It has become commonplace to acknowledge that the human being is no isolated entity but is rather a relational being that attains a particular shape as a result of its relation to other entities. This has resulted in a variety of so-called relational approaches in the ethics and philosophy of technology, to the extent that one might speak of a broader “relational trend”. However, the concept of relationality and its implications often remain unclear in ethical discussions and even more so when applied to specific technologies. In this paper, we provide a deeper understanding of what defines relational approaches by examining qualitative differences in the way relationality is understood and integrated into philosophical approaches. We do so by focusing on three prominent relational approaches in the philosophy of technology: postphenomenology, actor-network theory, and new materialism. The sense in which these approaches are relational will be qualified with reference to six themes: (1) ontological commitments, (2) boundaries between entities, (3) subjectivity, (4) agency, (5) anthropocentrism, (6) normativity. We conclude that there does not appear to be a shared view of what relationality entails, nor a shared normative stance or framework that provides clear ethical guidance. In response to this, we make some suggestions concerning the shared vector that could unify different approaches.

Comments

Für Promovierende und fortgeschrittene Studierende am Institut für Vergleichende Städtegeschichte (IStG) Münster 14.-18. September 2026

People involved in studying the Earth or posting about it.

In one email, an AI researcher suggested it’s “hard to be brilliant if you are worrying if you look fat or why another woman hates you.”

