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Demonstration Dynamics at a High-Tech Event. Exploring a High-Stakes Spot of the Demonstration Society

Author(s): Rosental, Claude

Abstract

This paper analyzes the activities and interactions that took place during a hightech summit held in Jerusalem in 2020, based on ethnographical observations carried out on site. It shows how this high-tech event led to a massive production of public demonstrations – including public demonstrations of technology or “demos” – which served various aims. It unveils some of the material, organizational and cognitive aspects of this demonstrative festival. This study illustrates the ways in which demos and a techno-rhetoric may help support technological promises, contribute to the marketing of technologies, and contribute to economic life. It shows how demos can offer a solutionist view of the world – especially technological solutions – brought to problems made public on demonstrative sites. Thereby, it explores one important component of the demonstration society, related to the very large set of high-tech conferences and fairs organized around the world every year.

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Rosental, Claude: Demonstration Dynamics at a High-Tech Event. Exploring a High-Stakes Spot of the Demonstration Society. In: Navigationen - Zeitschrift für Medien- und Kulturwissenschaften, Jg. 23 (2023), Nr. 1, S. 18-31. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.25969/mediarep/20071.
@ARTICLE{Rosental2023,
 author = {Rosental, Claude},
 title = {Demonstration Dynamics at a High-Tech Event. Exploring a High-Stakes Spot of the Demonstration Society},
 year = 2023,
 doi = "\url{http://dx.doi.org/10.25969/mediarep/20071}",
 volume = 23,
 address = {Siegen},
 journal = {Navigationen - Zeitschrift für Medien- und Kulturwissenschaften},
 number = 1,
 pages = {18--31},
}
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