Computer Networks Histories: Local, national and transnational perspectives

The Institute of Media and Journalism, the China Media Observatory at the Università della Svizzera italiana, the association History and Computing and infoclio.ch are thrilled to invite you to the International Conference Computer Networks Histories: Local, National and Transnational Perspectives to be held in Lugano, Switzerland on 14th -15th December 2017. Programme: 14th December 2017 USI - Univeristà della Svizzera italiana Room TBD 8:00 / 9:00 Registration / Introduction speech 9:00 / 10:00 Keynote Speaker - Hu Yong, University of Beijing 10:30 / 12:00 Panel 1 / Focus on China - Chair: Hu Yong, University of Bejing Allan Bahroun, Polytechnic University of Hong Kong Net(working) Across Languages: Configuration of Early Computer Systems in China Bo An, Yale University Infrastructure, Amateurism, and Radical Networking: FidoNet in China (1995-1998) Clément Renaud, École Polytechnique de Lausanne Grégory Bahde, Université Jean Monnet St Etienne From Davos to Beijing : the historical trajectory of the concept of sovereignty in Internet territories 12:00 / 13:00 Lunch 13:00 / 14:30 Panel 2 / The 1980s’ legacy - Chair: Enrico Natale, Infoclio.ch Camille Paloque-Berges, CNAM - Conservatoire national des arts et métiers Gerard Alberts, University of Amsterdam Beyond the protocol wars: 1980s user cultures in Dutch inter-net nodes Schafer Valérie, ISCC – Institut des Sciences de la Communication Benjamin Thierry, Université Paris Sorbonne The Internet and the Web as a “Super Minitel” Kevin Driscoll, University of Virginia Thou Shalt Love Thy BBS: A Framework for the Moderation of Online Communities 15:00 / 16:30 Panel 3 / European Histories - Chair: Antonio Carzaniga, USI Mato Brautovic, University of Dubrovnik Origins and development of Internet in Croatia: times of transition from communism to democracy and war for independence Félix Tréguer, ISCC - Institut des Sciences de la Communication Dominique Trudel, Université Du Quebec From Internet Access Provider to Political Advocacy: The History of the French Data Network Luciano Lenzini, Fabio Gadducci, Giuseppe Lettieri, University of Pisa On the Italian pioneering network projects: issues and challenges 15th December 2017 – USI - Università della Svizzera italiana Room TBD 9:00 / 10:00 Keynote Speaker - Benjamin Peters, University of Tulsa The Network and the Historian: Opportunities, Challenges, Surprises, Disobedience 10:30 / 12:00 Panel 4 / Infrastructures histories – Chair: Simone Natale, Loughborough U. Christian Henrich-Franke, University of Siegen Computer networks on copper cables Paolo Magaudda, University of Padova The rising of Tor and the history of a network “in the dark” Sebastian Gieβmann, University of Siegen Networking with/out computing? Remarks on the longue durée of networking practices 12:00 / 13:00 Lunch 13:00/14:30 Panel 5 / A taste of BRICS’ histories - Chair: Benjamin Peters, University of Tulsa Sophie Toupin, McGill University Hacking Apartheid Marcelo Savio de Carvalho, IBM Brazil Henrique Luiz Kukierman, Federal University of Rio The Dawn of the Internet in Brazil Manushi, Indian Institute of Mass Communication Towards Digital India: Internet in India 15:00 / 16:30 Panel 6 / Networking Memories - Chair: Marco Colombetti, USI Raúl Carnota, FCEN Argentina Lucas de Almeida Pereira, UNESP Brazil SHIALC: History and memory of computer science in Latin America Guido Koller, Swiss Federal Archives Of men and register. The foreigner’s central register in Switzerland – An early digital federal administrative network Benedetta Campanile, University of Bari Robert Fano, an italian computer scientist from Project Mac to Internet