Innsbruck-Pune Conference, May 3rd – 6th 2023
Anthropology in Digital Age: Theological and Philosophical Responses
May 3rd – 6th 2023
Madonnensaal and Dekanatssitzungssaal, Karl-Rahner-Platz 1 and 3, 6020 Innsbruck
Participation at the academic program, including Vinum Academicum and Coffee Breaks is possible, free of charge and without any registration necessities.
Given the incredible and exponential progress in digital revolution, affecting all dimensions of human life, it is proper to reflect on who the human person is, from philosophical and theological perspectives, in order to understand ourselves better. The cooperation between Jnana Deepa and The University of Innsbruck offers us the opportunity to bring not only the Christian tradition, but also Western and Indian thinking into conversation with current technological developments. Such a reflection urges us to revisit the fundamental anthropological questions like, “Who am I?”, “What can I know?” and “What can I hope for?”. The conference seeks to throw more light on the self-understanding of the human person in the contemporary times, so that we can respond meaningfully and adequately to the fundamental questions of ourselves, our nature and our destiny. Such an understanding of the human person hopefully will enable us to encounter God deeper and experience one another better.
Wednesday, 3rd May 2023
Madonnensaal
19:00 Conference Opening Session
19:00 – 19:30
Welcome-Speeches by Authorities of both Institutions
19:30 – 20:30
Opening Contribution
Sr. Patricia Santos
Towards an Embodied Understanding of the Human Person in the Digital Age – An Indian Feminist Perspective
20:30
Vinum Academicum
Thursday, 4th May 2023
Dekanatssitzungsaal
08:30 Morning Session
08:30 – 09:15
Enrico Grube
Towards an Embodied Understanding of the Human Person in the Digital Age – Western Perspective
09:15 – 10:00
Johannes Hoff
The Gift of Insight. Overcoming the Dataist Metaphysics of Modern Cognitivism
10:00 – 10:30
Coffee – Break
10:30 – 11:15
Tom Karimundackal, SJ
Human Being: As the image and likeness of God or becoming Digitalized
11:15 – 12:00
Katherine Dormandy
Digital Whiplash: The Case of Digital Trust
14:30 Afternoon Session
14:30 – 15:15
Dolichan Kollareth, SJ
Artificial Intelligence and Human Understanding
15:15 – 16:00
Wilhelm Guggenberger
Deliver us from the evil one. The hope for technological Redemption
16:00 – 16:30
Coffee – Break
16:30 – 17:15
John Karuvelil, SJ
Artificial Intelligence: Are we playing with God?
17:15 – 18:00
Stefan Hofmann, SJ
Images and Imagination in the Digital Age. Challenge and Opportunity for Christian Spirituality
Friday, 5th May 2023
Dekanatssitzungsaal
08:30 Morning Session
08:30 – 10:00
Workshops organized by the Doctorate- and PhD-Students
10:00 – 10:30
Coffee – Break
10:30 – 12:00
Workshops organized by the Doctorate- and PhD-Students
14:30 Afternoon Session
14:30 – 15:15
Claudia Paganini / Kristina Steimer
Social media, the body, and the digital device. An ontological perspective on constellations between self and being
15:15 – 16:00
VM Jose, SJ
Jesus constitutes true humanity: dignity of human person in the digital age
16:00 – 16:30
Coffee – Break
16:30 – 17:15
Nishant Irudayadason
Transhumanism: A Critical Approach
17:15 – 18:00
Andreas Vonach
“You shall not make a carved image for yourself nor the likeness of anything” (Exo 20,4a; Deu 5,8a). Are our virtual realities against God’s plan?
18:00 – 18:30
Conclusion, formalities and planning
Saturday, 6th May 2023
Afternoon:
Excursion to historical and cultural sites near Innsbruck with the Indian Guests
The Conference is sponsored by
Faculty of Catholic Theology, University of Innsbruck
Office of the Vice Rector for Research, University of Innsbruck
Research Area Cultural Encounters – Cultural Conflicts, University of Innsbruck
Abteilung Kultur des Landes Tirol
Jesuitenkolleg Innsbruck
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