Digital Transformation in Society and Culture

  • Teaching

    Details

    Faculty Faculty of Humanities
    Domain Interdisciplinary
    Code UE-L26.00213
    Languages English
    Type of lesson Lecture
    Level Master
    Semester AS-2025

    Schedules and rooms

    Summary schedule Tuesday 16:15 - 18:00, Hebdomadaire, PER 21, Room B130 (Autumn semester)

    Teaching

    Responsibles
    • Jobin Anna
    Teachers
    • Jobin Anna
    Description

    Designed in a lecture series format, this interdisciplinary introduction presents various issues and areas of research in digital society and culture. What are contemporary challenges in terms of changes in the economy, work, politics, culture, and society as a whole? Who are the major players and their roles, what are the stakes?

    The lecture series features contributors from Fribourg University and external experts.

    All lectures are free and open to anyone interested!

     

    Detailed programme:

     

    Tue, 16.09.25: Wikipedia explained: who builds it, why it matters

    Jenny Ebermann (Wikimedia CH)

    Please note: 16h15 general information; 17h00: opening lecture

     

    Tue, 23.09.25: How Tech-Hype Transforms Society

    Dr. Jascha Bareis (University of Fribourg)

     

    Tue, 30.09.25: Trustworthy Data Spaces in Switzerland

    Dr. Felix Gille (Swiss Federal Chancellery)

     

    Tue, 07.10.25: Social media: the endless sociotechnical reengineering of our connected lives

    Dr. Olivier Glassey (University of Lausanne)

     

    Tue, 14.10.25: Born-digital Data in Historical Research

    Dr. Rachel Huber (University of Bern)

     

    Tue, 21.10.25: Experiences and insights from the project “BIAS: mitigating AI bias in the labor market”

    Prof. Dr. Roger Søraa & Silvia Ecclesia (Norwegian University of Science and Technology)

     

    Week 7: no public lecture (check-in for enrolled students only)

     

    Tue, 04.11.25: Constructed and Crooked: The Moral Agency of Gen-AI

    Prof. Dr. Meg Jing Zeng (University of Zurich)

     

    Week 9: no public lecture (online session for enrolled students only)

     

    Tue, 18.11.25: Misogyny, feminist actors, and the online harassment of Imane Khelif, Paris 2024

    Dr. Madeleine Pape (University of Lausanne)

     

    Tue, 25.11.25: The Platformization of Payment

    Dr. Markus Unternährer (University of Lucerne)

     

    Tue, 02.12.25: From the Traditional Village to Virtual Togetherness: Rethinking Community in the Digital Age

    Dr. Diana Betzler (University of Fribourg)

     

    Tue, 09.12.25: Digital Friends, Therapists and Lovers: Discussing The Future of Human–Machine Relationships

    Dr. Marisa Tschopp (University of Fribourg)
    Softskills Yes
    Off field Yes
    BeNeFri Yes
    Mobility Yes
    UniPop Yes
    Auditor Yes

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  • Dates and rooms
    Date Hour Type of lesson Place
    16.09.2025 16:15 - 18:00 Cours PER 21, Room B130
    23.09.2025 16:15 - 18:00 Cours PER 21, Room B130
    30.09.2025 16:15 - 18:00 Cours PER 21, Room B130
    07.10.2025 16:15 - 18:00 Cours PER 21, Room B130
    14.10.2025 16:15 - 18:00 Cours PER 21, Room B130
    21.10.2025 16:15 - 18:00 Cours PER 21, Room B130
    28.10.2025 16:15 - 18:00 Cours PER 21, Room B130
    04.11.2025 16:15 - 18:00 Cours PER 21, Room B130
    11.11.2025 16:15 - 18:00 Cours PER 21, Room B130
    18.11.2025 16:15 - 18:00 Cours PER 21, Room B130
    25.11.2025 16:15 - 18:00 Cours PER 21, Room B130
    02.12.2025 16:15 - 18:00 Cours PER 21, Room B130
    09.12.2025 16:15 - 18:00 Cours PER 21, Room B130
    16.12.2025 16:15 - 18:00 Cours PER 21, Room B130
  • Assessments methods

    Written exam - Outside session

    Assessments methods By rating
  • Assignment
    Valid for the following curricula:
    Culture, Politics and Religion in Pluralist Societies 90 [MA]
    Version: SA18_MA_PA_bi_v01
    Option > Option (Dés)ordres politiques et normatifs > ANTHRO 3 Interdisciplinaire
    Option > Option Dynamiques sociales et culturelles > SOCIO 4 Interdisciplinaire
    Option > Option Dynamiques sociales et culturelles > SOCIO 3 Interdisciplinaire
    Culture, Politics and Religion in Pluralist Societies 90 [MA]
    Version: SA24_MA_PA_fr_de_bi_v01
    Options > Social Anthropology, Politics, Technology > ANTHRO 3 Interdisziplinär
    Options > Social and Cultural Dynamics > SOCIO 3 Interdisziplinär
    Options > Social and Cultural Dynamics > SOCIO 4 Interdisziplinär
    Culture, Politics and Religion in Pluralist Societies 90 [MA]
    Version: SA18_MA_PA_bi_v02
    Options > Social and Cultural Dynamics > SOCIO 4 Interdisciplinaire
    Options > Social and Cultural Dynamics > SOCIO 3 Interdisciplinaire
    Options > Political and Normative (Dis)order > ANTHRO 3 Interdisciplinaire
    Digital Society 30 [MA]
    Version: SA23_MA_P2_en_V01
    DSS 1 - Interdisciplinary perspectives on digital transformation of society
    Digital Society 90 [MA]
    Version: SA25_MA_PA_en_vo1
    DSS 1 - Interdisciplinary perspectives on digital transformation of society
    German 120
    Version: SA23_BA_de_v01
    Soft Skills
    German 120
    Version: SA16_BA_dt_V02
    Soft Skills
    Italian 120
    Version: SA22_BA_120_ital_v01
    M8P Softskills
    Musicology and History of Opera 120
    Version: SA20_BA_bi_v01
    BA 120 / Compétences transversales (CTC)
    Spanish 120
    Version: SA23_BA_esp_V01
    M7: Competencias transversales (CTC)