Message posted on 12/11/2019
Surveillance Studies Network Conference 2020
Dear all, <br> <br>In case you did not see it earlier, the call for papers of for the 9th <br>biennial Surveillance & Society conference is out. We would be happy to have <br>papers that take a STS approach to surveillance issues in particular for this <br>event. <br> <br>On behalf of my co-conference coordinator Daniel Trottier and myself, we look <br>forward to welcoming you to Rotterdam June 8-10, 2020. Information regarding <br>the registration and fees is available at the following link: <br>https://www.eur.nl/en/eshcc/registration <br> <br>More information on logistics will be posted in the coming months. <br> <br>We are delighted to inform you that the conference will have the following <br>special presentations: <br> <br> * Keynote address: Jos van Dijck - "Dataism and dataveillance in the age <br>of AI" <br> * Keynote address: Simone Browne - "The Ecologies of Surveillance <br>Technologies" <br> * The SSN 2020 Outstanding Achievement Award <br> * The SSN 2020 Arts Prize <br> <br>We look forward to seeing many of you next year! <br> <br>All the best. <br> <br>Jason Pridmore <br> <br>Call for Papers <br> <br>The 9th biennial Surveillance & Society conference of the Surveillance Studies <br>Network, hosted by Erasmus University Rotterdam on June 8-10 2020 in <br>Rotterdam, The Netherlands. <br> <br>Visual acuity has historically been measured based on the normative value of <br>20/20 vision. Yet by the year 2020, the clarity of vision regarding <br>surveillance practices and their implications remains clouded. The metaphors <br>of vision and optics are central - and privileged - components of surveillance <br>research. This conference considers three interrelated lines of sight to bring <br>increased focus on understanding, evaluating and responding to surveillance. <br> <br>First, the benefits of hindsight call attention to surveillant antecedents <br>that inform or impinge upon current developments and practices. Excavations <br>into precursors of contemporary surveillance illuminate potential ideals and <br>expectations for emerging types of monitoring. <br>Second, new trajectories of (in)sight articulate how surveillance serves as a <br>means for the collection and mediation of a wide range of activities and <br>behaviours. Particularly digital forms of information gathering lend <br>themselves to the rapid collation and comparison of surveillance subjects in <br>ways that both render them increasingly visible and subject to various <br>unanticipated, unwanted and unjust interventions. <br> <br>Third, the potentials of foresight allow a focus on the emergent character of <br>surveillance indicative of new modalities of power, flows of information, and <br>challenges to freedom, autonomy and action. Given the penchant for increased <br>forms of control alongside various forms of resistance, the question of <br>surveillance futures and its response remains crucial for continued analysis <br>as well as social and political forms of engagement. <br> <br>These lines of sight prompt different sets of concerns across <br>(sub-)disciplines and approaches. We invite scholars, artists, and <br>practitioners from a wide range of (disciplinary) backgrounds to critically <br>engage with established and emergent surveillance practices, and the various <br>dilemmas, opportunities and ambivalences these represent. <br> <br>Key tracks of the conference include but are not limited to: <br> <br> <br> * Re-envisioning surveillance histories <br> * Foreseeing futures <br> * Regulations, politics and governance of surveillance <br> * Science fiction and dystopian accounts <br> * Organisational, industrial and commercial visions <br> * Surveillance and the workplace <br> * Consumption and surveillance <br> * Medical surveillance <br> * Fraud detection and security <br> * Education and monitoring <br> * Viewing transitions <br> * Migration and refugees <br> * Borders and security <br> * Social movements and protests for change <br> * Electoral monitoring <br> * Digitally mediated surveillance <br> * Algorithms and focused monitoring <br> * Drones and security devices <br> * Social media platforms <br> * Mobile devices, including wearables <br> * Internet infrastructures <br> * IoT devices <br> * Big data analytics <br> * Sensing beyond seeing <br> * Critiques of visual metaphors <br> * Listening and other kinds of sensing <br> * Intersecting concepts and concerns <br> * Racialization <br> * Gender and identity <br> * Families and children <br> * Politics and social justice <br> * Policing and security <br> * Privacy (and critiques thereof) <br> * Ethics (in relation to citizenship, design and/or research) <br> * Bodies and biometrics <br> * Households and neighbourhoods <br> <br>Submission criteria: <br>Interested conference participants are invited to submit abstracts for this <br>proposal. Due to the limited number of sessions, authors are limited to one <br>first author submission for a paper and organisation of one proposed panel. <br>Authors can be second author on other papers, but should not be the (primary) <br>presenter. <br> <br>Paper Proposals <br>Paper sessions will be composed by the Organising Committee based on the <br>individual paper abstracts submitted. Abstracts should consist of: <br> <br> <br> * Name(s) of Author(s) <br> * Affiliation(s) of Author(s) <br> * Proposed Title of Paper <br> * An abstract of up to 200 words <br> <br>Panel Proposals <br> <br>Panels are sessions that bring together a group of presenters with <br>contributions on a topic related to the conference themes. The session format <br>should engage the panellists and audience in interactive discussions and <br>preferably represent a diversity of views on the topic. Panels should be <br>designed to fit in a 90-minute session, and feature a minimum of three <br>presentations. Panel Proposals should consist of: <br> <br> <br> * Name(s) of Organiser(s) <br> * Affiliation(s) of Organiser(s) <br> * Proposed Title of Panel including the indication [PANEL] in the title <br> * An abstract of up to 350 words, including an explanation of why the <br>panel is of interest to the conference, and the proposed format of the panel. <br> * Name(s) and Affiliation(s) of all proposed panellists. NB: Organisers <br>must secure the agreement of all proposed panellists before submitting the <br>Panel Proposal. <br> <br>Submission process and information: <br> <br>All paper and panel proposals should be submitted through the Easy Chair <br>submission system: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ssn2020 <br> <br>For further information, please visit our website at: <br>https://www.eur.nl/en/eshcc/ssn-2020 <br> <br>Key dates: <br> <br> * December 15, 2019: Submission of individual paper abstracts and <br>conference panels <br> * February 15, 2020: Decisions regarding paper and panel proposal <br>acceptance <br> * March 15, 2020: Preliminary conference programme available <br> * May 1, 2020: Submission of full papers and extended abstracts <br> * June 7, 2020: Welcome and opening drinks <br> * June 8-10, 2020: Conference is held in Rotterdam <br> <br>Special concerns or requests can be directed to the dedicated email address <br>for the conference: ssn2020@eur.nl <br>_______________________________________________ <br>EASST's Eurograd mailing list <br>Eurograd (at) lists.easst.net <br>Unsubscribe or edit subscription options: http://lists.easst.net/listinfo.cgi/eurograd-easst.net <br> <br>Meet us via https://twitter.com/STSeasst <br> <br>Report abuses of this list to Eurograd-owner@lists.easst.netview formatted text
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