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Press Release 049/2014
Series of Presentations: Understanding Digitization
The Colloquium Fundamentale Focuses on Technologies of Our Digital Society

Computer networks, laptops, and digitized knowledge have long since become parts of our everyday life. (Photo: Markus Breig, KIT)
From smartphones to smart homes: Under the heading of “Dig-ital Revolution: Understanding and Designing Technology?”, the Colloquium Fundamentale of ZAK │ Center for Applied Cultural Science and Studium Generale of KIT focuses on technologies of our digital society. The series of presentations will be opened by Manfred Faßler, Professor for Sociology and Anthropology of the Goethe University of Frankfurt am Main on Thursday, May 8, 2014, 18.30 hrs at the NTI-Hörsaal (Engesserstraße 5, building 30.10).
am, 30.04.2014
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E-Mail:anna moosmueller ∂does-not-exist.kit edu
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