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Practicing Sovereignty

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Digital sovereignty has become a hotly debated concept. The positions assembled in this volume analyze opportunities for participation and policy making, and they describe alternative technological...
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  • 27 January 2022
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Digital sovereignty has become a hotly debated concept. The current convergence of multiple crises adds fuel to this debate, as it contextualizes the concept in a foundational discussion of democratic principles, civil rights, and national identities: is (technological) self-determination an option for every individual to cope with the digital sphere effectively? Can disruptive events provide chances to rethink our ideas of society – including the design of the objects and processes which constitute our techno-social realities? The positions assembled in this volume analyze opportunities for participation and policy-making, and describe alternative technological practices before and after the pandemic.
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Price: $40.00
Pages: 430
Publisher: transcript publishing
Imprint: transcript publishing
Series: Design
Publication Date: 27 January 2022
Trim Size: 8.86 X 5.83 in
ISBN: 9783837657609
Format: Paperback
BISACs: DESIGN / History & Criticism, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Democracy, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies
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Bianca Herlo is a researcher and lecturer based in Berlin. Within the research group »Inequality and Digital Sovereignty« at the Weizenbaum Institute, Berlin University of the Arts, she focuses on the digital and social divide, digital participation, design and digital transformation. Since 2014, she has been a board member of the German Society for Design Theory and Research (DGTF).
Daniel Irrgang is a research fellow at Weizenbaum Institute, Berlin, where he is part of the research group »Inequality and Digital Sovereignty« (Berlin University of the Arts). He holds a PhD in media studies with a thesis on diagrammatics and theories of expanded mind. His work focusses on depictions of knowledge, HCI paradigms, art & technology, and epistemology.
Andreas Unteidig works as a researcher, lecturer, and designer. He is an associated researcher at Weizenbaum Institute, Berlin, and heads the MA program Transformation Design at HBK Braunschweig. His work explores the intersections between design, technology, and processes of social change.

Frontmatter 1
Content 7
Introduction 11
Tech Barons Dream of a Better World - Without the Rest of Us 23
Digital Sovereignty 47
Algorithmic Sovereignty beyond the Leviathan and the Wicker Man 69
Out of Balance 91
Digital Capitalism's Crises of Sovereignty 107
Agency for All, Privacy for None 121
The State 133
At the End of the World, Plant a Tree 147
Building Collective Sovereignty 179
Sovereign Imaginaries 199
Geofilters 213
Postdigital 231
Talk to Me 247
Why Feminist Digital Policy Matters 269
Researchers Gone Wild 289
Digital Sovereignty in the Pandemic City 311
WannaScry! 321
Digitalization of Art Exhibitions in Times of COVID-19 339
a.username? - A Profile Without Qualities 357
Prototyping Digital Sovereignty 371
Viruses as Phenomena of De Facto Destabilization and Potential Subversion 397
Authors and Editors 417