Prof. Dr Su­z­ana Alpsan­car pub­lishes an art­icle on the ety­mo­logy of the terms ‘com­puter’ and ‘di­git­al­isa­tion’

 |  Heinz Nixdorf Institute,  Philosophy and Ethics of techno-scientific Cultures

Prof. Suzana Alpsancar, head of our workgroup “Philosophy and ethics of techno-scientific cultures”, is a co-author of the anthology “The 20th Century in Key Concepts: An Encyclopaedia of Historical Semantics in Germany”.

In her article “Computers, Digitalisation”, Alpsancar traces the history of the German terms “computer” and “digitalisation” across ten chapters. Her contribution has been published by Schwabe Verlag and is now available as open access for all readers to download free of charge.

We warmly congratulate Suzana Alpsancar on the publication of the volume!