Nouvel appel à communication pour un panel intitulé “Digitized money across the global North and South: Everyday Financialization, Cashless Futures, Data Extraction” qui se tiendra lors de la conférence 4S en octobre prochain à Toronto.
We invite your submissions to an Open Panel dedicated to “Digitized money across the global North and South: Everyday Financialization, Cashless Futures, Data Extraction” at the Society for Social Studies of Science (4S) annual meeting which will be held in Toronto, October 7-10, 2026 (https://www.4sonline.org/
The digitization of money has been going on over the last decades, leading to a mesh of digital money-related infrastructures, devices and practices: digital currencies, wallets, mobile banking services, fintech startups, payment devices, digital credits services, etc. The resulting sociotechnical assemblage has deeply renewed the ways in which money is accessed and used.
This panel aims at bringing together studies on digital forms of money. We welcome empirical and theoretical investigations of the digitization of money, including perspectives from sociology, political economy, anthropology, or market studies.
We particularly – though not exclusively – invite contributions on the following topics.
First, digital forms of money come with renewed practices when accessing, storing, circulating or earmarking money. Digital credit, basic banking services, Buy now, pay later (BNPL) platforms, mobile payment, etc. are becoming part of the daily financial repertoire of users, with contrasted effects in the Global North and the Global South. How do they change ordinary practices of money? To what extent do they contribute to a financialization of everyday life?
Second, the contested advent of a cashless society has been the subject of numerous challenges and risks: political and socio-economic consequences, restriction on access to money and credit, regulation of payments by private actors. How are digital forms of money governed and regulated? How are issues of fraud, trust and sovereignty considered? What are their effects on socio-economic inequalities and vulnerable social groups ?
Third, digital money generates new transaction data held by a complexified set of players across the mobile and payment industries, the fintech domain, and the credit sector. The content of this data, its circulation, its place in the revenue models, and its effects on individuals are unexplored. How is data really used and valuated by the fintech industry? What are the consequences on individuals?
Convenors:
– Thomas Beauvisage, Orange Research
– Hélène Ducourant, Université Gustave Eiffel
– Marie Langevin, Université du Québec à Montréal
The deadline for submitting proposals is April 30, 2026.
Open panel link: https://www.4sonline.org/
Submission link: https://www.xcdsystem.com/
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manonberriche (14 mars 2026). Appel à communication – 4S – Digitized money across the global North and South. Sociologie de la Consommation et du Numérique. Consulté le 18 mai 2026 à l’adresse https://doi.org/10.58079/15vhj