Clovis Bergère
Biographic Data
| ID | 98674 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Clovis Bergère |
| GIVEN NAMES | Clovis |
| FAMILY NAME | Bergère |
| SIGNATURE | BERGÈRE C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Northwestern University in Qatar |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Youth as digital infrastructure
The first ever recorded government-ordered internet shutdown took place during the general strike of 2007 in Guinea. In response to the massive strike, which brought the country to a standstill for nearly 50 days, the government of then president General Lansana Condé requested that the four Internet Service Providers operating in the country stop all services with immediate effect. That Guinea was afforded this special place in the global histor…
From interAsian to transAsian digitalities
This introductory paper to a special issue on InterAsian digitalities proposes the term TransAsian digitalities as an epistemology and a methodology to research digital life outside of a Western frame, in parts of the world where the fraught relationship between human beings and technological devices and platforms is vibrant and understudied. The introduction retraces the origin of TransAsian digitalities which is part of a broader set of researc…
From Dazzle to Diesel
The rise of Turkish television drama series-or dizi as they are known in Turkey-is one of the most notable media phenomena of the past decade in francophone West Africa, particularly Guinea. This is taking place at a time when Turkey has significantly ramped up its economic, political, and cultural investments in Africa, with countries such as Guinea, rich in natural resources and with geostrategic sea access, rapidly emerging as new targets for …
Childhood, Youth, and Identity
This roundtable session initially took place as part of the international conference “Childhood, Youth, and Identity in South Asia,” organized by the Department of History, Shiv Nadar University, Greater Noida, and the Centre for Publishing, Ambedkar University Delhi, India, on January 6–7, 2020
From Street Corners to Social Media
This study explores social media platforms, Facebook and Twitter in particular, as emergent sites of youth citizenship in Guinea. These need to be understood within a longer history of youth citizenship, one that includes street corners and other informal mediations of youth politics. This counters dominant discourses both within the Guinean public sphere and in academic research that decry Guinean social media practices as lacking, or Guinean yo…
From Street Corners to Social Media
This study explores social media platforms, Facebook and Twitter in particular, as emergent sites of youth citizenship in Guinea. These need to be understood within a longer history of youth citizenship, one that includes street corners and other informal mediations of youth politics. This counters dominant discourses both within the Guinean public sphere and in academic research that decry Guinean social media practices as lacking, or Guinean yo…
From Street Corners to Social Media
This study explores social media platforms, Facebook and Twitter in particular, as emergent sites of youth citizenship in Guinea. These need to be understood within a longer history of youth citizenship, one that includes street corners and other informal mediations of youth politics. This counters dominant discourses both within the Guinean public sphere and in academic research that decry Guinean social media practices as lacking, or Guinean yo…
Childhood, Youth, and Identity
This roundtable session initially took place as part of the international conference “Childhood, Youth, and Identity in South Asia,” organized by the Department of History, Shiv Nadar University, Greater Noida, and the Centre for Publishing, Ambedkar University Delhi, India, on January 6–7, 2020
From Dazzle to Diesel
The rise of Turkish television drama series-or dizi as they are known in Turkey-is one of the most notable media phenomena of the past decade in francophone West Africa, particularly Guinea. This is taking place at a time when Turkey has significantly ramped up its economic, political, and cultural investments in Africa, with countries such as Guinea, rich in natural resources and with geostrategic sea access, rapidly emerging as new targets for …
From interAsian to transAsian digitalities
This introductory paper to a special issue on InterAsian digitalities proposes the term TransAsian digitalities as an epistemology and a methodology to research digital life outside of a Western frame, in parts of the world where the fraught relationship between human beings and technological devices and platforms is vibrant and understudied. The introduction retraces the origin of TransAsian digitalities which is part of a broader set of researc…
Youth as digital infrastructure
The first ever recorded government-ordered internet shutdown took place during the general strike of 2007 in Guinea. In response to the massive strike, which brought the country to a standstill for nearly 50 days, the government of then president General Lansana Condé requested that the four Internet Service Providers operating in the country stop all services with immediate effect. That Guinea was afforded this special place in the global histor…
Political science (3 works) · Anthropological Studies and Insights (2 works) · Ethnology (2 works) · History (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Media studies (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Advertising (1 work) · African studies and sociopolitical issues (1 work) · Archaeology (1 work)