# **Thank you for your support!** **OpenStreetMap is free to use, but not free to run.** We are truly grateful for donations. Any amount will go directly towards keeping OpenStreetMap strong, stable and independent. * You can donate with a credit card, European SEPA transfer or PayPal below. **Other ways to donate can be foundhere.** * If you want to contribute data and find out other ways to give back as an individual or as an organization, please see the donation FAQ below, how to contribute and https://welcome.openstreetmap.org/how-to-give-back/ * * * ## Make a donation OpenStreetMap is run and supported by volunteers like you. With more and more people helping to make great maps, we need better, more reliable infrastructure and services to keep up with the demand. If you enjoy using or contributing to OpenStreetMap, please consider making a donation. The average donation is about 35€, but we are very thankful for any amount. Donation Amount € 20.00 € 50.00 € 100.00 € 500.00 € 1,000.00 Other Amount Other Amount € Total Amount I want to contribute on behalf of an organisation On Behalf Of Organization Organization Name * Email (Main) * Street Address * Postal Code * City * State / Province Choose country first Country * - select Country - Afghanistan Åland Islands Albania Algeria American Samoa Andorra Angola Anguilla Antarctica Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Armenia Aruba Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bermuda Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana Bouvet Island Brazil British Indian Ocean Territory Brunei Darussalam Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Carribean Netherlands - Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba (Netherlands Special Municipalities) Cayman Islands Central African Republic Chad Chile China Christmas Island Cocos (Keeling) Islands Colombia Comoros Congo, Republic Of The Congo, The Democratic Republic of the Cook Islands Costa Rica Côte d’Ivoire Croatia Cuba Curaçao Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Estonia Eswatini Ethiopia Falkland Islands (Malvinas) Faroe Islands Fiji Finland France French Guiana French Polynesia French Southern Territories Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Gibraltar Greece Greenland Grenada Guadeloupe Guam Guatemala Guernsey Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Heard Island and McDonald Islands Holy See (Vatican City State) Honduras Hong Kong Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran, Islamic Republic of Iraq Ireland Isle of Man Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jersey Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Korea, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Republic of Kosovo Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Lao People's Democratic Republic Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macao Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Marshall Islands Martinique Mauritania Mauritius Mayotte Mexico Micronesia, Federated States of Moldova Monaco Mongolia Montenegro Montserrat Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nauru Nepal Netherlands New Caledonia New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria Niue Norfolk Island North Macedonia Northern Mariana Islands Norway Oman Pakistan Palau Palestine, State of Panama Papua New Guinea Paraguay Peru Philippines Pitcairn Poland Portugal Puerto Rico Qatar Reunion Romania Russian Federation Rwanda Saint Barthélemy Saint Helena Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Martin (French part) Saint Pierre and Miquelon Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Samoa San Marino Sao Tome and Principe Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Sint Maarten (Constituent Country of the Netherlands) Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Islands Somalia South Africa South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands Southern Sudan Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Svalbard and Jan Mayen Sweden Switzerland Syrian Arab Republic Taiwan Tajikistan Tanzania, United Republic of Thailand Timor-Leste Togo Tokelau Tonga Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Turks and Caicos Islands Tuvalu Uganda Ukraine United Arab Emirates United Kingdom United States United States Minor Outlying Islands Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Viet Nam Virgin Islands, British Virgin Islands, U.S. Wallis and Futuna Western Sahara Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe Donor information First Name * Last Name * Email Address * We will email you your receipt. Contact me It's OK to contact me about donations We'll email you, very rarely, about supporting OpenStreetMap. You can unsubscribe at any time. OSM username Case sensitive **The information you provide will NOT be shared with any third party organisations.** Thank you for getting involved in our campaign! Donation information Optional public message, limited to 300 characters. Message Public List my name on the public donor list. Your donation will be shown as anonymous otherwise. __Contribute # * * * **Thank you for supporting a growing OpenStreetMap!** OpenStreetMap is the largest open geographic database in the world, the data infrastructure for multitudes of mapping projects around the globe. **Your donation to the OpenStreetMap Foundation will cover our core operational expenses in supporting the OpenStreetMap project** : hardware and hosting costs, legal fees, administrative assistant and other expenses of our working groups and administration. We currently run extremely lean for an operation for a project the size and importance of OpenStreetMap. The OpenStreetMap Foundation relies on revenue from individual and corporate membership dues, profits generated by the annual State of the Map conferences, and donations. We must keep our income sources diversified, as these vary from year to year, but our modest needs stay the same. For this, we need your support. # Recent Donations # Donation FAQ #### Who is receiving funds? The OpenStreetMap Foundation will be collecting the funds. #### What’s the OpenStreetMap Foundation? The OpenStreetMap Foundation is the non-profit organisation which supports the OpenStreetMap project by maintaining its services, providing a legal structure around the project’s database, by organizing an annual conference and more. Learn more about the OpenStreetMap Foundation on osmfoundation.org. #### How are you spending your money? Can I see a budget? You sure can! Our Finances overview page has more information on how we allocate our budget, and links to past income/expense and balance sheets. We invite you to peruse these and contact us with any questions you may have. #### Are you a 501(c)(3)? No. The OpenStreetMap Foundation is a UK-registered not-for-profit organisation that supports the OpenStreetMap Project. It is not a 501(c)(3) in the sense of the Internal Revenue Code of the US Internal Revenue Service (IRS). #### What else can we do to support OpenStreetMap? Join us! Aside from funds to upgrade our hardware what we need most are people. Whatever your background – technical or not – you can help OpenStreetMap. Here are just a few of the many possible ways to get more involved: ### For individuals: If you have contributed data to OpenStreetMap, or time to helping organise mapping activities: _thank you_ for everything you’ve already done! OpenStreetMap only survives because of the work put in by thousands of hard-working and selfless volunteer contributors. If you are one of these people, then you are already doing a great thing for the project. If you would like to do more, then you can: * Join the Foundation and support the body which supports (but doesn’t control) the project. By being a part of the Foundation, your voice can be heard in discussions about how the Foundation is run. * Join a Working Group and give your time to solving those issues which require greater commitment. Being on a Working Group, as the name suggests, is hard work and requires diligence, but can make a huge difference to the project. * Donate money here. Whatever you can spare will be gratefully received and put towards services necessary for the continued growth and success of the project. ### For companies: Whether you use OpenStreetMap data in your products and services, or are just interested in helping, corporate sponsorship of OpenStreetMap events and hardware helps the project to keep going and be inclusive. If your company would like to help the project grow and succeed, then you can: * Join the Foundation as a corporate member. Your support of the Foundation will be greatly appreciated and publicly lauded. * Donate time. Some of your employees might jump at the chance to be more involved with OSM, so why not give them a “20% time” to join a Working Group or contribute time to a project which helps OSM? * Donate money here. Any contribution will help and is gratefully received. #### How can I donate more? What if I have more questions? Get in touch **Home | Membership | Donate** | **OpenStreetMap** * Facebook * Instagram * Mastodon * Twitter * Discord * Telegram * Reddit * LinkedIn * Discourse * GitHub **OpenStreetMap Foundation** , St John’s Innovation Centre, Cowley Road, Cambridge, CB4 0WS, United Kingdom

Programme, sign-up sheet, and abstracts now available! This year the Dutch DiGRA is hosted by Utrecht University. The programme is filled with research about the future of game studies, gamification and play in contemporary society, and much more! All are welcome, so sign up using the Google Form in this post!