The ETH-TECH Art Contests serve as a vibrant creative hub designed to foster deeper engagement with the ethical dimensions of technology in education.
By leveraging the power of artistic expression, these initiatives act as a catalyst for critical inquiry and dialogue, bridging the gap between academic research and creative practice. These contests are not just competitions; they are a foundational space for the ETH-TECH project to launch key activities such as Awareness Raising Sessions and Educathons. The artworks and visual materials created by participating artists provide the essential “sparks” for these sessions, inviting educators, students, and practitioners to move beyond ready-made answers and explore the complex intersections of AI, data, and human agency.
🎨 Edition I: Anchoring Ethical Technology through Visual Cards
The first edition invited university students across Europe to illustrate the 10 key concepts of the Eth-Tech Perspective framework. The goal was to develop a series of visual cards to serve as educational tools to foster understanding and discussion about the ethical dimensions of technology.
🔎 Explore the original call and the visual cards framework:
📢 Results & Outcomes:
Discover how these winning images are used as “postcards” to spark discussion, build scenarios, and inspire brainstorming in educational settings.
A deep dive into a poetic reflection transformed from academic inquiry, featuring a dialogue with an AI-voice shaped by the thoughts of Marshall McLuhan and Paulo Freire.
🚀 Edition II: Inhabiting Technological Present and Futures
The second edition, “What’s my Postdigital Positionality?”, expands the horizon to a global audience. This edition encourages a personal exploration of how we inhabit our shared post-digital reality – whether through slowness, refusal, repair, or imagination.
📍 Join the journey of exploring postdigital positionalities and the submission requirements:
🗝️ Key Themes: Reframing our stance toward technology through original representations of personal exploration and unique “reflection packages”.
Why we use Art in ETH-TECH
Art has a unique power in education: it does not simply transmit information but invites interpretation. It creates fertile ground for dialogue, allowing learners to project ideas, emotions, and associations that straightforward text often cannot reach. Through these contests, we continue to build a community that knits together a different fabric of what we understand as an ethical technology.