Workshop « The digitisation of the world »

Perspectives on the digitisation of the world. Lectures and round table discussion. Auditorium. 16 January 2026, from 11AM to 4PM. In French only.

The ‘digitalisation’ of the world is underway, driven by the ubiquitous presence of connected objects and applications at all levels of everyday life. As a result, human behaviour has evolved at a rapid pace. ‘Digital transition’, “digitalisation”, ‘digitisation’: the terminology used to describe these phenomena is as vague as it is ideological. These expressions favour a contemporary view of practices that are in fact long-standing. Talking about revolution or transition overlooks the existence of processes that have been unfolding over a long period of time.
In anticipation of its temporary exhibition Le futur, c’est quoi?, the MEG welcomes the journal Techniques & Culture, which is dedicating its latest issue to the subject.
Speakers: Flavia Carraro, Lecturer and Researcher, Lisst-Cas, University of Toulouse; Jean-Michel Geneste, honorary heritage curator, UMR PACEA –Bordeaux University ; Frédéric Joulian, Senior Lecturer, EHESS, Aix-Marseille University.
Places are limited, and reservations must be made by e-mail to biblio.meg@ville-ge.ch, stating your full name, telephone number and the number of people accompanying you.
Program:
11:00 a.m. Welcome / Damien Kunik, MEG
11:15 a.m. Presentation of the issue “The Digitization of the World,” Techniques & Culture No. 80 / Flavia Carraro, lecturer-researcher, Lisst-Cas, University of Toulouse, and Frédéric Joulian, senior lecturer, EHESS, Aix-Marseille University
11:30 a.m. Chauvet squared – from analog prehistory to digital prehistory / Jean-Michel Geneste, honorary curator, UMR PACEA – University of Bordeaux
12:30-1:45pm Lunch break
1:45pm The very ancient future of code: technical imaginaries, textile languages, weaving manipulations / Flavia Carraro, lecturer-researcher at Lisst-Cas, University of Toulouse
2:30pm Back to the future: body, artifact, and memory / Frédéric Joulian, senior lecturer at EHESS, Aix-Marseille University
3:00 p.m. From digitization to divination, and some of the limits of anthropology / Damien Kunik, MEG
3:15 p.m. Round table in memory of Nicolas Nova / Flavia Carraro, Jean-Michel Geneste, Frédéric Joulian, Damien Kunik
4:00 p.m. End