We are delighted to announce the publication of the POM Conference Aachen 2024 – Lifelikeness & BeyondProceedings, Volumes 1 and 2.
Both volumes are now available online, and mark the culmination of an extraordinary collaborative effort across institutions, partners, and research communities.
This publication was made possible with the generous support of the Käte Hamburger Kolleg: Cultures of Research (c:o/re) — a Center for Advanced Studies in the Humanities and Social Sciences at RWTH Aachen University, funded by the German Ministry for Education and Research.
POM Aachen: Lifelikeness & Beyond was hosted by the Käte Hamburger Kolleg: Cultures of Research at RWTH Aachen University, whose sustained commitment and collaboration were essential to the realization of the conference and its proceedings.
Acknowledgments
Partner Institutions
We extend our sincere gratitude to our partners for their support and engagement:
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Pact Zollverein
Stefan Hilterhaus, Juliane Beck, Maja Zimmermann -
Logoi – Institut für Philosophie und Diskurs
Jürgen Kippenhan, Susanne Díaz, Ines Finkeldei
Special thanks to Viktoria Glasemann (RWTH Aachen) for her dedicated work in editing the second volume of the proceedings.
POM Board Thanks the Aachen Local Committee & Track Chairs
Local Committee
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Prof. Gabriele Gramelsberger
Director of c:o/re; Chair for Theory of Science and Technology, RWTH Aachen University -
Prof. Stefan Böschen
Director of c:o/re; Chair for Society and Technology, RWTH Aachen University -
Ana María Guzmán Olmos
Research Associate at c:o/re; Local Coordinator of POM Aachen, RWTH Aachen University
Conference Tracks & Track Chairs
Holistic Life of the Machine – The Machinic Beyond – What Is It Like to Be a Machine?
Erich Berger (University of Oulu)
Aurora Del Rio (Aalto University)
Katri Naukkarinen (Aalto University)
Artificial Entities, Contemporary Archetypes and Model Organisms
Laura Beloff (Aalto University)
Peter Friess (Independent Artist and Researcher)
Body Imaginations
Kit Kuksenok
Organize!
Ana María Guzmán Olmos (c:o/re Aachen, RWTH University, University of Bonn)
Alexander Schubert
Models of Life – Models of Research
Gabriele Gramelsberger (Käte Hamburger Kolleg: Cultures of Research, RWTH Aachen University)
Vulnerability and Caring: Perspectives and Challenges
Jared Sonnicksen (RWTH Aachen University)
Torsten H. Voigt (RWTH Aachen University)
Shifting Cosmologies: More Than Human XR
Benjamin Bacon (Duke Kunshan University, DTRM Labs)
Vivian Xu (DePaul University, DTRM Labs)
Boris Debackere (LUCA School of Arts, V2_ Lab for the Unstable Media)
In/Different Imaginaries: Parasites and the Politics of Relations
Laura Beloff (Aalto University)
Morten Søndergaard (Aalborg University)
Worlds of Camouflage: Environment, Technique, Response-ability
Donovan Stewart (Leuphana University Lüneburg, Leiden University)
Lijuan Klassen (Rachel Carson Center for Environment and Society, LMU)
Environmental Attunement as a Strategy for Ecological Engagement
Sebastián Lomelí (Faculty of Philosophy and Letters, UNAM, Mexico)
Juan Duarte (Aalto University)
Death, Degrowth, and Finitude in the Age of the Lifelike
Diego Maranan (University of the Philippines / SEADS)
Angelo Vermeulen (Delft University of Technology / SEADS)
Amy Holt (SEADS)
Ulrike Kuchner (University of Nottingham / SEADS)
Pieter Steyaert (University of Antwerp / SEADS)
Organisational Team — c:o/re, RWTH Aachen
Ana María Guzmán Olmos
Sally Römgens
Jana Hambitzer
Marika Bolkvadze
Selin Delifil
Visual Coordination (POM & Website): Joe Elias