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SSN 2020 Call for papers - Due 15 December 2019
Apologies for cross-posting <br> <br>CALL FOR PAPERS - 9th BIENNIAL SURVEILLANCE AND SOCIETY CONFERENCE OF THE <br>SURVEILLANCE STUDIES NETWORK <br> <br> <br> <br>The 9th biennial Surveillance & Society conference of the Surveillance <br>Studies Network, hosted by Erasmus University Rotterdam on June 8-10 2020 <br>in Rotterdam, The Netherlands, with keynotes by José van Dijck (Utrecht <br>University) on “Dataism and dataveillance in the age of AI”and Simone <br>Browne (University of Texas) on "The Ecologies of Surveillance <br>Technologies” and <br>award ceremonies of the SSN2020 Outstanding Achievement Award and the SSN <br>2020 Arts Prize <br> <br> <br> <br>Visual acuity has historically been measured based on the normative value <br>of 20/20 vision. Yet by the year 2020, the clarity of vision regarding <br>surveillance practices and their implications remains clouded. The <br>metaphors of vision and optics are central – and privileged – components <br>of <br>surveillance research. This conference considers three interrelated lines <br>of sight to bring increased focus on understanding, evaluating and <br>responding to surveillance. <br> <br> <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 <br>and expectations for emerging types of monitoring. <br> <br>Second, new trajectories of (in)sight articulate how surveillance serves as <br>a 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 <br>in ways that both render them increasingly visible and subject to various <br>unanticipated, unwanted and unjust interventions. <br> <br> <br> <br>Third, the potentials of foresight allow a focus on the emergent character <br>of surveillance indicative of new modalities of power, flows of <br>information, and challenges to freedom, autonomy and action. Given the <br>penchant for increased forms of control alongside various forms of <br>resistance, the question of surveillance futures and its response remains <br>crucial for continued analysis as well as social and political forms of <br>engagement. <br> <br> <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 <br>various dilemmas, opportunities and ambivalences these represent. <br> <br> <br> <br>Key tracks of the conference include but are not limited to: <br> <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> <br> <br>Submission criteria: <br> <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 <br>(primary) presenter. <br> <br> <br> <br>Paper Proposals <br> <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> <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> <br> <br>Panel Proposals <br> <br> <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 <br>format should engage the panellists and audience in interactive discussions <br>and preferably represent a diversity of views on the topic. Panels should <br>be designed to fit in a 90-minute session, and feature a minimum of three <br>presentations. Panel Proposals should consist of: <br> <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 <br> 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> <br> <br>Submission process and information: <br> <br> <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> <br> <br>For further information, please visit our website at: <br>https://www.eur.nl/en/eshcc/ssn-2020 <br> <br> <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> <br> <br>Special concerns or requests can be directed to the dedicated email address <br>for the conference: ssn2020@eur.nl <br> <br> <br>More information about the Surveillance Studies Network can be found here: <br>https://www.surveillance-studies.net and about the Journal Surveillance & <br>Society here: http://www.surveillance-and-society.org <br> <br>Organizing Committee <br> <br> - Rosamunde Van Brakel, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (Chair) <br> - Jason Pridmore, Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam, The Netherlands (Local <br> conference Director) <br> - Daniel Trottier, Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam, The Netherlands <br> (Local conference Director) <br> - Ani E. Egwuchukwu, Renaissance University, Nigeria <br> - David Murakami Wood, Queens University, Canada <br> - Tessa Oomen, Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam, The Netherlands <br> - Alana Saulnier, Lakehead University, Canada <br> - Emmeline Taylor, City, University of London, UK <br> - Dean J. Wilson, University of Sussex, UK <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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