Digital Culture & Society (DCS) Vol. 12, Issue 2/2026 – Boundaries, Boundary Concepts, and Datafication

Yana Boeva is junior research group leader at the Institute for Social Sciences and the Cluster of Excellence »Integrative Computational Design and Construction for Transformative Architecture« at the Universität Stuttgart. Her research interests include the critical studies of computation and digital infrastructures, the transformation of professional knowledge, epistemic cultures and practices of design and engineering cultures, and their sociocultural context..Louis Ravn is a PhD candidate at the Universiteit van Amsterdam. In this context, his research focuses on the practices, epistemologies, and politics of deep learning techniques, with a specific interest in the operations of compression. To that end, he draws from frameworks across science and technology studies (STS), critical AI/data studies, and social theory..Sarah R. Davies is professor of technosciences, materiality, and digital cultures at the Department of Science and Technology Studies at the Universität Wien. Her research explores the intersections between digital and epistemic practices and forms of life.