The ZeM would like to take its annual focus on “Platformatizations” as an opportunity to discuss relevant texts on the topic. On three dates in the summer semester, different theoretical and conceptual foundations and approaches will be explored. A continuation is planned for the winter semester, which will also focus on historical perspectives and comparisons. Everyone interested is cordially invited to participate.

We will open the colloquium on Friday, May 9, 14:00-16:00 with the following reading:

• Jan Distelmeyer: Critique of Digitality. Wiesbaden 2022, Chapter 2, “Interface and Leiten”, pp. 51-92.
  (Deutsche Fassung: Jan Distelmeyer: Kritik der Digitalität. Wiesbaden 2021, Kapitel 2, “Interface und Leiten”, S. 53-95.)

Planned for the following dates, each Friday, 14:00-16:00, are:

• 06.06.: Shoshana Zuboff: The Age of Surveillance Capitalism. The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power. London 2019, excerpts (tba).
• 04.07.: Jean-Christophe Plantin et al.: “Infrastructure studies meet platform studies in the age of Google and Facebook”. In: New Media & Society 20/1 (2018), pp. 293-310.

You can register for the event at and get access to the texts if required.

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