[en] This special issue, which includes a translation of part of the conclusion of Serres’ thesis on the emergence of ARPANET (a work which is relatively unknown in the English-speaking community), two original articles and two interviews, is linked to the celebration of the 50th anniversary of the ARPANET and the desire to reconsider, 50 years on, the birth of this heterogeneous network that has left such a deep mark on the history of data networks. If we consider ARPANET as a first step towards the Internet, how did it determine – and how does it continue to determine – our current understanding of the Internet? What is left to explore and discover in ARPANET’s history? And if ARPANET is dead today, are its legacy and spirit still alive, and if so, in what way? While the few texts collected are of course not intended to provide all the answers, we hope that they will at least give food for thought.
Research center :
- Luxembourg Centre for Contemporary and Digital History (C2DH) > Contemporary European History (EHI)
Disciplines :
History
Editor :
Paloque-Bergès, Camille; CNAM > HT2S
Schafer, Valerie ; University of Luxembourg > Luxembourg Center for Contemporary and Digital History (C2DH)
External co-authors :
yes
Language :
English
Title :
Arpanet (1969-2019)
Publication date :
March 2019
Journal title :
Internet Histories: Digital Technology, Culture and Society
