2023 (completed project)
Faculty of Natural Science
Symmetry_Break
This interdisciplinary, cross-disciplinary and cross-target group project aims to address sudden and unexpected deviations from the familiar and the resulting newness in a broad context. The spectrum ranges from music, theater and linguistics to the natural sciences. A prime example of spontaneous symmetry breaking in physics is the falling of a standing pencil in a random, but then excellent direction; another is the so-called Higgs mechanism, which gives mass to the elementary particles in the standard model.
The aim of the project is to track down symmetry breaks in the broad academic and personal discourse of all members of Chemnitz University of Technology, the cultural institutions of the city of Chemnitz and its inhabitants - from punchlines and melody changes to gender gaps and catalysts to personal life breaks. Lectures from the individual disciplines and discussion rounds (individual and panel) will form the initial framework for recognizing and understanding common and interdisciplinary aspects and incorporating them into the activities of the Capital of Culture Chemnitz 2025 as an enriching cultural asset.
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Symmetry_Break
Contact:
Martina Hentschel (Professur Theoretische Physik komplexer dynamischer Systeme)
0371 / 531…
martina.hentschel@…
