Emergent Phenomena

People are experimenting with new media and digital technologies everywhere and all the time, giving rise to new, surprising and emergent ways to interact with data. 
  • How does the advent of information and communication technologies disrupt the world of the everyday in unexpected and unforeseen ways? 
  • How will the widespread presence of digital, networked technologies give rise to new subjectivities, actions and/or forms of civic engagement? 
  • What are the untold promises and opportunities for autonomous networks and/or alternative economies? 
  • What new tools and resources do we need to understand and navigate this world of data and flowing bytes? 
  • What is the role of the arts and artists in envisioning and enacting other possible futures?
  • What are some possible new forms of cooperativism, conviviality and social innovation?  
  • How can social movements organise themselves in new ways and beyond social media?