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How Does Infrastructure Transform Our Lives in the Digital Society


Lecture Information

  • DateMay 20, 2026 (Wed) 10:30–12:30 PM
  • LocationMullea Library

Instructor

Hyejin An Konkuk University

1. Are Digital Platforms a New Form of Social Infrastructure?

  • The expansion of the concept of infrastructure and a humanities-based approach
  • The transition from physical infrastructure to digital infrastructure
  • The structural role of platforms in the content industry
  • Digital infrastructure and everyday life: changes in cultural experience
  • A critical reflection on the immateriality of the digital

2. Future Cultural Infrastructure Shaped by AI and Data

  • The infrastructuralisation of data, artificial intelligence, and algorithms
  • Platform algorithms and content recommendation systems
  • Changes brought by generative AI to the content creation environment
  • How AI and data are transforming cultural consumption
  • Changes in local culture, tourism, and festival ecosystems driven by digital technology
  • The role of citizens in AI-based cultural infrastructure
  • Future directions for cultural infrastructure

The central question for future cultural infrastructure is not:

“What can AI and data do?”