What does sovereignty mean in the age of AI, cloud infrastructure, and digital platforms? How are digital technologies reshaping territory, geopolitics, and state power?

In this webinar, recorded as part of Alameda’s After Order Working Paper Series, sociologist and scholar of digital politics Paolo Gerbaudo presents his working paper, Clouds and Territories: Rethinking the Relationship Between Space and Power in the Digital Era.

The paper challenges the idea that the digital world exists beyond territorial boundaries, arguing instead that cloud infrastructure, AI systems, and digital platforms have become central to geopolitical competition, digital sovereignty, and contemporary forms of state power.

Following the presentation, Paolo Gerbaudo is joined by Paris Marx — Canadian tech critic, host of the award-winning Tech Won’t Save Us podcast, and author of Road to Nowhere and the forthcoming Hyperscale — for a discussion on the politics of technology. The session is chaired by Anna de Mello, Alameda’s After Order Project Coordinator.