Tag: politics
Bums, bridges, and primates: Some elements for a sociology of online interactions
What kind of social structures Web users contribute to put in place? And what do monkeys have to do with it? Text presented at the conference “Web Culture: New Modes of Knowledge, New Sociabilities”, Villa Gillet, Lyon (France), February 10th, 2011.
E-Santé : Résistance, autonomie et environnements apomédiés
La quatrième séance de mon séminaire EHESS Corps et TIC : approches socio-anthropologiques des usages numériques a eu lieu le… read more E-Santé : Résistance, autonomie et environnements apomédiés
Growing health divide: what's so fun about these stats again?
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?
Scratch the surface of any vandal and you find a “regular” Wikipedia user
A database of the most vandalised Wikipedia articles has been released on the Wiki-research mailing list: a useful portrayal of the cultural interests (and cultural biases) of the entire community.
Summer readings, cultural revolutions, destructive designs
My interest in the topic of the Chinese Cultural Revolution was jump-started by Tsinghua sociologist Guo Yuhua. In the summer… read more Summer readings, cultural revolutions, destructive designs
Objet communicant (à la mémoire de Susan Leigh Star, 1954-2010)
Sociologie des panneaux électroniques du métro parisien : l’espace public informationnel est tout sauf virtuel ou immatériel. Invité d’honneur : David Pontille, du blog Scriptopolis.fr (dans le cadre de l’initiative “Les Vases Communicants”).
"I sing the body suspicious", genetic scientist says
by Antonio A. Casilli (Centre Edgar-Morin, EHESS) [1] If you are willing to venture off the beaten tracks, Paris art… read more "I sing the body suspicious", genetic scientist says
Hitler, Claude Lévi-Strauss, and the fading legitimacy of academic institutions
Hitler parody video voices the disappointment of old time academics, threatened by up-and-coming digital scholars: “We were great once. A proud institution. We controlled knowledge: we told everyone what and how to think. Now (…) we spend our time propping up our fading legitimacy”.
Dr. Popp et la disquette Sida. Sociologie d'une affaire hacker
Un savant fou. Un virus mortel. Du sexe. Des gadgets électroniques à la mode. La plus grande histoire hacker jamais contée…
Love – the Swiss way: sociologists want to "optimize the marriage market"
The current state of marriages is well below the social optimum, Swiss sociologists say. So they come up with a mathematical model to “reallocate partners” more efficiently via a shadowy “central agency”. Next thing you know, divorces are reduced by 21%, mixed couples become illegal and right-wing nuts triumph…