Digital Culture & Society (DCS)

A praxeological, interdisciplinary reconfiguration of the concept of »domestication« against the backdrop of data-driven media technologies.

Modern mundane life is brimming with a variety of data-driven technologies that are supposed to augment the practices they are involved in. As humans bring these technologies into their lives in a process of domestication, they tame them and are simultaneously influenced by their presence. In combining domestication research and an empirical analysis of current, digital, and interconnected media, this issue examines the process of taming with an emphasis on practices. The contributions in this issue explore the use of digitally connected media such as vacuum robots, smart speakers, drones, and kitchen appliances with reference to the domestication paradigm from interdisciplinary perspectives including media studies, sociology, anthropology, and human-computer interaction.

Auteur
David Waldecker (Dr. phil.) ist Soziologe und wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter am Sonderforschungsbereich 1187 »Medien der Kooperation« an der Universität Siegen. Seine Forschungsschwerpunkte sind Medien- und Techniksoziologie (insbesondere auditiver und digital vernetzter Medien), Musik- und Kultursoziologie, Methoden qualitativer Sozialforschung und Sozialtheorie, insbesondere Kritische Theorie.