Human Entities is a series of public talks focused on technological change and its impacts – the ways in which culture and technology shape and influence each other.
Organised by CADA, the programme takes place annually in Lisbon.
Listen to recordings from 2025 to 2016.
In partnership with the Lisbon Architecture Triennale and the Fine Arts Faculty, ULisbon
Funded by: The Dir.-Gen. for the Arts of the Portuguese Ministry of Culture
Human Entities 2025: culture in the age of artificial intelligence
Ninth edition
Wed 14 May 2025, 6.30pm
Artist Talk: Welcome to Jankspace, babesDaniel FelsteadContent producer
Jankspace is the leaking r…
Human Entities 2025: culture in the age of artificial intelligence
Ninth edition
Thur 5 June 2025, 6.30pm; book-signing session at 6pm
Planta Sapiens: Rethinking Intelligence in the Living World
Paco Cal…
Human Entities 2025: culture in the age of artificial intelligence
Ninth edition
Wed 28 May 2025, 6.30pm
Notes on ‘Content’
Caroline Busta
Writer and editor
As one-point perspective gives way to collective…
Human Entities 2023: culture in the age of artificial intelligence
Seventh edition, Wednesday 19 April 2023
Artist talk
Mark Leckey
Mark Leckey is one of the most influential artists working today. Since…
Human Entities 2024: culture in the age of artificial intelligence
Eighth edition, 15 May 2024
Plant consciousness
Monica Gagliano
Evolutionary ecologist, Research Associate Professor (Adjunct) at Sout…
Human Entities 2024: culture in the age of artificial intelligence
Eighth edition, 5 June 2024
Solarpunk means dreaming green
Jay Springett
Strategist and writer
Solarpunk is a movement in speculative f…
Human Entities 2024: culture in the age of artificial intelligence
Eighth edition, 29 May 2024
Artificial Intelligence Design and the Logic of Social Cooperation
Matteo Pasquinelli
Associate Professor i…
Human Entities 2024: culture in the age of artificial intelligence
Eighth edition, 22 May 2024
Pluralizing psychedelic experiences
Giorgio Gristina
PhD candidate, DANT (ICS-ULisboa), Systems Neuroscienc…
Human Entities 2023: culture in the age of artificial intelligence
Seventh edition, Wednesday 17 May 2023
Authorship, Agency, and Moral Obligation
Joanna Bryson
Professor of Ethics and Technology in th…
Human Entities 2023: culture in the age of artificial intelligence
Seventh edition, Wednesday 3 May 2023
Smart Power
Orit Halpern
Full Professor and Chair of Digital Cultures and Societal Change at Tech…
Human Entities 2023: culture in the age of artificial intelligence
Seventh edition, Wednesday 26 April 2023
Rebooting democracy
Manuel Arriaga + Pedro Magalhães
Manuel Arriaga is a university professor …
Organized in partnership with the Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Lisbon, Communication Design and of Multimedia Arts departments
Discriminating Data, a conversation with Wendy Hui Kyong Chun
We…
Artist Talk
Paola Torres Núñez del Prado
Artist
Somewhat similar to what it is commonly said about migrants, autonomous machines are taken to be a potential threat to some human labour. In military e…
#NatureTruthPower: Política ambiental na era da pós-verdade e das plataformas digitais
Bram Büscher
Professor and Chair of the Sociology of Development and Change group at Wageningen University
How…
Sensing Smart Forests
Jennifer Gabrys
Chair in Media, Culture and Environment in the Department of Sociology, University of Cambridge
Forests are increasingly sensorized environments. Whether in the…
Artist talk
Alexandre Estrela, Artist
A conversation about the parallel communication (or the lack of it) between Art and Science in the context of the work of Alexandre Estrela. This includes the co…
The European Union’s regulatory framework for Artificial Intelligence
Inês Cisneiros
Lawyer
On her appointment as President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen made regulation of artific…
Green growth or Degrowth: climate action and human prosperity
Julia Steinberger
Professor of Ecological Economics, University of Lausanne
Lisbon, 26 November 2020
New research from ecological econom…