Book Launch: Zeichen und Wunder by Sabria David

It is about irritation and familiarity, about old masters and normal milk, about nougat nights and artificial intelligence. Sabria David's writing combines a poetic eye and clear analysis. On the evening of the book launch, Sabria David will read some texts from "Zeichen und Wunder. Poetische Gesellschaftsanalysen" and talks to publisher Christiane Frohmann about her work and her scientifically influenced personal view.

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Sabria David was Deputy Chair of the Executive Committee of Wikimedia Deutschland, the organisation behind Wikipedia, for many years and is the founder of the Slow Media Institute. She is regarded as a thought leader on digital change, holds keynotes, gives training courses, advises and researches the effects of digitalisation on society, the future of the knowledge society and the ethics of artificial intelligence.

She combines approaches from cultural history, philosophy, social psychology, media theory and business ethics. She teaches at Karlshochschule International University in Karlsruhe and is co-author of the "Slow Media Manifesto" (2010), which has been translated into numerous languages, and the "Declaration of Liquid Culture" (2012). In her book "Die Sehnsucht nach dem nächsten Klick. Medienresilienz - wie wir glücklich werden in einer digitalen Welt" (2020), she presented her concept of a prudent and sustainable approach to media.

Christiane Frohmann studied literature and works as an author, publisher, editor, curator, consultant and lecturer. In theory and practice, she deals with changing aesthetic, technological and ethical conditions and possibilities in the digital publishing sphere. Since 2018, she has often been represented in public by her literary art figures, the Pre-Raphaelite Girls, "phantom memes", a small form she developed herself that oscillates between literature, art and memes.