Dear all,
We’re happy to announce the call for participation for the upcoming Winter School“Walking through the Platform: A Winter School on Method, Imagination, and Praxis”, which will take place in Naples, Italy, from November 26th to 28th, 2025. Organized by the early scholars Game of Tech collective, and held in collaboration with the University of Naples Federico II and the Department of Social Sciences, the Winter School invites early-career researchers and doctoral students to reflect critically and creatively on digital platforms as technopolitical environments. We aim to move beyond traditional binaries, such as natural/artificial, human/machine, compliance/resistance, and to explore platforms as ambivalent and affective terrains. This space of inquiry will combine methodological exploration, collective discussion, and artistic experimentation. The three-day program will include keynote lectures, workshops, and collaborative sessions designed to foster an open, experimental, and situated research environment. We invite PhD students, early-career researchers, artists, and independent scholars who are curious to explore: ▪ New ways of studying platform logics from the inside out ▪ Tactics of self-visibility and algorithmic resistance ▪ Critical and experimental applications of the walkthrough method ▪ Situated and post-disciplinary approaches to digital inquiry ▪ Artistic, speculative, and collaborative methodologies
The school will combine:
▪ Morning seminars with scholars and artists ▪ Afternoon workshops and platform walkthroughs ▪ Collective moments of methodological reflection ▪ Performative and artistic re-enactments ▪ Informal dialogues and co-theorization You can find the full call and application details on our website: www.gameoftech.eu <https://www.gameoftech.eu/> Deadline for applications: September 15th Please feel free to circulate the call among colleagues and relevant networks. We look forward to welcoming you to Naples! Warm regards, Brigida Orria (on behalf of the Game of Tech collective)
Brigida Orria Post-doc research fellow University of Naples Federico II PhD Economic sociology