What is Technology? will examine interactions and transactions among practical arts and tools, techniques and processes, moral knowledge and imagination, to navigate our everchanging world. In a broad sense, technology can be understood as methods of intelligent inquiry and problem-solving into all domains of life. This year enacts a collaborative network of research by cultivating information and communication as the heart of science, technology, engineering, art, medicine, and environments.

KEYNOTE PANEL

Larry A. Hickman, Philosophy/Center for Dewey Studies, Southern Illinois University Carbondale “Reimagining Technology”

Charlene Haddock Seigfried, Philosophy/American Studies/Interdisciplinary Studies, Purdue University “Creating a Context for Making Better Decisions Together”

Eric Schatzberg, History and Sociology, Georgia Institute of Technology “Rescuing Technology: A Manifesto”

PATTERNS EXHIBITION GRAND OPENING RECEPTION

Victoria Vensa, Laurina Manning & Chris Doe, Thomas Hudson & Dave Laubenthal, William Cresko, Nancy Yen-wen Cheng, Kenji Williams, Ramesh Jasti, Xtine Burrough & Letícia Ferreira, Clamber, and John Donovan. Curators: Jeremy Swartz and Dean Walton

Please see below for more details about Day 2 and Day 3.

This year marks the ten-year anniversary What is…?, bringing together natural and social scientists, scholars, government officials, industry professionals, artists and designers, as well as alumni, students, community organizations, and the public.