KAROLINA RYCHTER

Exploring the Tangible Realities of Philosophical Questions on Personal Identity

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“One morning, when Gregor Samsa woke from troubled dreams, he found himself transformed in his bed into a horrible verm in” – this is the opening line of Franz Kafka’s short story ’The Metamorphosis’. The transformations we undergo might not be so abrupt, dramatic, or drastic, but they occur continuously, every day and every hour. Our beliefs and preferences evolve, our memories fade and reshape, and our bodies undergo a complete atomic replacement every few years. Amidst this flux, how do we maintain a sense of consistent identity? I will try to give a brief history of how philosophers, including John Locke, David Hume, and Derek Parfit, have grappled with the puzzle of personal identity. We’ll also discuss whether contemporary neuroscience offers clarity on the issue or only deepens the mystery.

REBECCA DUCLOS & DAVID ROSS

Holding Identity: the case of emerging Ukrainian artists

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When the full-scale invasion began last year in Ukraine, thousands of art academies and their students were in jeopardy. Bombings, shellings, a paucity of safe shelters, students needing to rejoin their families, evacuations happening all around them… the conditions could not have been worse for being at art school. So many people had just made it through Covid and returned to school, only to have the war change their lives again. The tenacity and the courage of Ukrainian artists is astonishing and their love for the country is extraordinary to witness. But how to stay in school? How to stay in a city under siege? How to think about the future when each day brings more of the unknown? This talk will highlight some of the Ukrainian students whom we’ve met through the UAx Platform, recalling our conversations with them as they continue to live in a country at war.

PIOTR NIEDZIAŁKOWSKI

Identity crisis and health

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During the lecture, the impact of health status on the escalation of life crises will be presented, along with effective methods for coping with them. We will explore the mechanisms behind the development of diseases and present methods that allow for their prevention or alleviation of symptoms. Additionally, it will be demonstrated how a proactive approach to one’s health can lay the foundation for building stronger resilience to future life challenges.

PAWEŁ POKUTYCKI & SONIA GÓRECKA

Between Digital West and East: Spaces for Slavic Identities

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BEATA CZAJKOWSKA

Who is afraid of change? Politics of woke

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Beata Czajkowska is a co-founder and board member of twofoundations: New Art Foundation ZNACZY SIĘ and City of LiteratureFoundation. For the foundations, she develops and executesprograms focusing on literature, cultural and social dialogue, and cultural education. Beata currently manages the program supporting literary and cultural events in independent bookshops in Kraków. Her experience includes a few stints in academia, international consulting, organization of international poetry festivals, producing plays and concerts, and providing arts education for children. Beata holds a doctorate in Government and Politics from University of Maryland, USA. She lives mostly in Kraków, but takes long trips to Seattle.

DAMIAN FLISAK

Artificial Intelligence in Art: Support or Threat to the Artist’s Identity?

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Artificial intelligence’s ability to mimic artistic styles and generate unique pieces poses a potential threat to the individuality of artists. As AI becomes more prevalent in art creation, the distinction between human-made and AI-generated art may blur, leading to questions about the value we place on human creativity. In this evolving landscape, the label ”made by humans” could become a testament to the authenticity and emotional depth, aspects that AI, despite its capabilities, cannot replicate at all.

NAOMI BUENO DE MESQUITA

Design for Inclusion

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Under the umbrella of Design for Social Justice, this session critically examines instances of exclusion, problematizes around similar issues that specific communities encounter, and develops and proposes approaches and tools for designing for inclusion. Migration will be used as pretext for understanding the role of design in creating exclusionary and inclusionary environments. Design Academy Eindhoven Sponsored by the Grant of the Netherlands Kingdom Embassy.

INGRID VAN DER WACHT

Build together a flourishing world Let’s give a shit and plant seeds

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It is time to take up missions together to design the world out of crises. Designers play a pivotal role in these processes – to build missions, visualize objectives, prototypes first ideas. They can get things and people moving in multi disciplinary collaborations. BUT are designers SUPER heroes? And what would they need to spread their super work like seeds of positivity on our planet ;-) Sponsored by the Grant of the Netherlands Kingdom Embassy – the Netherlands Design Week

ELINA PYROHOVA

Silent protest

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ANASTASIAA BABII

Lesya Ukrainka’s poem, „CONTRA SPEM SPERO, animated short film”

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