| – | Please note that the programme follows the EET Eastern European Time UTC+2 timezone! |
| 09:45–10:00 | Gathering and joining the Worksup platform / Coffee break |
| 10:00–10:30 | Introduction by Prof. Indrek Ibrus (Tallinn University) and Prof. Marek Tamm (Tallinn University), Programme co-directors of the Winter School |
| 10:30–11:20 | Prof. Lev Manovich (City University of New York): How to Predict Culture in 2050? |
| 11:20–12:15 | Discussion led by Prof. Maximilian Schich (Tallinn University) |
| 12:15–13:30 | Lunch break |
| 13:30–15:30 | Student seminar sessions (simultaneous):
Session 1 – Moderated by Maximilian Schich and Jussi Parikka Maria Hansar – “Conservation as a science in making” Vittoria Ecclesia – “The evolution of virtuosity as part of the expression: a case study based on Iwan Müller’s Clarinet Quartets” Frabrizio Nastari – “Composing with pre-existing musical material: a personal ironic approach”
Session 2 – Moderated by Mila Oiva and Dominique Cardon Rodolfo Basile – “Corpus linguistics and adaptation to the Digital Condition” Siim Sõkkal – “The use of online databases and digitized source materials in historical research” Tanel Saimre – “Using machine learning to study large amounts of visual heritage” Nikolai Shurakov – “Teaching Philosophy in the Digital Age”
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| 15:30–16:00 | Coffee break |
| 16:00–16:45 | Prof. N. Katherine Hayles (University of California, Los Angeles): Beyond Consciousness: Reconceiving Meaning in the Computational Era |
| 16:45–17:45 | Discussion led by Prof. Kalevi Kull (University of Tartu) |
| 17:45–18:00 | Coffee break |
| 18:00–19:00 | Artistic research workshop: Andres Lõo (Estonian Academy of Arts): Fly on the Wall of Sound – The Phantom Platform Edition (live) |
| 19:05–21:40 | Movie night “Cinema Futures” (2016) – dir. Michael Palm. Q&A moderated by Carlo Cubero (Tallinn University) |
| – | Please note that the programme follows the EET Eastern European Time UTC+2 timezone! |
| 09:45–10:00 | Gathering and joining the Worksup platform / Coffee break |
| 10:00–10:45 | Prof. Lina Dencik (Cardiff University): Situating Data Politics: From Ethics to Justice |
| 10:45–11:45 | Discussion led by Prof. Katrin Tiidenberg (Tallinn University) |
| 11:45–13:00 | Lunch break |
| 13:00–15:00 | Student seminar sessions (simultaneous):
Session 3 – Moderated by Liina Lindström and David Berry Milda Dailidenaite – “Life digitalisation and possibilities for endangered cultures: Livonians” Danila Rygovskiy – “Technology and Its Representation as a Source of Religious Experience for Old Believers of Yenisei Region” Deepika Deepika – “Archiving Internet Folklore”
Session 4 – Moderated by Ulrike Rohn and Lina Dencik Louise Sträuli – “Virtual practices and communities of public transport” Torbjörn Rolandsson – “The cultural techniques of algorithmic journalism” Sten-Kristian Saluveer – “The Market and the Red Carpet. Film markets, value transformation & social network markets in the transnational film industry circuit”
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| 15:00–15:30 | Coffee break |
| 15:30–16:15 | Prof. David Berry (University of Sussex): Explainability and the Digital Condition |
| 16:15–17:15 | Discussion led by Prof. Ulrike Rohn (Tallinn University)
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| 17:15–17:45 | Coffee break |
| 17:45–19:50 | Science slam (moderated by Carlo Cubero, Katrin Tiidenberg and Liina Keevallik)
Tillmann Ohm “The Artist’s Machine (Is Present)” Kevin Rändi “Assumptions Here, Futures There: From Critical to Imaginative in Futures Literacy Education” Mattia Bellini “Narrative complexity and audience reception of video games” Siyun Wu “Learning to be one: an anthropological encounter with music and life in Estonia” Taavet Jansen “Online theatre as an interactive interface” Ana Falcon “The concept of Place in Virtual Reality” Mar Canet Sola “Latent space – a wonderland to discover” Mark Mets “Cultural transmission of Cultural other – digital methods and media” Ksenia Rossar “Use of spectrograms in voice studies” |
| 20:00–21:30 | Movie night: “cyborgs” (2019) – dir. Philipp Krebs, Max Leimstättner. Q&A moderated by Carlo Cubero (Tallinn University) |
| – | Please note that the programme follows the EET Eastern European Time UTC+2 timezone! |
| 09:45–10:00 | Gathering and joining the Worksup platform / Coffee break |
| 10:00–10:45 | Prof. Jussi Parikka (University of Southampton): Invisibility and Invisuality: Images in Digital Arts/Culture |
| 10:45–11:45 | Discussion led by Prof. Indrek Ibrus (Tallinn University) |
| 11:45–13:00 | Lunch break |
| 13:00–15:00 | Roundtable discussion: “Digital materialities”. Participants: Prof. David Berry (University of Sussex), Prof. Lina Dencik (Cardiff University) and Prof. Jussi Parikka (University of Southampton). Moderator: Prof. Aro Velmet (University of Southern California). |
| 15:00–15:30 | Coffee break |
| 15:30–16:15 | Prof. Dominique Cardon (Sciences Po, Paris): Society2Vec: From Categorical Prediction to Behavioral Traces |
| 16:15–17:15 | Discussion led by Prof. Marek Tamm (Tallinn University) |
| 17:20–18:00 | Book symposium: Prof. Dominique Cardon (Sciences Po), Prof. John Hartley (Curtin University), Prof. Indrek Ibrus (Tallinn Unversity), Dr. Maarja Ojamaa (University of Tartu), Prof. Marek Tamm (Tallinn University), Prof. Katrin Tiidenberg (Tallinn University).
1. Estonian translation of Dominique Cardon’s “La culture numérique” (“Digikultuur“, in Estonian, published by Tallinn University Press, 2020).
2. “On the Digital Semiosphere: Culture, Media and Science for the Anthropocene” co-written by John Hartley, Indrek Ibrus and Maarja Ojamaa (published by Bloomsbury, 2020).
3. “The Manifesto of Estonian Digital Culture” (in Estonian, “Eesti digikultuuri manifest”), edited by Indrek Ibrus, Marek Tamm and Katrin Tiidenberg (Tallinn University Press, 2020).
4. “Kuidas mõista andmestunud maailma“, edited by Anu Masso, Katrin Tiidenberg and Andra Siibak (Tallinn University Press, 2020).
5. Vikerkaar 12/2020. Kultuur ja digi (December 2020).
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| 18:00–19:00 | Artistic research workshop: Impromachine4000 (live) Karl-Markus Kohv Mart Soo Marvin Mitt Kaarel Kuusk Indrek Mällo Tanel Aavakivi Roomet Jakapi |
| 19:00–19:15 | Coffee break |
| 19:15–21:13 | Movie night: “Jesus shows You the Way to the Highway (2019) – dir. Miguel Llansó. Q&A moderated by Andrei Liimets (independent film critic) |