Duration
30h Th
Number of credits
Lecturer
Language(s) of instruction
French language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the second semester
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
The course Internet and the Humanities: Theories, Uses, Creations seeks to explore some of the questions that the Internet (as a medium for creation, production, and dissemination) and the humanities (as producers of critical knowledge) pose to one another. In 2026-2027, this exploration will focus on a range of systems and applications incorporating artificial intelligence (including text and image generation, translation, and data processing). By addressing, in particular, the history of these systems and the ethical, aesthetic, and ontological questions they raise, the course aims to establish a genuine cross-disciplinary dialogue between practices and theories. The aim, therefore, will not be to oppose, through a process of mutual verification, a set of critical theories to a set of systems and practices that shape them. Rather, the course will reassess how AI and the humanities can critically question one another.
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
The aim of the course is to provide students with the theoretical tools and empirical knowledge necessary for critical reflection on AI. By the end of the course, students will be able to identify, problematise, and constructively critique a range of possible uses of AI in various professional sectors (cultural, social, and/or educational organisations, civil society, public institutions, art centres, etc.).
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
The course sessions will alternate between lectures, hands-on experimentation with AI systems, the viewing and reading of AI-generated productions, and discussion sessions involving the participants and the course instructors.
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
Blended learning
Course materials and recommended or required readings
Platform(s) used for course materials:
- eCampus
Further information:
The slideshows (PowerPoint presentations) and the texts seen in class will be made available to the students via eCampus.
Exam(s) in session
Any session
- In-person
oral exam
Written work / report
Further information:
Each student will be assessed at the end of the academic year on the basis of a written paper of 10 to 15 pages, which may take one of the following forms, at the student's choice: 1/ a description and analysis of an AI-based system or of AI-generated outputs; 2/ a project for a system (website, platform, specific use of an existing system, etc.) which, drawing on the material covered in the course, proposes an original use of AI. The written papers will also be presented and discussed during an oral defence.
Work placement(s)
Organisational remarks and main changes to the course
The schedule will be prepared in consultation with students.
Contacts
Björn-Olav Dozo
bo.dozo@uliege.be
+32 4 366 52 14
Jeremy Hamers
jhamers@uliege.be
+32 4 366 32 44