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
Leibniz-Centre for Contemporary History Potsdam
Am Neuen Markt 1, 14467 Potsdam
Visitor Entrance: Schwertfegerstraße 8,
Tagungsraum: „Open Space“
Kontakt:
Priv.-Doz. Dr. Michael Homberg
homberg [at] zzf-potsdam [dot] de