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ArgumentaireLe d&#233;veloppement des TIC a &#233;t&#233; accompagn&#233;, ces vingt derni&#232;res ann&#233;es, par une opinion g&#233;n&#233;ralement tr&#232;s positive &#224; leur &#233;gard. En dehors du secteur &#233;conomique et professionnel, o&#249; elles sont devenues les outils indispensables du raccourcissement des d&#233;lais, de l&#8217;acc&#233;l&#233;ration des rythmes et de la g&#233;n&#233;ralisation de la simultan&#233;it&#233; dans un environnement de chronocomp&#233;titivit&#233; g&#233;n&#233;ralis&#233;e, les TIC ont rencontr&#233; un immense succ&#232;s dans le grand public. Elles permettent en effet de r&#233;pondre (en partie &#233;videmment) &#224; un d&#233;sir vieux comme l&#8217;humanit&#233;, celui d&#8217;ubiquit&#233;, et &#224; un fantasme vieux comme l&#8217;individu, celui du contact permanent avec les &#234;tres aim&#233;s. Ubiquit&#233;, imm&#233;diatet&#233; et permanence par-del&#224; le principe de r&#233;alit&#233; de ce monde qui s&#233;pare, &#233;loigne et isole : les TIC ont &#233;t&#233; des outils quasi magiques pour la g&#233;n&#233;ration qui les a d&#233;couverts.Ce nouveau monde d&#8217;interconnexion g&#233;n&#233;ralis&#233;e n&#8217;a toutefois de sens que si les interlocuteurs, au bout du fil et des ondes, r&#233;pondent : d&#8217;o&#249; l&#8217;injonction &#224; rester de plus en plus connect&#233;. Une connexion synonyme d&#8217;imm&#233;diatet&#233;, de s&#233;curit&#233;, d&#8217;ouverture et d&#8217;&#233;vasion, mais aussi d&#8217;informations non d&#233;sir&#233;es, d&#8217;appels intempestifs, de surcharge de travail, de confusion entre urgence et importance, de nouvelles d&#233;pendances et de contr&#244;les non autoris&#233;s. Ce rapport aux TIC est l&#8217;une des caract&#233;ristiques du contexte hypermoderne dans lequel nous vivons.Les hyperconnect&#233;s ont &#233;t&#233; les premiers &#224; faire l&#8217;exp&#233;rience des inconv&#233;nients induits par un usage intensif des TIC. Ils ont aussi &#233;t&#233; les premiers &#224; s&#8217;engager dans la voie d&#8217;une nouvelle pratique inattendue : la d&#233;connexion volontaire. De fa&#231;on testimoniale, des journ&#233;es sans &#233;crans, sans internet ou sans t&#233;l&#233;phone font annuellement &#233;v&#232;nement dans plusieurs pays occidentaux. Des h&#244;tels offrent d&#233;sormais des vacances sans WiFi et offrent l&#8217;impossibilit&#233; provisoire de connexion comme un avantage, voire un luxe &#224; s&#8217;offrir. Dans le monde de l&#8217;entreprise, de grandes compagnies bloquent les smartphones de leurs cadres pendant la nuit. Aux &#201;tats-Unis, certaines de ces compagnies offrent m&#234;me des s&#233;jours de &#171; sevrage &#187; des TIC &#224; leurs employ&#233;s.&#192; l&#8217;&#233;chelle de la famille, nous avons r&#233;cemment vu l&#8217;apparition du &#171; Sabbat num&#233;rique &#187; : des parents et des enfants acceptent de jouer le jeu de la d&#233;connexion provisoire le temps d&#8217;une soir&#233;e, d&#8217;une journ&#233;e, d&#8217;un week-end. Certains vont encore plus loin et tentent l&#8217;exp&#233;rience de vivre sans internet et t&#233;l&#233;phone pendant plusieurs semaines. On assiste m&#234;me depuis peu &#224; la multiplication de publications relatant des exp&#233;riences de d&#233;connexion. Le colloque porte sur les conduites de refus, non pas des technologies elles-m&#234;mes, mais de certaines de leurs utilisations, en particulier celles qui conduisent &#224; des exc&#232;s, au branchement continu et m&#234;me &#224; des formes de d&#233;pendance ou de contr&#244;le. Si le th&#232;me des non-usages ou du refus technologique a bien &#233;t&#233; &#233;tudi&#233;, celui d&#8217;usagers tr&#232;s actifs des technologies de l&#8217;information et de la communication cherchant &#224; ma&#238;triser le flux informationnel et communicationnel dont ils sont l&#8217;objet par des conduites de d&#233;connexions partielles et volontaires reste marginal.En effet, si l&#8217;expansion des ph&#233;nom&#232;nes li&#233;s &#224; la d&#233;connexion volontaire est av&#233;r&#233;e, les analyses scientifiques se font rares parmi l&#8217;avalanche des articles de journaux, des r&#233;cits d&#8217;exp&#233;rience et des essais sur la question. R&#233;sultat : la multiplication des commentaires sur ces ph&#233;nom&#232;nes se produit alors que les donn&#233;es qualitatives et quantitatives issues de la recherche semblent peu nombreuses ou, du moins, peu diffus&#233;es dans l&#8217;espace public. L&#8217;objectif de ce colloque est de rendre compte des analyses scientifiques actuelles traitant de la d&#233;connexion volontaire.Prenant de multiples formes, s&#8217;incarnant aussi bien dans des ph&#233;nom&#232;nes visibles &#224; l&#8217;&#233;chelle