Cultures et outils technologiques dans les Départements d'Outre-Mer : créolisation des usages/pratiques/médiations numériques ?

This special issue seeks to articulate two processes of societal and identity (trans)formation : creolization and the construction of digital culture(s) in the French Overseas Departments. Creolization refers to a dynamic process of cultural, linguistic, and political transformations, shaped by tensions and forms of resistance, particularly those linked to the (post)colonial condition of overseas territories. The mechanisms of creolization are mobilized here to examine how technological developments both reinforce and redirect these transformations. The aim of this issue is both scientific and political : to deepen our understanding of the evolving concept of digital culture and to decenter Western-centric approaches by valuing local knowledge, imaginaries, and forms of resistance without fostering identity withdrawal.