The HIVI project (supported by the Luxembourg National Research Fund, C20/SC/14758148) is coming to an end after three exciting years. Its final conference on the history of online virality will take place from 18 to 20 November 2024 at the Black Box (Maison des Sciences humaines). The theme for the conference is: Past, present and future of online vitality. Thanks to our international speakers, we will discuss various topics, including among others the methods and archives historians may use to understand virality, the roots of viral marketing, historical images that have gone viral, popular memes, virality on Mastodon and the future of virality in the age of AI.
Programme
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14.30
Welcome and opening
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15.00
Design and Manipulation: a History of Persuasive Computing
Romain Badouard (Carism, Panthéon-Sorbonne University) -
15.45
Roundtable
Chair: Benjamin Thierry (Sorbonne University)with:
Romain Badouard (Carism, Panthéon-Sorbonne University)
Julia Göke (C²DH, University of Luxembourg)
Carmen Noguera (C²DH, University of Luxembourg)
Iris Pupella-Noguès (Sorbonne University) -
17.00
Break
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17.30
Complementary Interreg event (in French)
Public presentation and discussion on Media & Hate Speech with Samuel Vernet (Aix-Marseille Université) and Laurent Duraisin (rédacteur en chef de Le Quotidien), within the Cycle de rencontres sur l’influence des médias et la désinformation (GRACE project), co-organised with Céline Ségur et Laurence Corroy (CREM, Université de Lorraine).
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19.30
Dinner
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10.00
Beyond Virality: The Triumph of “Niche” Content on Algorithmically Ordered Platforms
Idil Galip (University of Amsterdam) -
10.45
Break
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11.00
Roundtable
Chair: Alina Volynskaya (C²DH, University of Luxembourg)with:
Stéphane Bortzmeyer (Afnic)
Marie Flesch (CNRS-Université Paris Cité)
Idil Galip (University of Amsterdam)
Francesca Musiani (CIS, CNRS) -
12.15
Lunch
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14.00
Hands-on Virality, Participatory Workshop: Decode a Meme
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15.30
Break
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16.00
Roundtable Methods and Archives
Chair: Florentina Armaselu (C²DH, University of Luxembourg)with:
Ben Els (Bibliothèque nationale du Luxembourg)
Alexandre Faye (Bibliothèque nationale de France)
Quentin Lobbé (School for Advanced Studies in Social Scienes – CAMS/CNRS, EHESS)
Fred Pailler (C²DH, University of Luxembourg) -
17.15
Break
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17.30
Feedback on the hands-on activity
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19.00
Dinner
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10.00
Memes as Speculative Tools for a Future we Would Want
Chloë Arkenbout (Institute of Network Cultures, Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences) -
10.45
Break
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11.00
Roundtable
Chair: Sofia Papastamkou (C²DH, University of Luxembourg)with:
Chloë Arkenbout (Institute of Network Cultures, Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences)
Frédéric Clavert (C²DH, University of Luxembourg)
Gabriele Marino (University of Turin)
Albin Wagener (Université Catholique de Lille)
Attendance is free and open without registration.