Lennart Vincent Schmidt et Michael Homberg - Digital Inequalities. Divides, Hierarchies, and Boundaries in Germany
13 octobre 202515h - 17h
Le séminaire So.Hist-Info, coordonné par Mathilde Fichen, Camille Paloque-Bergès et Adrien Tournier au laboratoire HT2S, vous convie à la deuxième séance du cycle 2025-2026.
13 octobre 2025 de 15h à 17h Localisation : 2 rue Conté, 75003, Paris - Salle 30 -1 24
- Lennart Vincent Schmidt - Chercheur doctoral, Leibniz Center for Contemporary History, Potsdam
- Michael Homberg - Assistant Professor, Leibniz Center for Contemporary History, Potsdam
Pour une présentation intitulée :
Digital Inequalities. Divides, Hierarchies, and Boundaries in Germany
This lecture examines how digitalization, often portrayed as a narrative of modernization and emancipation, has also generated new forms of social stratification. From the 1970s onwards, computer technologies reshaped work, education, governance, and migration regimes in ways that reinforced divides, hierarchies, and boundaries within society. Building on the broader research agenda of Digital Inequalities, the talk highlights the ambivalences of the “digital society” by tracing both the promises of inclusion and the mechanisms of exclusion. In this context, the idea of Digital Borders illustrates how the computerization of migration control has transformed mobility into data, contributing to the reproduction of inequalities in Germany and Europe.
Le séminaire se tiendra en hybride au Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers, au 2 rue Conté, 75003 Paris. Un lien de connexion sera communiqué sur cette page avant l’évènement. Pour assister au séminaire en ligne, veuillez vous inscrire ici.
