Digital heritage and sovereignty

Archiving, backing up, mastering one’s tools and data. Texts and productions on digital memory and technological autonomy, for individuals as for cultural institutions.

This domain to print (PDF)

The stories 2 publications

“Artistic creation and digital heritage”: conference by Benoît Labourdette

Audio recording of the conference “Artistic creation and digital heritage”.

Giving talks and conferences 28 April 2022

Bibliothèque Forney (Paris) on Thursday, April 28, 2022 from 7:30 pm to 9 pm. Free admission.

« Ma Grande Guerre, regard d’enfant » - C’est mon patrimoine - Musée de la Grande Guerre de Meaux

Cinq contre la guerre

Projets numériques participatifs 29 juillet 2021

Réinvestir son lien à l’Histoire par la réalisation de films d’animation. Ateliers pour enfants au Musée (…)

Our resources 18 publications

Taking back control of our data

Taking back control of our data

Digital Heritage and Sovereignty 4 February 2026

A cultural path, not just a technical and legal one.

Sovereign Digital, a Micropolitical Choice

Sovereign Digital, a Micropolitical Choice

Digital Heritage and Sovereignty 31 January 2026

Escaping the Hegemonic Imaginary of Digital Tools.

Will Heritage Still Be Part of Our Lives in 2045?

Will Heritage Still Be Part of Our Lives in 2045?

Cultural rights 8 January 2026

Digitising collections is not enough: the challenge is to enable their appropriation by citizens.

Digital sovereignty, a democratic emergency

Digital sovereignty, a democratic emergency

Digital Heritage and Sovereignty 12 November 2025

When our public institutions jeopardize our collective autonomy.

Sovereignty or Security?

Sovereignty or Security?

Digital Heritage and Sovereignty 20 October 2025

Digital responsibility put to the test of reality.

Reflection on the Evolution of Audiovisual Media in Libraries

Reflection on the Evolution of Audiovisual Media in Libraries

Digital Heritage and Sovereignty 6 October 2025

For a citizen-driven heritage preservation of territorial audiovisual creations.

Conformism versus Sovereignty

Conformism versus Sovereignty

Digital Heritage and Sovereignty 26 September 2025

The comfort of digital dependence versus the requirement of data mastery.

For a Political Consciousness of Digital Technology

For a Political Consciousness of Digital Technology

Digital Heritage and Sovereignty 20 September 2025

When our technological choices shape tomorrow’s world.

“The flavor of data”: for a phenomenology of digital autonomy

“The flavor of data”: for a phenomenology of digital autonomy

Digital Heritage and Sovereignty 5 August 2025

Sentiment of dependency and digital sovereignty.

The Fantasy of Digital Ecology

The Fantasy of Digital Ecology

Digital Heritage and Sovereignty 29 July 2025

When individual guilt-shaming masks industrial predation.

Cultivating digital sovereignty

Cultivating digital sovereignty

Digital Heritage and Sovereignty 14 June 2025

For a democratic reclaiming of our digital spaces.

Digital politics

Digital politics

Digital Heritage and Sovereignty 11 June 2025

When clicking becomes voting: the hidden face of our technological choices.

Cultural rights and preservation of digital heritage

Cultural rights and preservation of digital heritage

Digital Heritage and Sovereignty 27 May 2025

Bernard Stiegler’s technical philosophy sheds political light.

Our fragile memory

Our fragile memory

Digital Heritage and Sovereignty 26 May 2025

For a digital archiving policy.

Liability and computer backup

Liability and computer backup

Digital Heritage and Sovereignty 5 May 2025

To stop turning our backs on our future.

Digital and rationality

Digital and rationality

Digital Heritage and Sovereignty 25 April 2025

For a non-phantasmic vision of digital technologies.

Podcast: “The living archive”

Podcast: “The living archive” (Benoît Labourdette, 44', 2023, french speaking).

Digital Heritage and Sovereignty 16 November 2023

Benoît Labourdette reflects on the challenges of digital archiving in the arts and culture (44’, 2023).

Digital is not immaterial

Digital is not immaterial

Digital Heritage and Sovereignty 25 March 2023

Elements of understanding.

Elsewhere on the site 1 publications

Creating web platforms, custom tools and films

Creating web platforms, custom tools and films

Working together 17 July 2026

Strategy, design and production of collaborative web platforms, custom professional tools, digital heritage strategies, commissioned films and documentaries.