Digital Humanism: How to Shape Digitalisation in the Age of Global Challenges?

Digital Humanism, formulated in 2019, is an explicit demand for the development and application of human-centred technology, that is, for “pulling” a humanised and humane digitalisation instead of “pushing” it for merely economic reasons. Under the title above, the scientific encounter of inter- and...

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Main Authors: Wolfgang Hofkirchner, Hans-Jörg Kreowski
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2022-03-01
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2504-3900/81/1/4
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description Digital Humanism, formulated in 2019, is an explicit demand for the development and application of human-centred technology, that is, for “pulling” a humanised and humane digitalisation instead of “pushing” it for merely economic reasons. Under the title above, the scientific encounter of inter- and transdisciplinary perspectives has aimed at presenting and questioning the conception of that trend. Special emphasis has been placed on the link between digital technology and the urgent societal goals of mitigating, if not resolving, the existential multi-crisis humanity faces today.
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spelling doaj.art-49267bc6181d411997e24e28471fd9ea2023-11-23T18:32:26ZengMDPI AGProceedings2504-39002022-03-01811410.3390/proceedings2022081004Digital Humanism: How to Shape Digitalisation in the Age of Global Challenges?Wolfgang Hofkirchner0Hans-Jörg Kreowski1Institute of Visual Computing and Human-Centered Technology, TU Vienna, Karlsplatz 13, 1040 Vienna, AustriaComputer Science Department, University of Bremen, Bibliothekstr. 5, 28359 Bremen, GermanyDigital Humanism, formulated in 2019, is an explicit demand for the development and application of human-centred technology, that is, for “pulling” a humanised and humane digitalisation instead of “pushing” it for merely economic reasons. Under the title above, the scientific encounter of inter- and transdisciplinary perspectives has aimed at presenting and questioning the conception of that trend. Special emphasis has been placed on the link between digital technology and the urgent societal goals of mitigating, if not resolving, the existential multi-crisis humanity faces today.https://www.mdpi.com/2504-3900/81/1/4digital humanismtechnology and society
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