[ecrea] SSN 2014: Surveillance Ambiguities & Assymetries

From: Nils Zurawski<(nils.zurawski /at/ uni-hamburg.de)>

this is an announcement for the cfp for the  6th
international Surveillance&  Society conference
hosted by the University of Barcelona and
supported by the Surveillance Studies Network.

Thursday 24th - Friday 25th April 2014 in Barcelona

best

nilz

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SSN 2014: Surveillance Ambiguities&  Assymetries

CALL FOR REGISTRATION OF INTEREST AND ABSTRACTS

Contemporary surveillance is characterised by
ambiguities and asymmetries. Surveillance results
from different desires and rationales: control,
governance, security, profit, efficiency but also
care, empowerment, resistance, and play.
Furthermore it can have both positive and
negative outcomes for individuals and these may
lead to  intended or unintended consequences.
Surveillance is never neutral.  Surveillance is
always about power and that power is increasingly
asymmetric. Surveillance practices are also
changing and as 'smart' surveillance systems
proliferate utilising and generating 'Big Data'
new forms of ambiguity and asymmetry arise. In
this context the conference wishes to explore the
following key themes:

KEY THEMES INCLUDE

Smart surveillance
Democracy and surveillance
Resilience and surveillance
Cultures and histories of surveillance
Representations of Surveillance in Film/Art/Literature/Media
Surveillance and empowerment
Surveillance and human rights
Surveillance in knowledge economies
Regulating surveillance
Surveillance, privacy and data-protection
Participatory surveillance and police surveillance of online social networks
Surveillance, games and play
Theories of surveillance
Ethics of surveillance
Gender and surveillance
Algorithmic surveillance
Politics and governance of surveillance
Surveillance and big data
STS approaches to surveillance
Surveillance and sports
Resistance to surveillance
Non-technological surveillance
Surveillance and mobility


IMPORTANT DATES

31 May 2013 First call for papers and intent issued
31 July 2013 Deadline for initial register of
interest, name, title, contact details etc by
email (tossn2014barcelona /at/ surveillance-studies.net)
25 September 2013 1st deadline submission of abstracts
30 September 2013 Electronic booking form
available - formal registration and payment
22 November 2013 Notification to participants about decisions on abstracts
25 March 2014 Submission full papers
25 March 2014 Final Deadline for registration and
payment for all conference attendees without late
booking surcharge
7 April 2014 Papers published on Web available to
all registered conference attendees
24-25 April 2014 Conference


REGISTRATION INSTRUCTIONS

If you wish to present a paper or just attend
without presenting, please register with the
conference by sending an email to
(ssn2014barcelona /at/ surveillance-studies.net)   as
soon as possible before the 31st of July. Please
title the Email "SSN Barcelona 2014" and include
the following information:
o	Name
o	Country of residence
o	Institutional affiliation
o	Institutional address
o	Telephone number
o	Email address

For paper givers a 300 word abstract will be required by
25 September 2013 and can be submitted on the
following website:
https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ssn2014barcelona


You can find thefull  call in English and Spanish here:

http://www.surveillance-studies.net/documents/cfp_SSN2014_Barcelona_final.pdf
<http://www.surveillance-studies.net/documents/cfp_SSN2014_Barcelona_final.docx>http://www.surveillance-studies.net/documents/cfp_SSN2014_Barcelona_final.docx




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