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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.) The Algorithmic Society, Routledge