Please distribute to others who may be interested... You are hereby invited to a seminar in our twelfth interdisciplinary series on Evolution, Complexity and Cognition <http://ecco.vub.ac.be/?q=node/108> (ECCO 2016-2017) <https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Marjoriikka_Ylisiurua>
Time: Friday November 25, 14h-16h Place: *room * *D.1.07*, building D, VUB ------------------------------ Digital Literacy for Humanity in the State of Flux: An Urban Narrative *Shima Beigi* <https://oxford.academia.edu/DrShimaBeigi> *Evolution, Cognition, and COmplexity (ECCO) group* <http://ecco.vub.ac.be/> Abstract: Digital literacy is the ability to locate, organize, understand, evaluate, and analyze information using digital technology. Combined with urbanization, the shift of population from rural areas to cities, digital literacy becomes more than mere the ability of one individual to engage with information. As people start to engage with information flow, richer dimensions of human life start to permeate and extend into this field of information. Information becomes richer. But what about our lives? Exploring the synthesis of urbanization and digitalization is an essential part of future generations of cities aka smart cities as they rely on ICT for their inherent functionality. The relationship between technology, societal readiness for technological adoption is not linear. Additionally, mass migration from developing to developed countries has challenged cities to rethink social integration and urban inclusion. Therefore, it's not clear to what extent can the movement of ICT based cities, create a harmonic relationship between urbanization and digitalization without leaving the ever changing emotional landscape of people out of the equation? Consequently, this short conversation style presentation revolves around this question: how to move digital literacy toward serving humanity in the state flux more than our devices? ------------------------------ Upcoming Seminars *December 2nd* Helene Finidori Patterns that Connect: Exploring the Concept of Pattern in the Face of Growing Complexity *December 9th* Sven Delariviere Demarcating mathematical understanding and the understanding subject *December 16th* De Couvreur Lieven Adaptation by Product Hacking See also the ECCO/GBI calendar <https://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=azMyN252aWluM2JoMnU3MXY5OGt2ZzliOGdAZ3JvdXAuY2FsZW5kYXIuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbQ> . You can add this calendar to your calendar application through here <https://www.google.com/calendar/ical/k327nviin3bh2u71v98kvg9b8g%40group.calendar.google.com/public/basic.ics> More info about the ECCO seminar program: http://ecco.vub.ac.be/?q=node/108 <http://ecco.vub.ac.be/?q=node/108> -- Cadell ECCO Group (VUB) <http://ecco.vub.ac.be/?q=node/1> Email: [email protected] Website: https://cadelllast.com
