[57north-discuss] Being Human - Arts & Humanities Festival

[Doc Ocassi]

Hello Everyone

An Arts & Humanities festival happening throughout the UK and some talks
in Aberdeen include aspects of technology that may be of interest to
some of you

You can find more information:
http://www.abdn.ac.uk/beinghuman
http://beinghumanfestival.org/

Some of note:

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Computational Social Science; a new social physics

09 November 2015, 19:00 - 20:30
Admission free, no booking required.
Wood Foundation Centre for Science and Technology, Robert Gordon's
College, Schoolhill.

A look at how the data from digital technology we use everyday can be used.
As digital technologies, the internet and social media become
increasingly integrated into society, our daily lives generate
unprecedented quantities of digital data. These data provide
opportunities to study complex social systems in frameworks similar to
those of the natural sciences. We will discuss these new opportunities
and the latest advancements in Computational Social Science.
Also part of the University of Aberdeen’s Festival of Social Science and
Science in the Quad Season 3.

https://www.abdn.ac.uk/events/7758

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Data & Technology - Better Travel?

09 November 2015, 19:00 - 20:00
Admission free, no booking required.
Aberdeen Maritime Museum, Shiprow.

Examining how data and technology are impacting upon how we travel.
Speakers from the UK’s Transport Systems Catapult and Aberdeen’s Centre
for Transport Research will discuss national and local efforts to
improve the traveller experience through the use of data, and the
questions these efforts raise.

https://www.abdn.ac.uk/events/7862/

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Social media: who are we talking to?

10 November 2015, 19:15 - 20:30
Admission free, no booking required.
Taylor Building Room A21, University of Aberdeen.

Join Dr. Leanne Townsend to discuss social media content and its life
course.

Who are our perceived and actual audiences on social media platforms?
How might our words be interpreted and put to use? How might we modify
our activity in light of these understandings?

https://www.abdn.ac.uk/events/7867

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Being Human? An arts and humanities variety night

19 November 2015, 19:00 - 21:00
Admission Free, booking required.
Cellar 35, 35 Rosemount Viaduct, Aberdeen.

What does it mean to "be human" in the twenty- first century?

Can robots have legal personhood? Can you learn about the arts and
humanities in under fifteen minutes? Could you dethrone Aberdeen’s
reigning Rock ‘Em Sock ‘Em Robots champion? Join Helen Keen – an award
winning comedy writer and performer whose first Edinburgh Fringe solo
show, It Is Rocket Science! was later developed into a BBC Radio 4
series   ̶   along with some of the brightest and most creative
researchers from across Scotland to explore these questions, and to
consider what it means to be human in the twenty-first century.

https://www.abdn.ac.uk/events/8035/

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Enjoy.

Doc.

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"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic."
 - Clarke's 3rd Law.

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