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Thesis Info

LABS ID
00950
Thesis Title
Ask Humans : A platform for inducing change: organizing, curating and fostering the discourse on society’s redesign regarding technology and human connection
Author
Lis Martins Neves de Oliveira
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3rd Author
Degree
MA International Media Cultural Work
Year
2017
Number of Pages
University
Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences
Thesis Supervisor
Sabine Breitsameter
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Other Supervisor(s)
Valentina Petermann
Language(s) of Thesis
English
Department / Discipline
Media
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Languages Familiar to Author
Portuguese, French, German, Spanish
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Keywords
metamodernity, media literacy, objective subjectification, critical thinking, participation
Abstract: 200-500 words
Ask Humans is a project-based research that seeks to ignite changes through fostering questioning, communication and connection. It is divided in three parts: the first, focused on investigating contemporary society within metamodernity, mainly through culture and politics, analyzing its conditions and finding opportunities for improvement. The second focus on education, understanding its current state in a digital global and mediated world and proposing new approaches through concepts of objective subjectification, Bildung and media literacy education. The last, is the description of experiments on how to apply theory into practice. This project furthers the creations of platforms that cultivate collective and self-reflection and critical thinking as well as participation in society.