Workshop: Digital Inequalities

Interner Workshop der Forschungsgruppe zu den Digital Inequalities am ZZF, Abteilung III: Medien- und Informationsgesellschaft 
Organisation: Michael Homberg
 

Monday, July 7, 2025 

12 pm – 1 pm: 
Welcome Reception | Snacks 

1 pm – 1.15 pm: 
New Approaches Towards the History of the Digital Society – Retrospectives and Outlooks, 2023-25 (Michael Homberg, ZZF) 

1.15 pm – 2 pm: 
Plenary Discussion: „Inequality as an Analytical Lens to Write a History of the Digital Age?“ – Milestones and Turning Points 
2 pm – 2.15 pm: Coffee Break

2.15 pm – 3.45 pm:
Dimensions of Inequality (I) 

• A Class of Experts? Dimensions of Inequality in Computer Work (Johannes Kleinmann, ZZF)
• Education for the Digital Society. Computer Equipment Initiatives, Curriculum Reforms and Teacher Training in Baden-Württemberg in the 1980s (Tim Schinschick, GEI) 

3.45 pm – 4 pm: Coffee Break 

4 pm – 5.30 pm: 
Dimensions of Inequality (II) 

• „Women, let's get into Technology!“ Addressing Gendered Inequalities in the Digital World from the 1970s to the 1990s (Nina Neuscheler, ZZF)
• Surveilling Mobility: Computing, Migration, and Control (Lennart V. Schmidt, ZZF) 

6 pm – 8 pm: Workshop Dinner 

Tuesday, July 8, 2025 

9.30 am – 11 am: 
Keynote Speeches – Summer Fellows 2025: 

• People, Planning, and Power in the Cybernetics Era: Exhibiting Computer History (Eden Medina, MIT)
• New Viewpoints: Researching Digital Inequalities from a Global History Perspective (Christiane Berth, Graz)
• Writing History in the Digital Age: Digital-Born Data and Inequalities (Moritz Feichtinger, Basel) 

11 am – 11.15 am: Coffee Break 

11.15 am – 12 pm: 
Wrap-Up – Planning the Final Conference 

12 pm: Lunch | Farewell