[Commlist] Digital Platforms in the Global South - offline and online Workshop

Digital Platforms in the Global South: Shaping a Critical Approach
June 28th and 29th 2021

Organized by Philippe Bouquillion (LabSIC, Paris 13), Christine 
Ithurbide (CNRS Passages) and Tristan Mattelart (Carism, Paris 2)

Venue: University of Paris 2, 92 rue d’Assas, 75006 Paris
Online via Zoom: 
https://u-paris2-fr.zoom.us/s/92437212545?pwd=N0J5d1dDSlBzNnZkMy9vaEh0d2hDQT09 
<https://u-paris2-fr.zoom.us/s/92437212545?pwd=N0J5d1dDSlBzNnZkMy9vaEh0d2hDQT09>
Secret code: 237831

Programme

1st 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

Registration: (carism /at/ u-paris2.fr) <mailto:(carism /at/ u-paris2.fr)>
Contact & Information : (philippe.bouquillion /at/ univ-paris13.fr) 
<mailto:(philippe.bouquillion /at/ univ-paris13.fr)>, 
(christine.ithurbide /at/ cnrs.fr) <mailto:(christine.ithurbide /at/ cnrs.fr)>, 
(tristan.mattelart /at/ u-paris2.fr) <mailto:(tristan.mattelart /at/ u-paris2.fr)>





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