Arguing with each other – communication in the digital age

Hannah Arendt Days 2024 Live debate with pupilsHannah Arendt Days 2024


Description

Infinite opportunity for democratic participation or platform for subjective opinion making: how does social media influence our communication in real space?
Social media gives us the freedom to actively participate in discourse and opens up unprecedented information opportunities.
But what actually happens when “having an opinion” goes hand in hand with “forming an opinion”? Four pupils from the
12th and
In a live debate at the Villa Seligmann, four students from years 12 and 13 of the Helene Lange School will take a controversial look at the question of whether communication can still succeed if we no longer meet “at eye level”.

 The debate will be followed by the salon discussion “Radically emotional: challenges and perspectives in the culture of debate” will take place. This event is fully booked.

Admission is free. Registration (for the event at 5 p.m.) is only possible at: hat@hannover-stadt.de

The school project Live Debate as part of the HANNAH ARENDT DAYS is an event organized by the state capital of Hanover in cooperation with Villa Seligmann and the Helene Lange School.

Who is Hannah Arendt? Hannah Arendt, born on October 14, 1906 in Hanover-Linden and died on December 4, 1975 in New York, was a German-American Jewish thinker who combined political judgment with philosophical reflection and passionately intervened in current social debates. What are the Hannah Arendt Days? With the HANNAH ARENDT DAYS, the state capital of Hanover commemorates the internationally renowned political theorist who did not shy away from uncomfortable discussions.
Arendt’s work, especially her core question about the meaning of political freedom, offers a variety of impulses for current and future social debate.
The series of events therefore presents a current topic from politics and society for debate each year in order to discuss it in the spirit of Arendt.
This year’s Hannah Arendt Days will take place from October 22 to 26.
More information and a program overview can be found here.

Please note that we will be taking photos and videos during this event. The image material will be published on our website and/or social media channels and used for press work. By participating, visitors to this event agree to this.