Through a study of app making, this study shows that digital sovereignty is not only about controlling software development or data ownership, but also about re-configuring the organization in relation to digital artifacts, such as apps. By bypassing procurement procedures and paralleling the IT-departments, the PTAs here display how digital sovereignty may come from “below,” originating from frustrated civil servants within the public authorities who literally tried to “byte back” in a digital world greatly run by large tech companies.
Authors: Mats Fred and Alexander Paulsson
Title: Making apps, owning data: Digital sovereignty and public authorities’ arrangements to “byte” back
Link to the publication: https://doi.org/10.1177/13505084241246073