In the spring of 2025, Notam, in collaboration with Axel Vatne Barratt-Due and nyMusikk, launched a reading group for technology, music, art and philosophy. 

This autumn we're starting up again, and over the next few months we'll continue to read and discuss the books The Real World of Technology by Ursula Franklin, and On the Mode of Existence of Technical Objects by Gilbert Simondon. We follow a reading guide set up by music philosopher Patrick Valiquet, and together explore how these works enter into dialogue with each other.

So far we have read:
- Chapters 3, 4, 5 and 6 (p. 48 - 134) of The Real World of Technology by Ursula Franklin. 
- Introduction, Part I, Part 2 (pp. 15 - 159 and Part III, Chapter 1 in On the Mode of Existence of Technical Objects by Gilbert Simondon. 

The next meeting will be at Notam on 2 October, 18:00 - 20:00.

We hope that as many people as possible will join the reading circle. It's open to everyone, and you can choose whether you want to attend all the sessions or just a selection. You do not need to have read all the material in advance. PDFs of both books can be found via the links above.

The meetings are also online and you can join here:
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/84944597860