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                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
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