Location & approach

By Car

The campus of Dortmund University is located near the Dortmund West motorway junction, where the A45 Sauerland line crosses the B1/A40 Ruhr expressway. The Dortmund-Eichlinghofen exit on the A45 leads to the South Campus, the Dortmund-Dorstfeld exit on the A40 leads to the North Campus. The university is signposted at both exits.

By public transport

The "Dortmund Universität" S-Bahn station is located directly on the North Campus. From there, the S-Bahn line S1 runs every 15 or 30 minutes to Dortmund main station and in the opposite direction to Düsseldorf main station via Bochum, Essen and Duisburg. The university can also be reached by bus lines 445, 447 and 462. Timetable information can be found on the homepage of the Rhine-Ruhr Transport Association, and DSW21 also offer an interactive route network map.

By 'H-Bahn'

The H-Bahn, an elevated railway, is one of the landmarks of the TU Dortmund. Line 1 runs every 10 minutes between Dortmund Eichlinghofen and the Technology Centre via Campus South and Dortmund University S, while Line 2 commutes every 5 minutes between Campus North and Campus South. It covers this distance in two minutes.

By plane

From Dortmund Airport, it takes just over 20 minutes to get to Dortmund Central Station with the AirportExpress and from there to the university with the S-Bahn. Düsseldorf Airport, about 60 kilometres away, offers a wider range of international flight connections and can be reached directly by S-Bahn from the university station.

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Location & approach

By Car

The campus of Dortmund University is located near the Dortmund West motorway junction, where the A45 Sauerland line crosses the B1/A40 Ruhr expressway. The Dortmund-Eichlinghofen exit on the A45 leads to the South Campus, the Dortmund-Dorstfeld exit on the A40 leads to the North Campus. The university is signposted at both exits.

By public transport

The "Dortmund Universität" S-Bahn station is located directly on the North Campus. From there, the S-Bahn line S1 runs every 15 or 30 minutes to Dortmund main station and in the opposite direction to Düsseldorf main station via Bochum, Essen and Duisburg. The university can also be reached by bus lines 445, 447 and 462. Timetable information can be found on the homepage of the Rhine-Ruhr Transport Association, and DSW21 also offer an interactive route network map.

By 'H-Bahn'

The H-Bahn, an elevated railway, is one of the landmarks of the TU Dortmund. Line 1 runs every 10 minutes between Dortmund Eichlinghofen and the Technology Centre via Campus South and Dortmund University S, while Line 2 commutes every 5 minutes between Campus North and Campus South. It covers this distance in two minutes.

By plane

From Dortmund Airport, it takes just over 20 minutes to get to Dortmund Central Station with the AirportExpress and from there to the university with the S-Bahn. Düsseldorf Airport, about 60 kilometres away, offers a wider range of international flight connections and can be reached directly by S-Bahn from the university station.

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About Norbert Elias and image manipulation in the form of deepfakes

New Article by Mirco Spiegel published

12/19/2023

To what extent can photos and videos manipulated or generated by artificial intelligence influence perceived reality? Can doubts about the authenticity of sexual or pornographic media content lead to a change in our sense of shame? Does the image lose its status as a generator of evidence?

Mirco Spiegel explores these and other questions in his article 'Norbert Elias and Deepfakes' in the newly published open access volume Mythenjagd. Soziologie mit Norbert Elias. The editors Thorsten Benkel and Matthias Meitzler held a conference on Elias' 125th birthday under the title Norbert Elias and.... providing opportunities for connection and exchange that went beyond the main work of the 'Process Volumes'; the contributions that this exchange brought about are now published in the book. Here, the technological innovation of the deepfakes is integrated into perspectives on gender relations, pre-state societies, violence, the body, young people, time and death.

Elias' thoughts on seeing in nature and his contemplation of a painting by Jean-Antoine Watteau form the framework into which deepfakes can be inserted as synthetic media. They can be created very easily on a smartphone, so that an awareness of their existence in the absence of an equally uncomplicated examination of the image material can lead to a change in the relationship to it. Considering the spread of deepfakes for wish fulfillment in the field of pornography, the risk of misuse is obvious and defending against it seems almost impossible. In this way, the evaluation of images of the naked body can also change into pure art objects - does this phenomenon mark a structural change?

Link to the anthology