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.) The Algorithmic Society, Routledge