de la soci&#233;t&#233; qu&#8217;&#224; celle de l&#8217;individu, la tendance &#224; la d&#233;connexion pose la question des limites touch&#233;es par l&#8217;exp&#233;rience d&#8217;hyperconnexion mais aussi la capacit&#233; d&#8217;am&#233;nagement par les personnes des usages multiples offerts dans un monde hyperconnect&#233;. Car la d&#233;connexion volontaire n&#8217;est quasi jamais totale et permanente. Elle appara&#238;t plut&#244;t comme &#233;tant partielle, ponctuelle et donc provisoire. Par cons&#233;quent, la d&#233;connexion volontaire ne s&#8217;explique et ne se comprend pas sans saisir le sens et la place occup&#233;e par la connexion dans la vie des personnes. Les communications analyseront les motivations et les enjeux de la d&#233;connexion dans un monde connect&#233;. Elles r&#233;v&#233;leront les strat&#233;gies de d&#233;connexion, les tensions inh&#233;rentes au jeu s&#8217;instaurant entre connexions et d&#233;connexions ponctuelles ainsi que les cons&#233;quences de l&#8217;exp&#233;rience de d&#233;connexion sur le rapport au temps, &#224; l&#8217;espace, aux autres et &#224; soi-m&#234;me des individus, en privil&#233;giant l&#8217;un des axes suivants :1. La d&#233;connexion en milieu professionnelPour plusieurs personnes, les usages des TICS sont fortement li&#233;s &#224; leur travail. Internet est devenu la voie privil&#233;gi&#233;e de communication entre employ&#233;s et patrons, entre coll&#232;gues, entre les entreprises et leurs clients. En r&#233;sulte une avalanche de courriels &#224; filtrer, &#224; trier, &#224; traiter. Rendant joignables les employ&#233;s en tout temps et en tout lieu, le t&#233;l&#233;phone portable est d&#233;sormais remplac&#233; par le smartphone que les entreprises procurent gratuitement &#224; leurs employ&#233;s. Cons&#233;quence : le temps du travail d&#233;borde de plus en plus de son cadre et fait irruption dans la vie priv&#233;e des personnes, et viceversa&#8230; &#192; partir de l&#8217;analyse de la d&#233;connexion dans un milieu professionnel d&#233;termin&#233;, il s&#8217;agira de saisir la sp&#233;cificit&#233; de cette d&#233;connexion dans un contexte qui red&#233;finit les enjeux qu&#8217;elle suppose et le sens qu&#8217;elle prend.2. La d&#233;connexion en contexte familialLes usages des TICS en famille participent d&#8217;une individualisation des activit&#233;s de chacun de ses membres, notamment par l&#8217;acc&#232;s individualis&#233; aux tablettes, smartphone et ordinateurs (portable et fixe). Or, si aux temps partag&#233;s physiquement ne correspondent plus toujours des temps partag&#233;s effectivement, les membres de la famille sont possiblement joignables, en tout temps, malgr&#233; la distance qui les s&#233;pare. Dans ce contexte particulier, la d&#233;connexion peut traduire un d&#233;sir voulu par certains ou tous les membres de la famille de &#171; retrouver &#187; une intimit&#233; partag&#233;e. Elle peut aussi &#234;tre d&#233;cid&#233;e par certains de ses membres tentant de couper provisoirement les cordons qui les retiennent au plus pr&#232;s de leur conjoint, de leurs parents ou enfants. Il s&#8217;agira ici de saisir le sens de la d&#233;connexion volontaire dans le contexte d&#8217;une ren&#233;gociation avec les statuts familiaux.3. La d&#233;connexion en contexte de loisirsLes usages des TICS sont &#233;galement li&#233;s aux temps libres. Si ces technologies facilitent l&#8217;organisation d&#8217;activit&#233;s, l&#8217;&#233;change et la rencontre, elles rendent parfois difficile la coupure n&#233;cessaire aux yeux de certains pour prendre du recul, se reposer. Par exemple, la d&#233;connexion volontaire pendant les vacances constitue &#224; la fois un symbole fort d&#8217;une volont&#233; de modifier provisoirement son rapport aux autres et de vivre dans un contexte diff&#233;rent de celui du quotidien. Ici, la d&#233;connexion volontaire peut s&#8217;analyser comme une n&#233;cessit&#233; pour vivre pleinement un temps pour soi ou comme une exp&#233;rience de prise de distance par rapport aux technologies elles-m&#234;mes.4. Les &#233;v&#232;nements autour de la d&#233;connexion volontaireLa d&#233;connexion volontaire est l&#8217;objet d&#8217;&#233;v&#232;nements organis&#233;s dans plusieurs pays occidentaux. Ces &#233;v&#232;nements traduisent &#224; la fois l&#8217;engouement de certaines personnes pour cette tendance &#224; la d&#233;connexion ainsi que la dimension militante des organisateurs soucieux de sensibiliser les personnes &#224; ses bienfaits. Impuls&#233;s par des personnes ayant d&#233;j&#224; exp&#233;riment&#233; la d&#233;connexion, ces &#233;v&#232;nements deviennent de formidables outils de diffusion d&#8217;une &#171; id&#233;ologie &#187; de la d&#233;connexion, mettant au premier plan l&#8217;argument