[Air-L] Digital Materialities Seminar with Devika Narayan (University of Bristol): "Between the Cloud and a Hard Place: A thesis on technological transformation" - 27 May (4-6 pm, CET)

[valentingjn]

Dear colleagues,

As part of the 2025–2026 edition of the "Digital Materialities" seminar, the eighth session of the year will be held on Wednesday, 27 May (4:00-6:00 pm, CET), both online and at Sciences Po Paris (1 place Saint-Thomas d’Aquin, 75007).

We are delighted to welcome [Devika Narayan](https://www.devikanarayan.com/), Lecturer at the University of Bristol, for a presentation entitled:

"Between the Cloud and a Hard Place: A thesis on technological transformation"

Abstract: This talk will offer a perspective on digital transformation that melds sociotechnical analysis of computing infrastructure with industrial and organisational political economy. The old-fashioned, unglamourous computer industry has given way to a much more pervasive and powerful tech sector. I will explore this shift to discuss the material practices of acceleration, resulting in capitalist volatility.

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Registration for the session, as well as the full seminar programme, is available on the working group [webpage](https://cis.cnrs.fr/materialites-du-numerique/#sem-matnum).

The final session of the year will take place on Wednesday, 17 June (4:00-6:00 pm, CET), with a talk by Oyuna Baldakova (King’s College London) on "Land-Locked and Internet-Locked: Digital Dependency, Sovereignty, and Resilience in Kazakhstan."

Looking forward to seeing you online and in person!

All the best,
Hugo Estecahandy, Adrien Tournier & Valentin Goujon.

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Valentin Goujon
Doctorant en sociologie
médialab, Sciences Po
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Coordinateur du séminaire [FlashLab](https://flashlabinfo.wordpress.com/) et du GdT «[Matérialités du numérique](https://cis.cnrs.fr/materialites-du-numerique/)»

Projet de recherche ANR-ORA [Shaping AI](https://www.shapingai.org/)
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