Zur technischen Krisenhaftigkeit der Corona Krise

Abstract

There is a relationship between time and technology which has been obvious since the classical philosophies of time. Even telling the time necessitates technologies relating to measuring and counting. Technological developments have changed the temporal state of our reality. Key terms such as deceleration, synchronisation, prevention and de-temporalisation point to relevant problem areas in this respect. This yearbook, whose thematic focus is 2021, endeavours to reveal new technological and philosophical perspectives on the temporal conditions in which we think, communicate, work and live.

Zwischen Zeit und Technik besteht ein Zusammenhang: Das liegt schon seit den klassischen Zeitphilosophien nahe. Bereits das Messen von Zeit setzt Mess- und Zähltechniken voraus. Mit dem technologischen Wandel verändert sich auch die temporale Verfasstheit unserer Wirklichkeit. Titelworte wie Entschleunigung, Synchronisierung, Prävention und Entzeitlichung verweisen auf einschlägige Problemlagen. Mit dem Themenschwerpunkt 2021 möchte das Jahrbuch neue, technikphilosophische Perspektiven auf die temporalen Verhältnisse eröffnen, in denen wir denken, kommunizieren, arbeiten und leben.

Biographical Note

René Umlauf (Leipzig University, Germany)

René Umlaufs research focuses on conceptual and methodological implications of technological change. He is particularly interested in the question of what role tests and testing procedures – of different scale and scope and beyond medical testing – play for the production of multiple forms of evidence and how they shape both macro- and micro-levels of technological and infrastructural integration. In his work on health-, laboratory- and humanitarian-infrastructures he connects this line of inquiry to broader political, cultural as well as historical encounters between ‚old‘ and ‚new‘ modes of knowing and doing things.