SIBF 2025 18-22 June, 2025 l COEX Halls A & B1
Archive
Theme Seminar
Capitalism from the View at the Stop
Where the capitalism of 21th century goes? This is a moment to focus on the evolution of modern capitalism and thier logic, in order to understand unprecedented pandemic, COVID-19. The lecture examines the future in capitalism within this complex situation entangled with climate crisis, technology change, social inequality.
ㅣSpeakers: Jeon Tae-won (Philosopher), Lee Seung-chul (Economic Anthropologist), Kim Hae-ju (Curator)
ㅣModerator: Kim Hong-joong (Sociologist)
- Date/Time : September 8 (Wed) 15:00–17:00
- Location : S Factory Sector D, Book Salon
📕 Books to Read
- "Capital 1-1" (Carl Marx)
- "Does Capitalism Have a Future?" (Immanuel Maurice Wallerstein, Randall Collins and others)
- "The Age of Surveillance Capitalism" (Shoshana Zuboff)
- "Where Am I?" (Bruno Latour)
Labor, Politics: Taking a Breath in the Crisis of Life
In a crisis-stricken Korean society marked by labor environment instability, deepening political hostility and polarization, as well as challenges like the COVID-19 pandemic, what are the issues, and how can we work towards improvements? We discuss whether the foundation of cooperation and solidarity can mature in Korean society.
l Speaker: Ryu Hyun-cheol (Director of the Korea Institute of Labor Safety and Health), Lee Jin-woo (Occupational and Environmental Medicine Specialist), Jang Hyang-mi (Author of And We Remain)
l Moderator: Park Sang-hoon (Political scientist)
- Date/Time: September 9 (Sat)ㅣ13:00–14:30
- Location: S Factory Sector D, Book Salon
📕 Books to Read
- "An Island of Overwork" (Hwang-yiring and Kkaoyoouzu)
- "And we remain" (Korean Bereaved Families Group for Over work-Related Deaths and Overwork Suicides, Korea Institute of Labor Safety and Health)
- "Doctors Who Entered the Chimney" (Kang Dong-mook, Gong Yoo-jeongok et al.)
- "Pain and Prejudice" (Karen Messing)
- "Why Are We Enduring This Time" (Kang Su-dol et al.)
Why Does Inequality Matter?
In the lecture, speaker discusses about when, how, and why inequality can be problematic on the subject of Thomas M. Scanlon's latest book, "Why Does Inequality Matter?" (Oxford University Press, 2018). The author introduces 'Relational Egalitarianism' which explains inequality can be a problem depending on social contexts. He also look into issues such as fairness in the selection of university entrance examinations, meritocracy, and taxation.
ㅣSpeaker: Thomas M. Scanlon (Philosopher, Honorary Professor at Harvard University)
ㅣModerator: Song Ji-woo (Seoul Review of Books Editor)
- Date/Time : September 10 (Fri) 11:30–12:30
- Location : S Factory Sector D, Book Salon
Disconnects and New Connections - Teletechnologies, Metaverses, and Veganism
Will the disconnected world persist? We explore new relationships between humans and humans, humans and animals through remote technologies, metaverses, and veganism. We anticipate our lives and daily routines that will manifest through remote, virtual, and artificial worlds.
l Speaker: Kim Byoung-pil (professor of KAIST Business and Technology Management), Jang Dae-ik (Evolutionary Biologists), Min Keum-chae (CEO and Founder of UNLIMEAT)
l Moderator: Yi Doo-gab (Hstorian)
- Date/Time: September 10 (Fri) 13:00–14:30
- Location: S Factory Sector D, Book Salon
📕 Books to Read
- "Ultra Sociality" (Jang Dae-ik)
Algorithm of Connection and Disconnection
Now that face-to-face and contact have become dangerous, more and more parts of our lives are being driven through algorithms. We order food and things, we make relationships, we make decisions, we work through algorithms. Is it possible that algorithms really work to connect people efficiently, or will they exclude and abuse someone, making our social connections vulnerable and endangered.
ㅣSpeaker: Park Jung-hoon (Rider Union chairman), Ryu Seok-young (Chairman of the Department of Computer Science at KAIST)
ㅣModerator: Jeon Chi-hyung (Science and Technology Scholars)
- Date/Time: September 12 (Sun) 11:00–12:30
- Location : S Factory Sector D, Book Salon
📕 Books to Read
- "The World Opened by Computer Science" (Lee Kwang-geun)
- "Humans as a service" (Jeremias Prassl)
- "Automating Inequality: How High-Tech Tools Profile, Police, and Punish the Poor" (Virginia Eubanks)
- "A Place of Robot" (Jeon Chi-hyung)
- "An Island of Overwork" (Hwang-yiring and Kkaoyoouzu)
