Albert, Gleb J.
Workshop Program
Friday, 24 March 2017
10:00: Thomas Hengartner (Director, Collegium Helveticum): Welcome address
10:15: Gleb J. Albert, Julia Erdogan, Markku Reunanen:
Introduction
10:30: Jürgen Danyel, Zentrum für Zeithistorische Forschung Potsdam: Subcultures of the Digital Age. Mythbuilding, Selfunderstanding and Social Impact (Keynote)
11:15-11:45 – Coffee Break
The State of Research (11:45 – 13:15)
- Nick Montfort, Massachusetts Institute of Technology: Bringing the Home into the Computer
- Markku Reunanen, Aalto University: Demo and Cracker Studies: Who, What, Where and How?
- Canan Hastik, Technical University of Darmstadt: DEMOAGE. Towards Multidisciplinary Collaborative Digital Humanities Research
13:15-14:45 – Lunch
Subcultures Beyond the Cold-War Divide (14:45 – 15:45)
- Gleb J. Albert, University of Zurich/Zentrum Geschichte des Wissens: Freaks, Pirates and New Markets. The Cracking Scene and Software Piracy in Developing Economies (Late 1980s to Early 1990s)
- Julia Erdogan, Zentrum für Zeithistorische Forschung Potsdam: Divided Cultures? Hackers in East and West Germany
15:45-16:15 Coffee Break
Dial-Up Cultures: Online Sociability Before the Internet (16:15-18:15)
- Kevin Driscoll, University of Virginia: Who's Online? A Demography of Bulletin Board Systems in North America
- Matthias Röhr, Forschungsstelle für Zeitgeschichte in Hamburg: Between DBP and BBS. Modems, Bundespost and German Home Computer Subcultures
- Petri Saarikoski, University of Turku: Early History of BBS-Culture in Finland, 1982-2000
- Beatrice Tobler, Swiss Open-Air Museum Ballenberg: Mailbox Worlds. Looking Back at the Swiss Mailbox Scene of the 1990s
Film Screening “The 8-Bit Philosophy 2 – The Good and the Bad Guys” (2017, first showing) and Q&A with director Konstantin Stürz (19:00-20:30) - University of Zurich, Rämistrasse 71, Lecture theatre KOL-F-118 (Floor “F”)
20:30: Conference Dinner
Saturday, 25 March 2017
Peripheries? Computer Subcultures Beyond the “West” (10:00-11:30)
- Maria B. Garda, University of Łódź: Alternative Usage of Microcomputer Technology During the Decline of the People's Republic of Poland
- Theodore Lekkas & Aristotle Tympas [remote participant], National and Kapodistrian University of Athens: The Utopian Eighties of the Home Computer: Subcultural Communities Redefining Computing Technology. The Greek Experience
- Jaroslav Švelch, Charles University in Prague: Making Games Ordinary. Studying Hobby Computer Cultures and Computer Games of 1980s Czechoslovakia
11:30-12:00: Coffee Break
Subcultures, Technical Innovation and Computer Industries (12:00-13:30)
- Daniela Zetti, ETH Zurich: “A Sizeable, Technical Project’” 1978-80. Niklaus Wirth’s Lilith Workstation as a Tool for Software Engineering
- Patryk Wasiak, University of Wrocław: The Polish Amiga Scene: Computer Brand Community in Transitional Economy
- Ulf Sandqvist, Umeå University: The Game Industry and the Demoscene. A Short Review of the History, Archives and Research Methods from a Swedish Perspective
13:30-14:00: Lunch
Final Discussion (14:00-15:00)
- Monika Dommann, University of Zurich: Introductory Comment