Redirecting technology towards sustainability-oriented futures

The Center for Interdisciplinary Research on Time, Technology, and Capitalism (CIRTTC) and the Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies in Society and Culture (CISSC) working group "Algorithmic Technology and Society" (AT&S) are inviting you to a participatory research workshop with Martin Deron.

Martin Deron, AT&S working group coordinator and INDI doctoral student, will present his recent article featured at the Computing Within Limits 2025 conference.

In light of their significant and growing environmental harms, digital technologies will need to be radically redirected to align with sustainability-oriented futures. Although the role of digital technologies in such futures may differ from current dynamics, they are unlikely to be entirely disconnected from the present. Instead, the transition involves complex dynamics of continuity, adaptation and rupture.

Drawing from recent work in transitions studies, the commons (particularly “negative commons"), as well as some of the TechOtherwise literature, Martin has developed a conceptual framework for navigating this redirection. The framework attempts to bring together the disentanglement from sociotechnical elements incompatible with long-term sustainability and the support of existing practices that may serve as foundations for alternative technological paths.

During this session, we will have the opportunity to discuss the framework and engage more concretely with the tensions, legacies, and opportunities involved in redirecting technology towards more sustainable and equitable futures.

Registration is free; please confirm your interest to help us plan accordingly: the.cirttc@gmail.com.