The social, political, economical and cultural issues raised by digital platforms are usually studied from the perspective of the North-American and West-Euiropean contexts, much less frequently from the perspectives of the Global South countries. This two-days workshop, held in English, aims at sketching out the state of research in this latter field and at exploring new avenues of research.

Programme

1rst Day – Monday June 28th

14h - 14h45 Introduction - Philippe Bouquillion, Christine Ithurbide and Tristan Mattelart, Some Preliminary Observations on an Emerging Research Field

14h45 - 15h30 Keynote Speech - Nick Couldry et Ulises Mejias, Colonized by Data: Platforms and the Reconfiguration of Social Life for Capital

15h30 – 15h45 Pause

15h45 - 17h15 Session I – The Stakes of Digital Platforms for Industry and Public Policy in the Global South

• Alessandro Jedlowski: The (Un)making of Informational Sovereignty in the South: Screen Media, Politics, and Technological Innovation in Nigeria
• Vibodh Parthasarathi and Simran Agarwal: From Platforms to Platformisation: The Reconfiguration of  Social Economies in India
• Rodrigo Gómez García: Challenges of Media Policy in the Age of Platform Imperialism: A View from Latin America

2nd Day – Tuesday June 29th

14h - 15h30 Session II - Behind Digital Platforms, Perspectives from Cultural and Digital Workers

• Alix Bénistant: Cultural Crowdfunding Platforms in Latin America. From the "Creative" Political Agenda to the Strategies of Actors
• Vassili Rivron:  Differentiated Access to Platforms: The Artist-Producer in the Reorganization of Musical Sectors in Brazil and Central Africa
• Abdelfettah Benchenna: Relocation of ICT-Related jobs: A Phenomenon at the Crossroads of North / South Relations and Social Classes? A View from Morocco

15h30 – 15h45 Pause

15h45 – 17h15 Session III - Strategies of Transnational Players and Localization Processes

• Luis Albornoz: The Issues Raised by Netflix Strategies in Latin America
• Philippe Bouquillion: The Links between Content Industries and Technical Infrastructures in the Case of Indian Audiovisual Platforms: What Stakes of Hegemony?
• Christine Ithurbide: Digital Platforms Weaving into Local Craft Industry: Learnings from Assam, India

17h15- 17h30  Concluding remarks

Participation

In situ ou par Zoom