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Call for papers 9th biennial Surveillance & Society conference of the Surveillance Studies Network
Apologies for cross posting cfp: SSN 2022, Rotterdam The 9th biennial Surveillance & Society conference of the Surveillance Stud= ies Network, hosted by Erasmus University Rotterdam on June 1-3 2022 in Rot= terdam, The Netherlands TARGETS, TRACKS AND TRACES The conference is organised by the international, interdisciplinary open ac= cess journal Surveillance & Society (https://ojs.library.queensu.ca/index.p= hp/surveillance-and-society/) and the Surveillance Studies Network, which i= s a registered charitable company dedicated to the study of surveillance in= all its forms, and the free distribution of scholarly information (https:/= /www.surveillance-studies.net). Emerging blinking into the post-pandemic sunlight, the world=92s longest-ru= nning surveillance studies conference is back, offering a famously welcomin= g, constructive atmosphere and three ways forward for thinking about survei= llance: 1. TARGETS: Who is under surveillance? How are they affected, protected or = harmed? Which individuals, communities or groups benefit and profit from su= rveillance, and which ones lose and are excluded? 2. TRACKS: How does surveillance happen =96 technologically, socially, poli= tically, culturally etc.?And how is surveillance governed, controlled, regu= lated and prevented? What flows and what is blocked? What trajectories are = emerging? What possibilities are there for critique, opposition, reform, re= sistance, struggle and destruction? 3. TRACES: What is left behind?How are trajectories and pathways (re)constr= ucted across individual, collective and societal histories? These themes will inspire a range of interventions across (sub-)disciplines= and approaches. We invite scholars, artists, and practitioners from all ba= ckgrounds to engage critically with historical, current and emergent survei= llance practices, performances, policies, patterns, plans and proposals, an= d the various dilemmas, opportunities and ambivalences these represent. KEYNOTES We are delighted to already confirm two superb keynote speakers: * Simone Browne, Associate Professor, in the Department of African and = African Diaspora Studies University of Texas (US) * Elizabeth Joh, Martin Luther King Professor of Law, UC Davis (US) KEY TRACKS INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO: Organisational, industrial, and commercial visions * Surveillance and the workplace * Consumption and surveillance * Medical surveillance * Fraud detection and security * Education and monitoring Viewing transitions * Migration and refugees * Borders and security * Social movements and protests for change * Electoral monitoring Digitally mediated surveillance * Algorithms and focused monitoring * Drones and security devices * Social media platforms * Mobile devices, including wearables * Internet infrastructures * IoT devices * Big data analytics * Machine-learning Sensing beyond seeing * Critiques of visual metaphors * Listening and other kinds of sensing * Bodies, biometrics & haptics * Affective surveillance Law, Justice & Surveillance * Policing, intelligence and security * Surveillance in the courts * Surveillance and human rights * Privacy and Surveillance Surveillance and Social Relations * Racialization * Gender and identity * Families and children * Households and neighbourhoods Surveillance culture(s) * Surveillance art * Performing surveillance * Surveillance film and television * Writing surveillance * Science fiction and dystopian accounts Politics and Philosophy of Surveillance * Surveillance politics * Surveillance and social justice * Philosophy of Surveillance * Ethics and Surveillance * Regulations, politics and governance of surveillance There will also be two sponsored special sessions on the following themes: Special Sessions: Surveillance and Smart Cities * The smartification of cities has been the primary concern of many local mun= icipalities. Collecting data from citizens=92 movements within the city and= interactions with city infrastructure has become increasingly important fo= r municipal planning. Together with technological intermediaries, local gov= ernments have implemented a myriad of cameras, sensors, and other data coll= ecting technologies in various urban spaces and contexts. Additionally, cit= ies routinely ask citizens to voluntarily participate by urban smartificati= on measures by donating their own personal data to city data repositories f= or ongoing analysis. Whether the city actively monitors its citizens or ask= s for their voluntary participation in urban initiatives, these approaches = raise several surveillance and privacy concerns in the smart city. We invit= e papers that explore the diverse issues of surveillance in smart cities, r= anging from its democratic foundations, citizen resistance and participatio= n, post-covid smart city surveillance, stakeholder interests and platform i= nfluence, and other