When was the last time you ordered something online? And where did your package have to travel from? We invite you to sit and overthink the impact of your consumer convenience at the interactive installation Labor Unboxed.
The global balance of power is shifting rapidly, and the world is becoming more fragmented and unpredictable. This has direct relevance for a university of technology: innovations developed here can have strategic, sometimes unintended, consequences.
How does play and creativity help engineers to better understand robotics?
We can’t reverse the arrow of time. How can we fight the crumbling world order and create a shared future amid the chaos? Join us for another interactive Critical Mass Session!
In an era where traditional debates often exacerbate polarization and hinder genuine understanding, we introduce the Antidebate — a transformative approach to public discourse.
We will conclude our Language x Power programme with a themed film screening of Arrival, a sci-fi film that confronts problems of language and power for the stakes of the planet and universe.
Would you conduct military research? If so, why? If not, why not? What reasons would be valid to motivate a scientist or engineer in developing something which kills people? Does it matter if they do it for their country versus a company?
It’s the modern creative writer’s first commandment: “Show, don’t tell!” What does it mean? How do you “show” and avoid “telling”? And is “Show, don’t tell” even good advice?
Hoe houden we de komende 100 jaar droge voeten in ons laaggelegen land? In deze van Leeuwenhoeklezing gaat Bas Jonkman van de TU Delft in op de Delftse ideeën voor de Deltawerken van de 21e eeuw.
Military and security organisations wield significant power — including the legal use of force. Would you be willing to serve in such an organisation?
New technology has radically transformed warfare. War is no longer just something that happens; it is something we see, and can almost experience first-hand.
The COVID-19 pandemic, the wars in Ukraine and Gaza, the rise of populism and the far right—these events share one thing in common: language is changing, and hardening. And war begins when words lose their meaning.
Leni Riefenstahl is considered one of the most controversial women of the 20th century as an artist and a Nazi propagandist. Her films Triumph des Willens and Olympia stand for perfectly staged body worship and the celebration of the superior and victorious.
From lithium to cobalt and gold: what is the impact that our increasing dependence on Critical Raw Materials makes on our world? Can we ethically and equitably mine everything we need to support our lifestyles and the energy transition or not?
This discussion event is cancelled.
