[EASST-Eurograd] 27/05/2026 16h-18h Seminar with Devika Narayan" Between the Cloud and a Hard Place: A thesis on technological transformation "

[TOURNIER Adrien via Eurograd]

Dear all, 

This email to share that the next session of the seminar on “Digital Materialities” for this year 2025_2026 will be held in english on Wednesday, may 27th, 2026 (4-6 p.m. CEST) in person at Sciences-Po in Paris and via Zoom remotely, details by email after registration here : https://evento.renater.fr/survey/seminaire-materialites-du-numerique-2025-26-y65u8krt

We will welcome Devika Narayan (Lecturer, Bristol Digital Future Institute & School of Management, University of Bristol) :

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.

You can register for the session and find the program for the year on the working group’s page.

Best,

Hugo Estecahandy, Adrien Tournier & Valentin Goujon.