Complexity
is now used to describe a situation that is difficult to understand. It has to do with the fact that global events and large-scale
problems (pandemics, wars, ecological crises) have an immediate impact at the local level. They appear unpredictable
and unknowable. Unpredictability makes it difficult to make decisions. Before being overwhelmed by complex problems,
AI machines are being created to find solutions to complex systems. However, uncertainty remains an inherent problem
of complexity and cannot be solved by technical means.
In this respect, the Summer Academy aims not
only to make complexity comprehensible, but also to make all social actors* aware of their capacity to act and to
promote agile thinking. Complexity today raises the question of how orders or new orders emerge from the entanglement
of interacting elements. We want to address this question in the Summer Academy, with a particular focus on: Who is responsible
for new complex orders? What ways of knowing are available and possible for social actors to manage the entangled phenomena
that define today's social, economic and ecological global situation? The aim of this project is to reflect on the
epistemology of current, highly challenging social and scientific paradigms of complexity.
Registration and further
information:
arantzazu.saratxagaarregi@uni-ak.ac.at
