Invitation: „The Social Life of XG – Digital Infrastructure and Imaginations of Sovereignty in Europe“
On the 13th and 14th of October, there will be a discussion about imaginaries of sovereignty that mark the ongoing expansion of digital infrastructures in Europe. / Vom 13. bis 14. Oktober wird es eine Diskussion über Vorstellungen von Souveränität geben, die die fortschreitende Expansion digitaler Infrastrukturen in Europa prägen.
We would like to warmly invite you to the conference The Social Life of XG – Digital Infrastructure and Imaginations of Sovereignty in Europe, which will take place at Humboldt-University Berlin, on October 13-14 2025.
Over two days, we want to discuss the imaginaries of sovereignty that mark the ongoing expansion of digital infrastructures in Europe. Based on interdisciplinary and anthropological perspectives, this conference aims to trace how projects of 'digital' or 'technological sovereignty' are implemented in practice, encounter challenges and potentially reconfigure ideas of political community. Day 1 will kick off the event with an online keynote by Cecilia Rikap (University College London) on 'Reclaiming Digital Sovereignty'. Day 2 will be a full-day offline event held at the Institute for European Ethnology at Humboldt-University Berlin.
Programme: You can find the schedule below and more details on our website.
Registration: Please register via E-mail until October 1st and specify whether you would like to participate in the online keynote and/or in the offline event at HU Berlin: albrecgl@hu-berlin.de
Kind regards,
Manuela Bojadžijev & Alexander Harder
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