related topics. * Sponsored by the Leiden-Delft-Erasmus Centre for BOLD Cities: https://www= .centre-for-bold-cities.nl/home Special Sessions: Social implications of AI supported surveillance # As the adoption of machine-learning algorithms becomes widespread, the impa= cts of the broad set of technologies commonly labelled as Artificial Intell= igence (AI) also pervade an increasing number of contexts, develop new face= ts, and shift everyday practices. We invite papers that explore the interse= ctions of surveillance and AI, exploring this from a wide range of perspect= ives, including technical, legal, ethical, and economic considerations, amo= ng others, framed within the scope of social impacts. Papers that focus on = core research areas of AI in arts and culture, communication and change, he= alth care policy and management and work and labour are of particular inter= est. The definition of AI for this special session includes not only machin= e learning algorithms, but also perceptions and popular understandings of A= rtificial Intelligence and their perceived, potential and actual impacts. #Sponsored by the Societal Impact of AI Erasmus initiative: https://www.eur= .nl/en/research/erasmus-initiatives/societal-impact-ai Submission criteria: Interested conference participants are invited to submit abstracts for this= proposal. Due to the limited number of sessions, authors are limited to on= e first author submission for a paper and organisation of one proposed pane= l. Authors can be second author on other papers, but should not be the (pri= mary) presenter. Paper Proposals Paper sessions will be composed by the Organising Committee based on the in= dividual paper abstracts submitted. Abstracts should consist of: * Name(s) of Author(s) * Affiliation(s) of Author(s) * Proposed Title of Paper * An abstract of up to 200 words For those who are unable to participate in person, selected panels will off= er the possibility to present remotely. As there will be limited spaces, ap= plicants will be asked to provide a motivation why they are unable to trave= l to Rotterdam. Panel Proposals Panels are sessions that bring together a group of presenters with contribu= tions on a topic related to the conference themes. The session format shoul= d engage the panellists and audience in interactive discussions and prefera= bly represent a diversity of views on the topic. Panels should be designed = to fit in a 90-minute session, and feature a minimum of three and maximum o= f five presentations. Panel Proposals should consist of: * Name(s) and email address(es) of Organiser(s) * Affiliation(s) of Organiser(s) * Proposed Title of Panel including the indication [PANEL] in the title * An abstract of up to 350 words, including an explanation of why the p= anel is of interest to the conference, and the proposed format of the panel= . * Name(s) and Affiliation(s) of all proposed panellists including a cha= ir. NB: Organisers must secure the agreement of all proposed panellists bef= ore submitting the Panel Proposal. Submission process and information: All paper and panel proposals should be submitted through the Easy Chair su= bmission system: https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=3Dssn2022# For further information, please visit our website at: https://www.eur.nl/en= /eshcc/research/ssn-2022 If you have any additional questions, please contact us at: ssn2022@eshcc.e= ur.nl Key dates: * December 15, 2021: Submission of individual paper abstracts and confe= rence panels * February 15, 2022: Decisions regarding paper and panel proposal accep= tance * March 15, 2022: Preliminary conference programme available * May 1, 2022: Submission of full papers and extended abstracts * June 1, 2022: Welcome and opening drinks * June 1-3, 2022: Conference is held in Rotterdam Forthcoming request for artistic submissions Within this conference, we wish to engage with artists working with various= media to enhance our understandings and experiences of surveillance resear= ch and contexts. The conference organisers are working with local artists a= nd the SSN Arts Prize Committee to ensure artistic inclusion at SSN 2022. I= n the coming months, more details about how to participate will be forthcom= ing. https://www.surveillance-studies.net/?p=3D1679 -- Prof. Dr. Rosamunde van Brakel Associate Professor Cybercrime, TILT Tilburg University, https://www.tilbur= guniversity.edu/staff/r-e-vanbrakel Assistant Professor Chair in Surveillance Studies, LSTS, Vrije Universiteit= Brussel, https://survstudies.research.vub.be/ Co-director Surveillance Studies Network, https://www.surveillance-studies.= net New publications: Van Brakel, R. (2021) How to watch the watchers? Democratic oversight of al= gorithmic police surveillance in Belgium, Surveillance & Society, 19(2): 22= !-240. Van Brakel, R. (2020) Rethinking Predictive Policing : Towards a Holistic F= ramework of Democratic Algorithmic Surveillance in M.Schuilenburg & R. Peet= ers (eds.) 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