Dominique Vinck
Dominique Vinck is Professor of Science and Technology Studies at the University of Lausanne and a member of the STS Lab. His research interests concentrate on the sociology of science and innovation, and the engineering of digital cultures. He is the editor of Revue d’Anthropologie des Connaissances. His recent publications include: Humanités numériques : la culture face aux nouvelles technologies (Le Cavalier Bleu, 2016), Critical studies of innovation (Edward Elgar, 2017), Les métiers de l’ombre de la Fête des Vignerons (Antipodes, 2019), Staging Collaborative Design and Innovation (Edward Elgar, 2020), Handbook on Alternative Theories of Innovation (Edward Elgar, 2021), Faire sans, faire avec mois. Les nouveaux horizons de l’innovation (Presses des Mines, 2022), When children draw gods(Springer, 2023).
In his presentation, he talks about a festival… that’s only been held every 20 to 25 years… for three centuries. So, an old tradition. But, between each edition, the world changes: wars (Napoleonic or world wars), famines, epidemics (phyloxera, Covid-19…), industrialization, the rise of television, Hollywood peplums, the car, agricultural mechanization and chemical control…, then the return of biodiversity, daytime show now nighttime show… The narrative of the investigation begins with a tasting, in 2017, with a wine glass on which is written “Fête des Vignerons 2019”. He wonders what this glass says about the festival.
Speakers in Session 4: Subsistance: Making last, maintaining and slowing down