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74559-01 - Seminar: Artifical Intelligence and Geopolitics (3 KP)
| Semester | Frühjahrsemester 2025 |
| Angebotsmuster | einmalig |
| Dozierende |
Daniel Kunzelmann (daniel.kunzelmann@unibas.ch, BeurteilerIn)
Remo Reginold (remo.reginold@unibas.ch) |
| Inhalt | Developments in artificial intelligence (AI) seem to be finding their way into all spheres of life, society, business and politics. Often used as a collective term for very different ideas and concepts, they create both utopian and dystopian images. AI is being used strategically in geopolitically volatile and uncertain environments, where power politics is increasingly enforced through scientific research and applied technologies, finance and supply chains, infrastructures and technical standards. The consequences of an AI-soked world are political and both global and local. With this in mind, we will address three specific questions in this seminar: (1) What is AI? (2) What ideas, interpretations and symbols are made of AI? (3) Which facts, actors, infrastructures and sciences are mobilized and clash in geopolitical and transnational contexts? (4) How is AI used strategically in security, trade and geopolitics, and with what consequences? The first step is to clarify the term "artificial intelligence". The imagination and reality(ies) of AI are being used more and more as political maneuvering mass and increasingly for power and geopolitics. Precisely because there is a lot of ignorance, half-knowledge and numerous projection surfaces, AI can be used in a highly interest-driven way. Beyond symbolic battles, AI is also becoming the subject of strategic action by many countries, organizations and companies: from modern warfare (AI-supported target selection) to risk assessments (AI-supported crime prevention) to profit-maximizing commodification (AI-supported market analyses). The aim of this interdisciplinary seminar is to create a well-founded cultural anthropological, cyberethnographic and political science counterpoint in current debates. This is absolutely necessary. Even in the field of AI, the authority of interpretation is still strongly dominated by (IT) technical references and is driven by functionalities. However, and we will work this out together, AI, like every cybertechnological development, is a historically evolved, social and (geo)political field that must be culturally negotiated and thus remains open, dynamic and changeable. In order to clarify this counterpoint in the debate, we would like to consciously break down the separation of theory and practice in the seminar. To this end, we invite selected interdisciplinary experts to specific sessions. This seminar is supported by the Swiss Institute for Global Affairs (SIGA): www.globalaffairs.ch. |
| Lernziele | Students gain a basic overview of ‘Artificial Intelligence’ and are able to interpret, critically reflect on and present the relevant subtopics and associated literature in an application-orientated manner. |
| Literatur | Details will be announced in the first session. |
| Bemerkungen | The course places will be allocated with special consideration given to the students of ‘Changing Societies’ and according to the date of enrolment. The maximum number of participants will be limited to 20. |
| Unterrichtssprache | Englisch |
| Einsatz digitaler Medien | kein spezifischer Einsatz |
| Intervall | Wochentag | Zeit | Raum |
|---|---|---|---|
| wöchentlich | Mittwoch | 14.15-16.00 | Kollegienhaus, Seminarraum 104 |
Einzeltermine
| Datum | Zeit | Raum |
|---|---|---|
| Mittwoch 26.02.2025 | 14.15-16.00 Uhr | Kollegienhaus, Seminarraum 104 |
| Mittwoch 05.03.2025 | 14.15-16.00 Uhr | Kollegienhaus, Seminarraum 104 |
| Mittwoch 12.03.2025 | 14.15-16.00 Uhr | Fasnachstferien |
| Mittwoch 19.03.2025 | 14.15-16.00 Uhr | Kollegienhaus, Seminarraum 104 |
| Mittwoch 26.03.2025 | 14.15-16.00 Uhr | Kollegienhaus, Seminarraum 104 |
| Mittwoch 02.04.2025 | 14.15-16.00 Uhr | Kollegienhaus, Seminarraum 104 |
| Mittwoch 09.04.2025 | 14.15-16.00 Uhr | Kollegienhaus, Seminarraum 104 |
| Mittwoch 16.04.2025 | 14.15-16.00 Uhr | Kollegienhaus, Seminarraum 104 |
| Mittwoch 23.04.2025 | 14.15-16.00 Uhr | Kollegienhaus, Seminarraum 104 |
| Mittwoch 30.04.2025 | 14.15-16.00 Uhr | Kollegienhaus, Seminarraum 104 |
| Mittwoch 07.05.2025 | 14.15-16.00 Uhr | Kollegienhaus, Seminarraum 104 |
| Mittwoch 14.05.2025 | 14.15-16.00 Uhr | Kollegienhaus, Seminarraum 104 |
| Mittwoch 21.05.2025 | 14.15-16.00 Uhr | Kollegienhaus, Seminarraum 104 |
| Mittwoch 28.05.2025 | 14.15-16.00 Uhr | Kollegienhaus, Seminarraum 104 |
| Module |
Modul: Conflicts and Peacebuilding (Master Studiengang: Changing Societies: Migration – Conflicts – Resources ) Modul: Digital Humanities, Culture and Society (Master Studienfach: Digital Humanities) Modul: Methoden und Felder der Kulturanthropologie (Bachelor Studienfach: Kulturanthropologie) Modul: Research Lab Kulturanthropologie (Master Studienfach: Kulturanthropologie) Modul: Theorien der Kulturanthropologie (Bachelor Studienfach: Kulturanthropologie) Modul: Theorien und Methodologien der Kulturanthropologie (Master Studienfach: Kulturanthropologie) |
| Prüfung | Lehrveranst.-begleitend |
| Hinweise zur Prüfung | Details will be announced in the first session. |
| An-/Abmeldung zur Prüfung | Anmelden: Belegen; Abmelden: nicht erforderlich |
| Wiederholungsprüfung | keine Wiederholungsprüfung |
| Skala | Pass / Fail |
| Belegen bei Nichtbestehen | nicht wiederholbar |
| Zuständige Fakultät | Philosophisch-Historische Fakultät, studadmin-philhist@unibas.ch |
| Anbietende Organisationseinheit | Departement Gesellschaftswissenschaften |