BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Sabre//Sabre VObject 4.6.1//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/Zurich X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/Zurich TZURL:http://tzurl.org/zoneinfo/Europe/Zurich BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:CEST DTSTART:19810329T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=-1SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:CET DTSTART:19961027T030000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=10;BYDAY=-1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:news364@eikones.philhist.unibas.ch DTSTAMP;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20260930T110925 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261016 SUMMARY:Digital Simulations & Sites of Destruction DESCRIPTION:Modern media technologies\, including 360° cameras\, VR headse ts\, and haptic devices\, have greatly expanded opportunities for individu als around the globe to digitally explore sites of destruction. Museums an d galleries use these technologies to give visitors the chance to see\, he ar\, and feel historic landscapes of oppression. Artists and activists exp loit these same tools to inform political leaders about contemporary cases of atrocity. Nevertheless\, the specific affordances and special challeng es posed by digital simulations of sites of destruction remain poorly unde rstood. This workshop brings together leading scholars from Switzerland\, the UK\, and the US for discussion of these issues.\\r\\nSpeakersVictoria Walden [https://profiles.sussex.ac.uk/p399501-victoria-richardson-walden] (University of Sussex)Amy Sodaro [https://www.bmcc.cuny.edu/faculty/amy-s odaro/](CUNY Borough of Manhattan Community College)David Simon [https://p oliticalscience.yale.edu/people/david-simon] (Yale University)Mykola Makho rtykh [https://www.ikmb.unibe.ch/ueber_uns/personen/dr_makhortykh_mykola/i ndex_ger.html] (Universität Bern)\\r\\n\\r\\nProgramSession 1: 10:00-11:3 0 \\r\\nAmy Sodaro: Mnemonic traces: digital encounters and the memory of slavery and its legacies”David Simon: Dilemmas in the Uncanny Valley: B etween Witness and Dehumanization in VR and AR MemorializationDiscussant: Hella Wiedmer-Newman \\r\\nLunch & Break: 11:30-13:00\\r\\nSession 2: 13: 00-14:30\\r\\nMykola Makhortykh: Willi Graf\, do you support Bayern Munich ? Challenges of studying interactions with digital simulations of sufferin gPaul Morrow: Digital Simulations and Sites of Holocaust MemoryDiscussant: Thomas Rainer\\r\\nCoffee Break: 14:30-14:45\\r\\nSession 3: 14:45-16:00\ \r\\nVictoria Walden: Atrocity 'images' and AI: A Reflection on the Ontolo gical Status of the Image and its Ethical Relationship with Genocide in th e age of Gen-AIDiscussant: Eduardo Harry Luersen\\r\\nConcluding Discussio n X-ALT-DESC:

Modern media technologies\, including 360° cameras\, VR head sets\, and haptic devices\, have greatly expanded opportunities for indivi duals around the globe to digitally explore sites of destruction. Museums and galleries use these technologies to give visitors the chance to see\, hear\, and feel historic landscapes of oppression. Artists and activists e xploit these same tools to inform political leaders about contemporary cas es of atrocity. Nevertheless\, the specific affordances and special challe nges posed by digital simulations of sites of destruction remain poorly un derstood. This workshop brings together leading scholars from Switzerland\ , the UK\, and the US for discussion of these issues.

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Spea kers
Victoria Walden (University of Sus sex)
Amy Sodaro (CUNY Borough of Manhattan Community College)
David Simon (Yale University)
Mykola Makhortykh (Universität Bern)

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Program
Session 1: 10:00-11:30 \;

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