d&#8217;une meilleure qualit&#233; de vie. L&#8217;analyse de ces &#233;v&#232;nements permettra de mieux saisir les enjeux sociaux et politiques de la d&#233;connexion &#224; une &#233;chelle macro-sociale.Conditions de soumissionLes propositions de communications (maximum : 3000 signes) comporteront un titre, une courte probl&#233;matique, une question de recherche, un bref aper&#231;u de la m&#233;thodologie et des principaux r&#233;sultats.Cette proposition sera compl&#233;t&#233;e par le(s) nom(s), pr&#233;nom(s) et institution de rattachement des intervenants.Elles devront &#234;tre envoy&#233;es par e-mail &#224; Jocelyn Lachance (jocelyn.lachance@univ-pau.fr)avant le 15 octobre 2013.Ce colloque international aura lieu les 13 et 14 f&#233;vrier 2014.Conseil scientifiqueNicole AubertLuc BonnevilleDominique BoullierVal&#233;rie CarayolPatrice FlichyFrancis Jaur&#233;guiberryChristian LicoppeSerge ProulxJean-Pierre RouchVoluntary disconnection from ICT, International conference, Pau, 13-14 February 2014ArgumentOver the last twenty years, the development of ICT has in general received a very positive welcome. Outside the economic and professional sectors, where it has become an essential time-saving resource and beyond the increasingly fast pace of life and the need for simultaneous communications in an environment of generalized chrono-competition, ICT has been a huge success with the general public. It realizes (only partially of course) the age-old dream of being in two places at once and fulfils a fantasy which has been with the human race from the earliest development of the individual, which is to be in permanent contact with one&#8217;s loved ones. Ubiquity, immediacy and permanence are principles which transcend the reality of this world, which separates, sets apart and isolates. Thus, ICT has been an almost magical resource for the generation which discovered it. But this brave new world of generalized communication is only meaningful if the people involved, at the other end of the air waves, are ready to answer: hence the pressure to remain increasingly connected. This state of connectedness is synonymous with immediacy, safety, openness and entertainment, but it also goes hand in hand with unwanted information, unwelcome calls, overwork, a confusion between urgency and importance and new unauthorized forms of dependence and control. This relationship with ICT is one of the characteristic features of the hypermodern context in which we live.The hyperconnected are the first to experience the disadvantages which go with intensive use of ICT. They have been the first to adopt a new and unexpected practice: voluntary disconnection. Screen-free days, internet-free days or even telephone-free days, which are now annual events in several Western countries, bear witness to this strategy. Some hotels are now offering wi-fi free holidays and promote the impossibility of remaining connected as an advantage, or even as a luxury to be sought after. In the business world major companies are blocking their executives&#8217; smartphones during the night. In the United States some of these companies are even offering their workforce ICT detox programmes. In families, there has been the recent appearance of a &#8220;digital sabbath&#8221;: parents and children agree to temporary disconnection for an evening, a day or a weekend. Some have taken this even further and are experimenting life without internet or phone for several weeks. There has even been a very recent growth in the number of publications devoted to experiences of disconnection.This conference focuses on ways of refusing, not so much the technologies themselves, as some of their uses, in particular those which lead to excesses, to continuous connection or even to processes of dependence or control. While the theme of non-use or technological refusal has been widely studied, the issue of highly active users of ICT attempting to control the flow of information and communication which affects them by strategies of partial and voluntary disconnection has remained marginal. Although the expansion in phenomena linked to voluntary disconnection has been acknowledged, it has attracted little scientific analysis among the avalanche of newspaper articles, personal testimonies and essays on the question. The result of this has been a boom in comment on these phenomena despite the fact that there is little qualitative or quantitative research data, or at least a very limited awareness of such data as there is in the public space.The goal of this conference is to review current scientific investigation of voluntary disconnection. The trend towards disconnection can be observed in a number of forms, both at the level of society and at the individual level. It raises the question of the limits of the