The „end“, in the form of various menacing or ongoing disasters, is becoming a forceful part of our reality. The prevalent modality of our responding to the real of different crises is neither their proper acknowledgment nor simply their denial, but rather what psychoanalysis has conceptualized under the term of disavowal, Verleugnung. Disavowal is not simply about denying or ignoring a threat, but about robbing it of its reality, while being fully aware of it. We are in a perverse situation where our knowledge about something becomes a perfect alibi for ignoring it, and where we are more afraid of being scared to death than of actually dying.

ALENKA ZUPANČIČ
Philosophin

KARIN HARRASSER
ANNE VON DER HEIDEN
Gastgeberinnen

Vortrag in englischer Sprache

Eine Veranstaltung der Kunstuniversität Linz (Abteilungen Kulturwissenschaft sowie Kunstgeschichte
und Kunsttheorie) in Kooperation mit dem Kepler Salon

In this talk we will explore the concept of Design for Diversity, a philosophy for design thinking that is founded on the scientific principle of bioplasticity. The concept derived from latest scientific understanding in the fields of evolutionary biology, epigenetics and neuroscientific understanding about the plasticity that is inherent to living biology. Bioplasticity tells us to expect diversity in all directions, in all shapes and forms; it tells us to acknowledge and embrace the reality of diversity, to see diversity as the norm and not as exceptions. Therefore, the philosophy of Design for Diversity that is founded on the principle of bioplasticity, tells us to anticipate and incorporate, from the inception of the design process,  diversity of needs of diverse living beings that inhabit the planet. Thus, Design for Diversity, is a model of design thinking that not only has much stronger and wider motivation as social imperatives for inclusion.

THOMAS TAJO
Präsident „Vision Inclusive“

KARIN HARRASSER
ANNE VON DER HEIDEN
Gastgeberinnen

Vortrag in englischer Sprache mit Gebärdensprachenübersetzung in ÖGS

Eine Veranstaltung der Kunstuniversität Linz (Abteilungen Kulturwissenschaft sowie Kunstgeschichte und Kunsttheorie) in Kooperation mit dem Kepler Salon