A Primer on Distributed Architectures What is meant by distributed network architecture? Trivially it is called peer-to-peer. From a technical standpoint, it evokes an organization made of multiple calculation units, resources sharing, the absence of unique point, flexibility… in short,…
Pierre-André Juven winner of the 2015 Le Monde Prize for University Research in Humanities and Social sciences
Minor in Public Affairs and Innovation
Les Équilibristes. Une ethnographie du conseil en management, a book by Alaric Bourgoin
The Passion for Music: A Sociology of Mediation, a book by Antoine Hennion
Nains sans géants. Architecture décentralisée et services Internet, a book by Francesca Musiani
Dwarfs without Giants – Decentralized architecture and Internet services Decentralization is central in the genesis of the Internet, its primary objective was to make heterogeneous and distant machines communicate without going through a unique point. Today, concentration dominates around macro-actors,…
Concerned Markets Economic Ordering for Multiple Values, a book edited by Susi Geiger, Debbie Harrison, Hans Kjellberg and Alexandre Mallard
When political, social, technological and economic interests, values, and perspectives interact, market order and performance become contentious issues of debate. Such ‘hot’ situations are becoming increasingly common and make for rich sites of research. With expert empirical contributions investigating the…