Social History of Computing and the Internet
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Teaching
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Faculty Faculty of Humanities Domain Interdisciplinary Code UE-L26.00211 Languages English Type of lesson Lecture
Level Master Semester AS-2025 Schedules and rooms
Summary schedule Thursday 15:15 - 17:00, Hebdomadaire, PER 21, Room C130 (Autumn semester)
Teaching
Documents
Bibliography A complete bibliography will be distributed at the beginning of the course.
Abbate, Janet. 1999. Inventing the Internet, Inside technology. Cambridge, Mass: MIT Press.
Akrich, Madeleine. 1994. "Comment sortir de la dichotomie technique/société. Présentation des diverses sociologies de la technique." In De la préhistoire aux missiles balistiques: l'intelligence sociale des techniques, edited by Bruno Latour and Pierre Lemonnier, 105-131. Paris: La Découverte.
Bowker, Geoffrey C., and Susan Leigh Star. 1999. Sorting things out : classification and its consequences, Inside technology. Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press.
Ceruzzi, Paul E. 2012. Computing: A Concise History. The MIT Press.
Edwards, Paul N. 1996. The closed world: computers and the politics of discourse in Cold War America, Inside technology. Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press.
Mullaney, Thomas S., Benjamin Peters, Mar Hicks, and Kavita Philip. 2021. Your computer is on fire. Cambridge, Massachusetts ; London England: The MIT Press.
Winner, Langdon. 1980. "Do Artifacts Have Politics?" Daedalus 109 (1):121-136.
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Dates and rooms
Date Hour Type of lesson Place 18.09.2025 15:15 - 17:00 Cours PER 21, Room C130 25.09.2025 15:15 - 17:00 Cours PER 21, Room C130 02.10.2025 15:15 - 17:00 Cours PER 21, Room C130 09.10.2025 15:15 - 17:00 Cours PER 21, Room C130 16.10.2025 15:15 - 17:00 Cours PER 21, Room C130 23.10.2025 15:15 - 17:00 Cours PER 21, Room C130 30.10.2025 15:15 - 17:00 Cours PER 21, Room C130 06.11.2025 15:15 - 17:00 Cours PER 21, Room C130 13.11.2025 15:15 - 17:00 Cours PER 21, Room C130 20.11.2025 15:15 - 17:00 Cours PER 21, Room C130 27.11.2025 15:15 - 17:00 Cours PER 21, Room C130 04.12.2025 15:15 - 17:00 Cours PER 21, Room C130 11.12.2025 15:15 - 17:00 Cours PER 21, Room C130 18.12.2025 15:15 - 17:00 Cours PER 21, Room C130 -
Assessments methods
Written exam - AS-2025, Session d'hiver 2026
Assessments methods By rating Written exam - SS-2026, Session d'été 2026
Assessments methods By rating Written exam - SS-2026, Autumn Session 2026
Assessments methods By rating Written exam - AS-2026, Session d'hiver 2027
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Assignment
Valid for the following curricula: Culture, Politics and Religion in Pluralist Societies 90 [MA]
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Option > Option Dynamiques sociales et culturelles > SOCIO 3 InterdisciplinaireOption > Option Dynamiques sociales et culturelles > SOCIO 4 InterdisciplinaireOption > Option (Dés)ordres politiques et normatifs > ANTHRO 3 Interdisciplinaire
Culture, Politics and Religion in Pluralist Societies 90 [MA]
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Options > Social and Cultural Dynamics > SOCIO 3 InterdisziplinärOptions > Social and Cultural Dynamics > SOCIO 4 InterdisziplinärOptions > Social Anthropology, Politics, Technology > ANTHRO 3 Interdisziplinär
Culture, Politics and Religion in Pluralist Societies 90 [MA]
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Options > Social and Cultural Dynamics > SOCIO 4 InterdisciplinaireOptions > Social and Cultural Dynamics > SOCIO 3 InterdisciplinaireOptions > Political and Normative (Dis)order > ANTHRO 3 Interdisciplinaire
Digital Society 30 [MA]
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DSS 1 - Interdisciplinary perspectives on digital transformation of society
Digital Society 90 [MA]
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DSS 1 - Interdisciplinary perspectives on digital transformation of society
German 120
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Soft Skills
Italian 120
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M8P Softskills