[SIGCIS-Members] Call for Proposals: Source Code Exhibition at Software Heritage Symposium 2026

[FICHEN Mathilde]

Dear colleagues and friends,
We’re excited to announce a special project to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Software Heritage<https://www.softwareheritage.org/> initiative, which was launched in 2016 as part of Inria<https://www.inria.fr/fr>, the French National Institute for Research in Digital Science and Technology. To mark this milestone, we are organizing a Source Code Exhibition, which will be unveiled during the Software Heritage Symposium 2026, hosted at UNESCO headquarters in Paris in late January or early February 2026.
This exhibition offers an unusual approach by elevating source code from a supplementary element to the central focus of display. We aim to explore source code as a form of human expression—one rich with technical, historical, social, and aesthetic meaning.
Each panel will feature a short source code snippet printed on a large-format poster, accompanied by a brief commentary written by the contributor. We’re inviting individuals from a diverse backgrounds—computer scientists, historians, philosophers, artists, activists, linguists, and others—to submit a proposal that resonate with one or more of the exhibition’s themes:

  *   Source Code as Historical Testimony
  *   Source Code as a Mirror of Society
  *   Source Code as Cultural Artifact

Whether your interest lies in vintage systems, subversive scripts, poetic programming, or something entirely unexpected, we welcome your perspective.
At this stage, we are more interested in the ideas you wish to express than in perfect phrasing, so don’t hesitate to submit a well-articulated initial version of your proposal.
📅 Submission deadline: September 8, 2025
📎 Please find the full Call for Proposals below.

EN: https://cnam-my.sharepoint.com/:b:/g/personal/mathilde_fichen_lecnam_net/EW-UutC4XLRHhzyYEcBtL_YBydW-Kl4iR2FBMNNBB2Mm9A?e=PiR4vD
FR: https://cnam-my.sharepoint.com/:b:/g/personal/mathilde_fichen_lecnam_net/EYKpUrl__qNDg7kqUN1qWXgBwEmsE9nPS43WOKqU4m0xAg?e=td11ZK
We especially encourage contributions from individuals belonging to underrepresented groups in technology and culture. One of the goals of this exhibition is to reflect the diversity of people and practices that shape the world of source code.
We look forward to reading your ideas!
Warm regards,

Mathilde, for the organizing team

Mathilde Fichen
Ph.D Candidate
CNAM - HT2S<https://technique-societe.cnam.fr/histoire-des-technosciences-en-societe-ht2s--913760.kjsp>, Software Heritage
Personal page: mathfichen.github.io<https://mathfichen.github.io/>

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