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Weekly column on contemporary history ("L'histoire du temps présent") in Luxembourg newspaper Tageblatt, here on President Hollandes plan to take away French citizenship from dual nationals convicted of terrorism

Die folgende Analyse geht auf die Wirkung von der Gegenwartsdichtung ein, die als Teil eines Kommunikationsprozesses gesehen wird, der zwischen der russischen Opposition, die der Dichter Dmitrij Bykov verkörpert, und dem Regime, das Wladimir Putin repräsentiert, in den Medien stattfindet.

This article, focusing on France, explores the notion of a “Web of professionals” and seeks to establish its factual, epistemological, and methodological implications for the history of the World Wide Web in the 1990s. This research reflects on the promises of the New Economy and the roles of the various controversies, cultures, imaginaries, and forms of mediation affecting the business world in its appropriation of the Web.

The material, practical, theoretical elements of Web archiving as an ensemble of practices and a terrain of inquiry are inextricably entwined. Thus, its processes and infrastructures – often discreet and invisible – are increasingly relevant. Approaches inspired by Science and Technology Studies (STS) can contribute to shed light on the shaping of Web archives.