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When countries across the globe suddenly announced that their citizens should stay at home, the Covid-19 pandemic brought the domestic life to the center of public attention. Not only work-related communication, but also social interactions with friends and loved ones moved online faster than anyone ever imagined. New practices of working, learning, and gathering have since emerged, enabled by the accelerated development of digital media and data infrastructures. The domestic realm as a concept appears increasingly diffuse and malleable as mobile and digital media become integral to »home life«. At the same time, inequalities concerning access to and use of digitally connected media become more starkly visible and consequential. Against this background, the special issue revisits and reconsiders the concept of domestication.

Digital Culture & Society (DCS): Vol. 9, Issue 1/2023 - Taming Digital Practices: On the Domestication Data-Driven Technologies