Description du projet
Une méthode innovante pour étudier l’automatisation
L’automatisation détermine déjà un large éventail d’activités de la vie moderne. On considère l’automatisation comme une technologie opérant indépendamment de l’implication humaine. Le projet HAAA, financé par l’UE, proposera et développera une nouvelle méthode philosophique pour étudier l’automatisation en soulignant la grande variété de compétences continues sur lesquelles reposent les technologies connexes. En se basant sur des études féministes de la technologie, le projet étudiera les différents types d’influence humaine, passera en revue les processus qui dissimulent ces influences et prendra en considération les questions éthiques connexes. La méthodologie proposée sera appliquée pour évaluer les impacts sociaux de l’automatisation et utilisée par des études historiques et sociologiques sur l’automatisation.
Objectif
The proposed project brings together the applicant, a promising early career researcher (Mark Thomas Young) with a prolific and internationally renowned supervisor (Mark Coeckelbergh), hosted by one of the foremost centers for the philosophy of technology in Europe (University of Vienna). The primary objective is to develop a new philosophical approach to the study of automation that challenges dominant conceptions of automation as technologies that operate without human involvement by highlighting the wide variety of ongoing skillful practices upon which they depend. Drawing on perspectives from feminist studies of technology, the project will (1) identify the different forms of human agency upon which automating technologies depend, (2) explore the processes by which they come to be hidden from view and finally (3) examine the ethical concerns surrounding their erasure. In addition to making a substantial contribution to existing literature on automation in the philosophy of technology, the theoretical approach this project develops will also be useful for historical and sociological studies of technology alongside designers interested in the social impacts of automating technologies. By proposing a novel conception of automation which is useful across disciplines, this research addresses the secondary objective of this project; to establish the project manager as a leading voice in the philosophy of technology and to provide him training and experience that will enable him to attain his long-term career goal of a permanent position in philosophy. In addition to disseminating research results through the production of articles, a journal special issue and the organization of academic events on the theme of automation, this project will also utilize forms of public outreach which are intended to raise public awareness of the human agency underlying automation and the ethical concerns associated with its erasure.
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MSCA-IF-EF-ST - Standard EFCoordinateur
1010 Wien
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