Manfred Mohr, “P-055, Random Circuit”, 1970, Tusche auf Papier, Plotterzeichnung, 80 x 105 cm, ZKM | Zentrum für Kunst und Medien Karlsruhe. / © Manfred Mohr ; Foto © ZKM | Zentrum für Kunst und Medien Karlsruhe, Foto: Franz J. Wamhof.

Digital sovereignty has become a central theme of German and European digital policy over the past decade. Digital sovereignty primarily means dominance in global technological competition, cybersecurity, and digital education. A series of shocks, such as the Snowden revelations and the fake news debate, have anchored the term in public discourse, which has been further reinforced by the effects of social media on voting behavior, the extraction of data in platform capitalism, and the environmental impact of data centers. The response to these destructive forces has led to two concepts of sovereignty: one that emphasizes the integrity of the nation-state and the regulation of corporations, and one that emphasizes the agency of individuals and social groups. Sovereignty can take very different forms here: the collective practices of indigenous cultures are a different form of sovereign agency than that of libertarianism, while artistic practices in turn reveal entirely different, namely aesthetic, forms of sovereignty. The aim of the workshop “Forms of Digital Sovereignty” is to discuss various practices, forms, concepts, and related terms such as autonomy and self-determination in an interdisciplinary manner at the intersection of art and science.

Program

09.00 – 09.15 h
Dr. Johannes Bennke, Prof. Dr. Claus Pias
Welcome

1. Part: The Art of Digital Sovereignty

09.15 – 10.45 h
Dr. Johannes Bennke
Die Kunst digitaler Souveränität

10.45 – 11.15 h
Coffee break

2. Part: Artistic and Media Forms of Digital Sovereignty

11.15 – 12.00 h
Dr. Sarah Kordecki (Film University Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF)
Künstlerische Forschung und digitale Souveränität: Von der kollaborativen Suche nach offenen Formen

12.00 – 12.45 h
Dr. Ohad Ufaz (Oranim Academic College, Zoom)
Edut (Testimony) 710’s Ethics of Co-Creation

12.45 – 14.00 h
Lunch

14.00 – 14.45 h
Dr. Benedetta Milani (Leuphana University Lüneburg)
Ästhetische Technologien und digitale Souveränität: Künstlerische Praktiken als Widerstand gegen den Apparat

14.45 – 15.30 h
Dr. Alessandro de Cesaris (University of Fribourg)
Entworfen und unterworfen. Der User als Form digitaler Subjektivität

15.30 – 16.00 h
Coffee break

16.00 – 16.45 h
Dr. Irina Kalinka (Columbia University, Zoom)
How Big Tech Shapes Popular Sovereignty

16.45 – 17.30 h
PD Dr. Gerko Egert (Ruhr University Bochum)
Die Räume digitaler Souveränität: Daten, Territorien, Tiefe

17.30 – 17.45 h
Coffee break

17.45 – 18.30 h
Evgeny Kalachikhin (Film University Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF)
Kontextualisierung als Form digitaler Souveränität: Vom statischen Archiv zum aktiven Medium

3. Part: Further workshop planning

18.30 – 19.00 h
Open discussion & further planning

Departure/dinner

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Organized by Dr. Johannes Bennke (Media Lab for Digital Sovereignty, Film University Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF) and Prof. Dr. Claus Pias (Leuphana University Lüneburg) in cooperation with ZeM – Brandenburg Centre for Media Studies.

An event as part of the ZeM’s annual focus “Platformatizations”.