[Air-L] Public Talk: Governance and the Digital Economy, Tim Jordan, April 25th Queen Mary Uni London

[Jordan, Tim]

Hi

In case it's of interest I'm giving a public talk on 'Governance and the Digital Economy, April 25th, 5-7pm, Queen Mary University London. Best Tim

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/a-public-talk-by-professor-tim-jordan-on-governance-and-the-digital-economy-tickets-869123701387

What the Talk is About

In exploring the impact of the digital economy on governance, this talk will delve into the prevailing dominance of neoliberalism and its integration of market principles into civil society, institutional government, and the economy. It will question whether the rise of the digital economy will challenge this dominance and introduce new forms of governance based on networking. Drawing on Foucault's concept of homo economicus, the discussion will examine how terms like biopower and governmentality will intersect with neoliberalism, prompting an analysis of the digital economy's role in reshaping governance structures.

Examining practices within the digital economy, such as targeted advertising and service platforms like Uber, will reveal the continuation of neoliberal forms alongside the emergence of alternative governance models. These models, characterized by networked subjectivities facilitated by peer-to-peer interactions and protocols, will redefine power dynamics and information dissemination.

The analysis will consider the fusion of hierarchical and heterarchical governance structures, emphasizing the importance of information as a structuring principle. Networking governance will be presented as a multifaceted approach, encompassing various forms of practice, subjectivities, and institutional arrangements.

This is a talk organised by Borderlines - An Interdisciplinary Research Collective committed to social justice, radical, experimental and innovative methodologies and interdisciplinary pedagogies and alternative conceptual paradigms. The group aims to bring together diverse scholars resisting strict definition of fields and disciplines but thriving through differences and alternative vantage points. Committed to decolonizing of praxis and the problematisation of the 'normative' through critical enquiry, it seeks to thwart the margins, peripheries, boundaries and notions of alterity, https://www.qmul.ac.uk/busman/research/research-centres/borderlines/


Tim Jordan
Director of UCL Arts and Sciences (UASc),
Professor of Digital Cultures,
University College London.

My pronouns are he/him.