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PoliTO Cinema | DIMEAS series: Connections and Creativity between Aerospace, Mechanics, and Bioengineering
The Politecnico di Torino opens its doors to cinema with “PoliTO Cinema | DIMEAS series: Connections and Creativity between Aerospace, Mechanics, and Bioengineering.”
This public, free film series, open to the community, offers a selection of four films that provide an in-depth and fascinating look at themes related to aerospace, mechanics, and bioengineering.
With an innovative and interdisciplinary approach, the series involves faculty from Politecnico di Torino and experts in engineering, social sciences, psychology, film history, law, and aviation. These experts will engage in discussions before each screening, exploring how technology interacts with the human and social dynamics portrayed in the films. This exchange will provide the audience with the opportunity to discover new insights and connections between technology and various aspects of daily and professional life. Each screening will thus become an opportunity to reflect on how technological innovation dialogues with the real world, enriching the cinematic experience and inviting viewers to look at cinema with fresh eyes.
The second event is scheduled for Friday, November 15, 2024, at 8:30 PM in the Aula Magna of the main building at Corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24, with The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind, directed by and starring Chiwetel Ejiofor (Oscar-nominated for Best Foreign Language Film in 2020).
The introduction will be given by Walter Franco, professor of Applied Mechanics to Machines and holder of the courses in Humanitarian Engineering and Technologies for Sustainable Development at DIMEAS, and Alvise Mattozzi, professor of Social Studies of Science and Technology and coordinator of the Research Area “Techno-Scientific Practices and Socio-Cultural Processes” at DIATI.
Given a technological problem, is there always a single optimal solution? Or, when designing tools, devices, or systems, are there broader margins of variability within which choices are made, even if not always consciously? Do the needs and constraints of the territories also play a role in these choices? Should technologies be appropriate to the needs and dynamics of these territories?
Starting from what is told in The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind, the speakers will discuss what is commonly called the “social impact of technology,” focusing on the intersection between engineering practices, the resulting tools, devices, and systems, on one hand, and other daily practices, on the other. Particular attention will be given to the daily practices of the other 90% of the world’s population who have little or no access to most of the products and services that many of us take for granted.
Upcoming screenings to mark on your calendar:
This public, free film series, open to the community, offers a selection of four films that provide an in-depth and fascinating look at themes related to aerospace, mechanics, and bioengineering.
With an innovative and interdisciplinary approach, the series involves faculty from Politecnico di Torino and experts in engineering, social sciences, psychology, film history, law, and aviation. These experts will engage in discussions before each screening, exploring how technology interacts with the human and social dynamics portrayed in the films. This exchange will provide the audience with the opportunity to discover new insights and connections between technology and various aspects of daily and professional life. Each screening will thus become an opportunity to reflect on how technological innovation dialogues with the real world, enriching the cinematic experience and inviting viewers to look at cinema with fresh eyes.
The second event is scheduled for Friday, November 15, 2024, at 8:30 PM in the Aula Magna of the main building at Corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24, with The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind, directed by and starring Chiwetel Ejiofor (Oscar-nominated for Best Foreign Language Film in 2020).
The introduction will be given by Walter Franco, professor of Applied Mechanics to Machines and holder of the courses in Humanitarian Engineering and Technologies for Sustainable Development at DIMEAS, and Alvise Mattozzi, professor of Social Studies of Science and Technology and coordinator of the Research Area “Techno-Scientific Practices and Socio-Cultural Processes” at DIATI.
Given a technological problem, is there always a single optimal solution? Or, when designing tools, devices, or systems, are there broader margins of variability within which choices are made, even if not always consciously? Do the needs and constraints of the territories also play a role in these choices? Should technologies be appropriate to the needs and dynamics of these territories?
Starting from what is told in The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind, the speakers will discuss what is commonly called the “social impact of technology,” focusing on the intersection between engineering practices, the resulting tools, devices, and systems, on one hand, and other daily practices, on the other. Particular attention will be given to the daily practices of the other 90% of the world’s population who have little or no access to most of the products and services that many of us take for granted.
Upcoming screenings to mark on your calendar:
- Friday, December 13: Fantastic Voyage, directed by Richard Fleischer, two Academy Awards for set design and special effects in 1967.
- Friday, January 17: Indian – The Great Challenge, directed by Roger Donaldson, starring Anthony Hopkins.