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At first I thought WikiLeaks was all about data. Data-journalism. Data-mining. Data hacked, transfered, mirrored, etc. Hard facts. Then I realized it is not. As any culturally and politically defining moment, WikiLeaks exposes our hunger for *theory*. Abstract, verbose, fact-insensitive theory. Here are some examples, cherry-picked from the Web.

La deuxième séance de mon séminaire EHESS “Corps et TIC : approches socio-anthropologiques des usages numériques” a eu lieu le jeudi 9 déc. 2010. Le sujet traité : la notion de cyborg, son impact sur la culture du numérique contemporaine dès la parution du célèbre Cyborg Manifesto de Donna Haraway. Voilà (dans l’ordre) les slides et une bibliographie contenant les textes cités.

Randy Hodson’s book on Dignity at Work (Cambridge University Press, 2001) is an ethnographic account of how protecting oneself from… read more Things you always wanted to say to your employer – but were afraid to (Sunday Sociological Song)

Just a quick post to announce that Kurt Luther and his social computing crew at Georgia Tech have released Proveit, an amazing little open-source tool that allows you to find, edit, add, and cite references in Wikipedia articles! Proveit is designed specifically for Wikipedians, so all you need is a Wikipedia account. You install it once, and each time you log in – from any computer – there it is. Better than Zotero, from this point of view 😉 Plus, it works with virtually any browser, from Firefox to Chrome, from Safari to Opera. It is even said to work with Explorer – although admittedly this hardly is a plus.

Notes de la première séance “Virus” de mon séminaire EHESS ‘Corps et TIC : approches socio-anthropologiques des usages numériques’ qui a eu lieu jeudi 25 novembre 2010.

Take health and income data from 200 countries over 200 years. Stir up. Add Hans Rosling‘s distinctive delivery style and… read more Growing health divide: what's so fun about these stats again?

Première séance du séminaire EHESS “Corps et technologies des l’information et de la communication : Approches socio-anthropologiques des usages numériques” animé par Antonio Casilli (Centre Edgar-Morin, IIAC EHESS/CNRS).

Date : jeudi 25 novembre 2010
Horaire : de 17h à 19h
Lieu : salle 5, EHESS, 105 bd Raspail 75006 Paris.

Emo-goths, campus jocks, hardcore rockers, leather queers, computer geeks, superhero buffs… you probably know at least one member of a… read more You know you are part of a subculture when… (Sunday Sociological Song)

Appel à contributions – Novembre 2010 Revue Terminal “Les pratiques du Web : modes de participation et approches critiques” Coordination :… read more Appel à contributions Revue Terminal "Les pratiques du Web : modes de participation et approches critiques"

Debunking the myth of the ‘Digital natives’: my speech at Lift10 conference (Geneva). Computer Kids (1980s), Internet Children (1990s), Digital Natives (2000s). Some of the members of this so-called new generation of computer users are already pushing forty…