18 November 2024 to 20 November 2024
The HIVI project 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, Belval). The theme for the conference is: Past, present and future of online virality. 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.
Black Box, Maison des Sciences Humaines, Campus Belval
11, Porte des Sciences
L-4366 Esch-sur-Alzette
Attendance is free and open without registration.
Programme
18 November 2024: Past Virality
| 14.30 | Welcome and opening |
| 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) Valérie Schafer (C²DH, University of Luxembourg) |
| 17.00 | Break |
| 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) |
| 19.30 | Dinner at MyCaffé (for speakers) (https://mycaffe.lu) |
19 November 2024: Current Virality
| 10.00 | Beyond Virality: The Triumph of “Niche” Content on Algorithmically Ordered Platforms Idil Galip (University of Amsterdam) |
| 10.45 | Break |
| 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 |
| 14.00 | Hands-on Virality, Participatory Workshop: Decode a Meme |
| 15.30 | Break |
| 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 the Social Sciences – CAMS/CNRS, EHESS) Fred Pailler (C²DH, University of Luxembourg) |
| 17.15 | Break |
| 17.30 | Feedback on the hands-on activity |
| 19.00 | Dinner at Jay Nepal (for speakers) (https://jaynepal.lu) |
20 November 2024: Future Virality
| 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 |
| 11.00 | Roundtable Chair: Sofia Papastamkou (C²DH, University of Luxembourg) with Chloë Arkenbout (Institute of Network Cultures, Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences) Gabriele Marino (University of Turin) Albin Wagener (Université Catholique de Lille) |
| 12.15 | Closing remarks by Valérie Schafer and lunch |