Mike Karst

Digitalization as a cultural process

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Digitalization, Innovation & Future

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Mike Karst

Vita

Mike Karst is a successful entrepreneur, enthusiastic university lecturer, ambitious managing director of a social enterprise, and a captivating speaker. He packages the cultural consequences of digitalization into exciting ideas and combines extensive specialist knowledge with passion and understandable language. His lectures offer formative insights into complex topics and discussions surrounding digital transformation. He does this against his background as a social and political scientist with a focus on media theory. They thus offer refreshing perspectives on a topic that is usually treated quite differently. Enthusiasm and entirely new insights are guaranteed, even for audiences with very different prior knowledge and experience. In addition to lectures and presentations at festivals and conferences, his clients include the academic service of the Federal Foreign Office, community universities, and numerous other institutions. Book Mike Karst if you want to gain a completely new perspective on the transformation of culture and society that you will never forget.

Topics

Digitalization is not a technical, but a social process.

With the introduction of language, writing, printing, and electricity, digitalization is permeating more and more areas of life and penetrating ever more deeply into the details. This is changing the way we think, work, and communicate. Such change does not occur without resistance, contradictions, errors, and conflicts. It is irritating and disrupts structures and power relations. We see similar conflicts in numerous places – and these will only increase.

Only when we have found new rules and rituals for politics, culture, and the economy can we successfully transition to the next society. There is still a long way to go until then. We will only achieve this if we take a step back and stop constantly looking at new apps and tools. The more important question is: What is digitalization actually and what does it do to us?

Digitalization as a cultural process

We talk a lot about digitalization, but often don't know what it means. Digitalization is not a technical, but a social process. It transforms diffuse concepts into concrete units. In this way, it makes not only economics and politics, but also culture and social issues copyable, comparable, reproducible, and decontextualizable. This changes our relationship to one another, but also to ourselves. In the struggle for the next social and cultural technologies, we must now renegotiate identity, function, and trust at all levels of society.

The Difficult Path to the Next Society

Our internal and external structures are unprepared for digital transformation. We observe individuals, institutions, and organizations being overwhelmed. To remain capable of action, we strive to reduce complexity. This can only be achieved by dispensing with details and making snap judgments – with the corresponding costs.
Unfortunately, neither apps nor laws can help us, because expectations must change. Since we are faster at destroying than building, further turbulence can be expected.

Introduction to the Digital Mindset

Those who want to understand the next society must understand its patterns. Because with a look at the properties of electronic media, more and more developments become understandable. Those who understand these characteristics and the workings of networks can therefore move more confidently and ask the right questions. This is the best path to a digital mindset.

References & Press

"Mike Karst commanded the rapt attention of his audience, guiding them expertly through the complex world of algorithms." Marion Görnig, Director of the Adult Education Center Volmetal

"Mr. Karst delivers competent and lively presentations. Anyone looking to stimulate discussion about digitalization will find his lectures a good choice." Dr. Gudrun Mittelstedt, Director of the Adult Education Center Erftstadt

"Culture, politics, digitality – contemporary issues that Mike Karst is able to decipher scientifically and entertainingly in various contexts. Data, facts and analyses, inventories and visions, cultural history and philosophical aspects are brought together in an understandable way. You can rely on Mike Karst's adaptability to the participants, the event format, or the spontaneous situation. He finds the right language and the appropriate images. Whether it's a lecture, project, discussion, or experiment – ​​Mike Karst impresses with his knowledge and rhetoric." Dr. Elmar Schnücker, Director of the Adult Education Center of the City of Gütersloh

"Mike Karst captivated his audience. 100% recommendation!"
Britta Bollermann, Adult Education Center Dortmund

"We always appreciate Mr. Karst's lectures for their well-founded information and lively, yet easily understandable presentation style. He succeeds in addressing important social issues surrounding digitalization, illustrating the dynamics of digital communication, and explaining the social impacts of digital change in a concise and vivid manner." Dr. Johannes Lill, Director of the Adult Education Center Werl

"In his lectures, Mr. Karst consistently provides pointed and sometimes provocative food for thought that has a lasting impact. It is always enriching to discuss individual points with him afterward. He has established himself as a reliable and expert speaker." Michael Tschöke, Director of the Adult Education Center of the City of Lüdenscheid

"The lecture was spot on!" Petra Bröscher, Adult Education Center Selm

"Mike Karst's lectures on the topics of political, social, and digital change are absolutely timely and scientifically sound. He understands how to prepare and present complex content in a way that is understandable and comprehensible to the target group, but also entertaining and engaging." Michael Buhleier, Director of the Adult Education Center Bergisch Gladbach

"Mike Karst's presentations are always exciting and informative. He left a lasting impression on our audience with his diverse ideas! We look forward to seeing you again." Brigitte Brinkmann, Head of Politics/Society at the Adult Education Center Erkrath

"Mike Karst succeeds in connecting complex topics and presenting them to the audience in an engaging and vivid way." Markus Leniger
Director of Studies, Katholische Akademie Schwerte

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