[SIGCIS-Members] So.Hist-Info : a new seminar

Mon Oct 7 04:56:52 PDT 2024

Dear Colleagues,

This is a reminder that the first session of our Socio-History of Computing
Seminar <https://sohistinfo.github.io/> will take place online and at the
Cnam in Paris on Monday, October 14, 2024, from 3 PM to 5 PM, with Ksenia
Ermoshina <https://cis.cnrs.fr/en/ksenia_ermoshina/>and Boris Melnichenko
<https://cis.cnrs.fr/en/boris_melnichenko/> (Internet and Societies Center,
CNRS) presenting on the topic: "A 'Sovereign Intelligence'?
Infrastructures, Representations, and the Geopolitics of Russian AI, a
Comparative Approach." The discussion will be moderated by Benjamin
Bürbaumer (Sciences Po Bordeaux). The presentation will be in French.

To help with the organization of the sessions, please register using this
form:

A connection link (Big Blue Button) will be sent the day before the
presentation for those attending remotely.

The Socio-History of Computing Seminar <https://sohistinfo.github.io/> is a
research seminar organized at the HT2S
<https://technique-societe.cnam.fr/histoire-des-technosciences-en-societe-ht2s--913760.kjsp>
laboratory research center of the National Conservatory of Arts and Crafts
in Paris. The goal of this seminar is to explore new narratives of the
long-term history of computing, focusing on how computing intertwines with
social, economic, political, and cultural issues. Every two months, we will
invite a researcher in the history and/or anthropology and sociology (with
a historical or diachronic perspective) of computing to present their work.

https://sohistinfo.github.io/

Looking forward to seeing you there. Best regards,

On behalf of the organizing committee: Mathilde Fichen (PhD student, HT2S),
Adrien Tournier (PhD student, HT2S), et Camille Paloque-Bergès (researcher,
HT2S)

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This message is to inform you about the first session of the 2024-2025
Socio-History
of Computing Seminar <https://sohistinfo.github.io/>, a research seminar
organized by the HT2S laboratory research center
<https://technique-societe.cnam.fr/histoire-des-technosciences-en-societe-ht2s--913760.kjsp>
at the National Conservatory of Arts and Crafts in Paris. The seminar aims
to explore new narratives of the long-term history of computing, focusing
on how computing intertwines with social, economic, political, and cultural
issues. Every two months, we will invite a researcher in the history and/or
anthropology and sociology (with a historical or diachronic perspective) of
computing to present their work.

Seminar website: https://sohistinfo.github.io/

Following sessions will be:

   -

   16/12/2024 - Barbara Höf - University of Lausanne (in english)
   -

   10/02/2025 - Cédric Neumann - CNAM, HT2S (in french)
   -

   01/04/2025 - Marie-José Durand-Richard - CNRS-Paris 7, SPHERE (in french)
   -

   14/04/2025 - Jaroslav Švelch - Charles University (République Tchèque)
   (in english)
   -

   16/06/2025 - Michael Homberg - Centre for Contemporary History (ZZF)
   Potsdam (Allemagne) (in english)

On Tue, Sep 3, 2024 at 4:04 PM Camille Paloque-Bergès <
camillepaloqueberges at gmail.com> wrote:

>
>
> *(sorry for the previous mail with a mistaken subject line)*
> Dear Colleagues,
> This message is to inform you of the first session in the 2024-2025
> academic year of the Socio-History of Informatics seminar
> <https://sohistinfo.github.io/>, a research seminar organized at the HT2S
> research center of the Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers in Paris
> <https://technique-societe.cnam.fr/histoire-des-technosciences-en-societe-ht2s--913760.kjsp>.
> The goal of this seminar is to explore new narratives in the long-term
> history of computing, with a focus on how computing intertwines with
> social, economic, political, and cultural issues. Every two months, we will
> invite a researcher in history and/or anthropology and sociology (with a
> historical or diachronic perspective) of computing to present their work.
> Website link : https://sohistinfo.github.io/english/
> The first session will take place online and at CNAM in Paris on Monday,
> October 14, 2024, from 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM with Ksenia Ermoshina (Centre
> Internet et Société, CNRS) - *A "Sovereign Intelligence"?
> Infrastructures, Representations, and Geopolitics of Russian AI: A
> Comparative Approach*.
> Registration form:
> https://framaforms.org/inscription-seminaire-de-socio-histoire-de-linformatique-1725366317
> *Summary of the presentation:* *As part of the ANR CulturIA project, this
> investigation focuses on the contemporary history of artificial
> intelligence and its socio-cultural aspects, particularly within the
> Russian-speaking world and its international relations. Marked by the war
> against Ukraine and economic sanctions, the field has undergone a
> restructuring both in terms of infrastructure and in terms of discourse and
> representations. The collective research, conducted in collaboration with
> Boris Melnichenko, follows Russians who create or use AI in exile as well
> as engineers working for large companies in Russia. In line with the spirit
> of Science and Technology Studies (STS), it remains attentive to code and
> infrastructure and describes the significant restructurings of
> technological projects in the context of a major geopolitical crisis. By
> comparing Russian machine learning and AI projects with similar initiatives
> from the United States and China, this research asks: can we speak of a
> “Russian AI”? Are there distinctive characteristics that define the ways of
> developing and discussing AI specific to Russia, despite the inevitable
> borrowing, influences, and transnational exchanges that shape this field?*
> *Future sessions:*
>
>    - December 16, 2024, from 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM - Barbara Hof -
>    University of Lausanne
>    - February 10, 2025, from 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM - Cédric Neumann - CNAM,
>    HT2S
>    - April 1, 2025 - Marie-José Durand-Richard - CNRS-Paris 7 Denis
>    Diderot, SPHERE
>    - April 14, 2025, from 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM - Jaroslav Švelch - Charles
>    University (Prague)
>    - June 16, 2025, from 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM - Michael Homberg -
>    University of Cologne
>
> The summary of each presentation will be communicated later.
> Each session will be held in a hybrid format at the Conservatoire National
> des Arts et Métiers, 2 rue Conté, 75003 Paris, in room 30-1-18 (Building
> 30, 1st basement level, Room 18). To facilitate the organization of the
> sessions, please register via this form:
> https://framaforms.org/inscription-seminaire-de-socio-histoire-de-linformatique-1725366317
> A connection link (Big Blue Button) will be sent after registration to
> allow remote participation in each session.
> This research seminar will focus on the history of computing not for its
> own sake within the well-defined framework of the omnipotent computer and
> its pervasive environments, but through the study of situations where
> computing plays a pivotal role in the articulation of
> science-technology-society relations. In this way, the seminar aims to shed
> light on a socio-history of computing over the long term and in spaces
> expanded geographically as well as socially, culturally, politically, and
> economically. You can find a more detailed presentation of our approach
> (with the program of planned sessions) on the seminar website:
> https://sohistinfo.github.io/
> Looking forward to seeing you there. Best regards,
> Mathilde Fichen (PhD student, HT2S), Adrien Tournier (PhD student, HT2S),
> and Camille Paloque-Bergès (Researcher, HT2S) for the seminar organization.
> --
> Institutional email address : camille.paloque_berges at cnam.fr
> *Laboratory for the History of Techno-Sciences (HT2S), Conservatoire
> national des arts et métiers, 2 rue Conté, 75003 Paris, France
>
>

-- 
Institutional email address : camille.paloque_berges at cnam.fr
*Laboratory for the History of Techno-Sciences (HT2S), Conservatoire
national des arts et métiers, 2 rue Conté, 75003 Paris, France
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