Design
Science Summer School
2024 Edition: Subversive Realities

The term "subversive" suggests an intent to subvert an established system. But what happens the day after the revolution? This theme invites exploration of not only the broken systems of today and our psychological biases but also the external realities that make us believe that there is no alternative. This theme includes discussions on systemic social injustices, environmental challenges, political issues, historical revisionism, cultural biases, and psychological defense mechanisms. Participants are encouraged to examine the complexity of human perception, both individual and collective. Can we think of alternatives that become a reality?

Experts

Dominique Sciamma
A Director and Dean of CY School of Design, with a diverse career spanning AI research, software development, and design pedagogy. He is a determined promoter of transformative design.Pole (Stefan Betke)
A German electronic music artist, producer and mastering engineer commonly associated with the glitch genre as well as dubtronica.

Bojan Hadžihalilović
A Sarajevo-based creative director, known for founding TRIO, a design group that created iconic anti-war posters during the Bosnian War. He works as a professor at the Academy of Fine Arts in Sarajevo.

Gennaro Ascione
A researcher in social theory, history of ideas and the epistemology of social sciences at the University of Naples l’Orientale.

Marina Klemenčič
A biochemist and a biotechnologist. She is a researcher at the University of Ljubljana and currently works for Novartis.

Rok Kranjc
An eco-social researcher, translator, editor, and founder of Futurescraft, focusing on alternative economies and experiential futures.

Álvaro Sanchis
A professor and researcher at the Polytechnic University of Valencia.

Adela Glyn-Davies
A cross-disciplinary visual artist and designer specialising in systems and interactions.

Birgit Bachler
An artist, designer and researcher with a background in interactive, audiovisual art and critical media design. Head of program at the University of Applied Sciences Graz.
Team
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Boštjan Botas Kenda
Maja Drobne
Borut Jerman
Jernej Kejžar
Marina Klemenčič
Emil Kozole
Ana Markežič
Sigrid Bürstmayr
Birgit Bachler
Daniel Fabry
Ivica Mitrović
Design mentors

Ivica Mitrović
Head of the Visual Communication Department at the Arts Academy, University of Split. He is dealing with speculative scenarios of the near future.

Sigrid Buerstmayr
Specialist in exhibition design and sustainable design and teaches at FH JOANNEUM.

Nejc Prah
Freelance designer working mostly within the cultural sector and teaches at UL ALUO.

Emil Kozole
Designer working with emerging technologies and teaches at UL ALUO.

Student outcomes

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