recent decades, new discoveries in the natural sciences and in the materials sciences have enabled to develop new materials, active materials: on the one hand materials are considered as entities that ‘sense’ and respond to their environment, and on the other hand synthetics and bio-inspired materials are fabricated. The workshop »Material Matters« on May 5th, 2022 aims to unfold the philosophical, historical, and cultural background of these new developments, while looking as well at the cutting edge research on bioinspired materials systems and structures. Can materials be considered not as a passive carrier but rather as partners of technological adventures and advancements, with which one can have an open dialog? How can one account philosophically and historically for the activity of materials? What are the new epistemological horizons opened up when considering these new materials, and in which ways can one argue for the necessity of developing a new material epistemology?
Organisation
The conversation and the workshop are a cooperation between the Cluster of Excellence »Matters of Activity« at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin and The Cohn Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science and Ideas, Tel Aviv University. They are organized by Michael Friedman and Karin Krauthausen. The event takes place in cooperation with the Humboldt Lab.
Information on participating / attending:
Please register here: https://www.matters-of-activity.de/en/activities/7782/materials-matter
Date:
05/04/2022 17:00 - 05/05/2022 15:00
Event venue:
Humboldt Lab
at Humboldt Forum
Schloßplatz
10178 Berlin
Berlin
Germany
Target group:
all interested persons
Relevance:
regional
Subject areas:
Materials sciences
Types of events:
Seminar / workshop / discussion
Entry:
04/20/2022
Sender/author:
Ina Friebe
Department:
Kommunikation, Marketing und Veranstaltungsmanagement
Event is free:
yes
Language of the text:
German
URL of this event: http://idw-online.de/en/event71406
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