The TUM: Junge Akademie supports particularly talented and committed students and doctoral candidates from all schools and faculties as well as from the three Munich partner universities for twenty months in an active network. The scholarship holders are supported in the development of their personality and in the further development of their social and academic skills within the framework of scientific, student project work. They work in interdisciplinary teams to implement projects with a focus on "science and technology in society".
The call for the #class2024 was definded by the Advisory Board and reads „WHAT MAKES US HUMAN?“.
The academy consciously chose a broadly defined topic, to allow for a freedom of interpretation.
People's question of how to define the meaning of "humanity" and how or why we are different from other biological or technological subjects is a perpetual preoccupation of our society and cultures. More specifically, the question arises as to what aspects would human beings, with their highly complex bodies - consisting of water, proteins, fats, minerals, and carbohydrates - of their exposed status in nature and of their acts and tasks be replaceable by something "inhuman"? Where does a no substitutability of the human being exist, of what makes us human? Furthermore, we need to understand how we can learn from past centuries, in which humanity has experienced and will continue to experience massive transformations in its actions, capabilities, and competencies, such as from the hunter-gatherers in the agricultural revolution, in the Industrial Revolution and currently in the digital one.
In the digital revolution, what happens to the human value creation as artificial intelligence evolves? Intelligence is one of the most significant characteristics of humans and the basis of numerous human working processes. Has intelligence a similar status as craft skills used to have, which are now being taken on by machines, or does it represent a different matter?
Are there any timeless human elements, such as creativity and the ability to self-reflect, or is it mainly emotionality, reflections on moral issues, on culture?
Together, the members of the Advisory Board of the TUM: Junge Akademie raise the issue of what constitutes us as human beings as the basis for projects to be developed by future scholarship holders. We are sure that the reflections and inspirations of our students from technology, fine arts, music, theater, dance and film, engineering, education, natural or political sciences, medicine, sports, and life sciences or computer science on this issue vary greatly, shaped by fundamental considerations and observations, personal experiences or even particular knowledge and interests.
With these questions, we would like to encourage you, as students interested in #TUMJA, to describe your thoughts and perceptions about the #class24 call in an essay or video.
Let us know your thoughts, and surprise us - in a human way. We are looking forward to you.
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