Georg Diez and Steve Vertovec
Thinking Complexity
Learning the Tools (Part 2)
A series of workshops
Format
Workshopseries
Event information
How can we live in parallel realities? How can we think in different time frames? How can we expect something to happen out of, seemingly, nothing? And if these are all strange questions: How can we learn to not only adapt in these times of complexity – but actually use complexity thinking to reinvent the way we see the world, organize societies and the self? Steve Vertovec and Georg Diez address all of this and more in their introductory class into complexity and systems thinking. The aim is to be both practical and theoretical and ultimately help the participants to formulate their own positions and to maneuver the unruly landscapes of our shared and shifting realities in the 21st century.
This session: Learning the Tools
The second session delves deeper into the topic of complexity: What is linear versus non-linear thinking, what is causality and multi-causality, and what is uncertainty? To grasp these concepts and learn how to use complexity as a tool, we will examine the exhibition Survival in the 21st Century and discuss aspects of ambiguity and ambivalence through specific examples from art.
Short biography
Georg Diez is a writer and journalist. He studied history and philosophy and worked as a cultural critic for all relevant German media outlets. Diez is a Senior Advisor at ProjectTogether, Fellow of the Max Planck Society, and one of the curators of the exhibition SURVIVAL IN THE 21ST CENTURY.
Steve Vertovec is Founding Director of the Max-Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity, Göttingen and Honorary Joint Professor of Sociology and Ethnology, University of Göttingen. His research is focused on migration and social complexity. He just published the German version of his foundational work “Superdiversity”.
Location
SCHOOL OF SURVIVAL, Hall for Contemporary Art
Language
German and English
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Information for participants
The so-called SURVIVAL PASS, which can be obtained free of charge on request when you first enter the exhibition, allows unlimited free access to the exhibition and participation in the SCHOOL OF SURVIVAL.
Prior registration is not required. Once the 35 slots for the SCHOOL OF SURVIVAL are filled, the course is considered full. Please arrive on time accordingly. For group visits with more than 8 people, we kindly request prior arrangement via besuch@deichtorhallen.de.
All offerings of the SCHOOL OF SURVIVAL can be attended without prior knowledge. Materials will be provided on-site unless otherwise specified. Feel free to bring personal materials that are important to you for the workshop.