experience of hyperconnection and also the ability of the people involved to find ways to deal with the multiple uses made possible by a hyperconnected world. Voluntary disconnection is almost never total and permanent. It would appear rather as partial, limited and therefore temporary. Consequently voluntary disconnection cannot be explained or understood without looking at the meaning of connection and the place it occupies in people&#8217;s lives.Papers will analyse the motives and challenges of disconnection in a connected world. They will reveal strategies of disconnection and the inherent tensions that are introduced in the interplay between temporary connections and disconnections as well as the consequences of the experience of disconnection on the way individuals relate to time, space, other people and themselves, looking in particular at the following areas:1) Disconnection in professional environments &#8211; for many people, the use of ICT is closely connected to their work. Internet has become the most widely used way to communicate between workers and employers, between colleagues and between companies and their customers. The result of this is an avalanche of emails that need to be filtered, processed and answered. The mobile phone, which made it possible to contact workers at any time and in any place, is being replaced by smartphones which companies provide free of charge to their work force. The consequence is that working time increasingly spills over into personal time and vice-versa. Starting out from an analysis of disconnection in a given professional environment, papers will seek to grasp the specific nature of this disconnection in a context which redefines the challenges that it raises and the meanings that it takes on.2) Disconnection in a family context &#8211; the use of ICT within families is part of a growing process of individualisation of the activities of each member of the family, particularly through individualised access to tablets, smartphones and computers, whether laptops or desktops. Now, while there is no longer any necessary correspondence between time physically shared and time actually shared, the members of the family can be contacted, at any time, whatever the distance between them. In this particular context, disconnection may reflect the desire on the part of some or all of the members of the family to &#8220;recover&#8221; a shared domestic life. It may also the result of a decision on the part of some members of the family who are trying to temporarily sever the links which keep them close to their spouses, their parents or their children. The goal here will be to attempt to understand the meaning of voluntary disconnection within the context of a renegotiation of the relationships within the family.3) Disconnection in a leisure context &#8211; The uses of ICT are also linked to leisure time. While these technologies make it easier to organise leisure activities and facilitate exchanges and meetings, they sometimes make it difficult to take time out, which some people see as necessary in order to stand back and take a break. For example, voluntary disconnection during holidays is a powerful symbol of a desire to temporarily modify one&#8217;s relationship with other people and to live in a context different from that of day-to-day life. Here, voluntary disconnection can be analysed as a necessity in order to fully experience time for oneself or as an experience of standing back from the technologies themselves.4) Events around voluntary disconnection &#8211; voluntary disconnection is sometimes celebrated and promoted by events which have been organised in several western countries. These events reflect both the enthusiasm of some people for this trend of disconnection as well as the fact that the organisers may be activists attempting to make people aware of the benefits of disconnection. Encouraged by people who have already experienced disconnection, these events become tremendous opportunities to disseminate an &#8220;ideology&#8221; of disconnection, foregrounding the arguments of better quality of life. Analysing these events will give a better insight into the social and political dimensions of disconnection on a macro-social scale.Submission guidelinesProposals (maximum 3000 characters) should include a title, a short exposition of the question addressed, a brief outline of the methodology and the main results.They should give the names (first names and family names) of the participants and the institution to which they belong.They should be sent by e-mail to Jocelyn Lachance (jocelyn.lachance@univ-pau.fr)before 15 October 2013.Scientific CouncilNicole AubertLuc BonnevilleDominique BoullierVal&#233;rie CarayolPatrice FlichyFrancis Jaur&#233;guiberryChristian LicoppeSerge ProulxJean-Pierre Rouch