[Commlist] Call for contributions to Open Access anthology about online surveillance

Call for contributions to Open Access anthology about online surveillance

*Preliminary title:* Everyday Life in the Culture of Surveillance

*Format:*Anthology (double-blind peer review)

*Publisher:*Nordicom (Open Access, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)

*Editors:* Coppélie Cocq, Jesper Enbom, Stefan Gelfgren, & Lars 
Samuelsson (all at Umeå University)

*Contact:* Stefan Gelfgren, Associate Professor, Dept. of Historical, 
Philosophical and Religious Studies, Umeå University 
((stefan.gelfgren /at/ umu.se)) <mailto:(stefan.gelfgren /at/ umu.se))>

*Background and aim of the planned publication*

Today, personal data is gathered through the welfare state and 
healthcare providers; societal infrastructure (electricity, water, 
demographics, voter statistics, etc.); and voluntarily sharing of our 
data through use of smartphones, wearables, social media, streaming 
services, games, and more. Data is gathered, coordinated, and analysed 
to gain insights into our everyday lives; thus, members of contemporary 
digitalised societies live in what David Lyon refers to in his book of 
the same name, /The Culture of Surveillance/ (2018).

With ubiquitous surveillance the “new normal”, Nordicom and external 
editors invite contributions for an anthology focusing on the cultural, 
mundane, and everyday-life aspect of online surveillance – in Lyon’s 
words, “the participation and engagement of surveilled and surveilling 
subjects” (2018: 6).

Studies addressing the Nordic countries and their contexts and 
perspectives will be of particular interest, but studies focusing other 
countries may also be considered (not least if they are of a 
theoretical, philosophical, or universal character – an example could be 
online surveillance from a human rights perspective). A central question 
to be explored is how online surveillance is perceived and handled by 
citizens in the Nordic countries – whether it is through acceptance, 
adaptation, and resistance. Among others, the following are questions to 
be posed:

  * What can legitimise the collection and use of personal data, from
    the perspective of private citizens?
  * What is perceived as surveillance in our digital age, that is, when
    does information sharing on social media platforms, for instance,
    become uncomfortable and risky?
Whereas attitudes and actions of “ordinary” citizens will be an 
important theme for the book, contributions focusing on ethical or 
philosophical questions are also welcome, and so are contributions 
focusing on policies surrounding online surveillance. The following are 
potential questions that could be approached, among others:

  * What ethical aspects of data collection do researchers and
    policy-makers need to address or compromise with when compiling,
    sharing, publishing, and analysing large datasets based on private
    data?
  * What limitations and potentials does surveillance culture impose in
    terms of democratisation?
We anticipate contributions from a variety of disciplines, but 
especially encourage contributions from the humanities and cultural 
studies sphere. An ambition with the book is to put forth humanistic 
perspectives on surveillance and the emergence of surveillance cultures.

*Procedure*

All with an interest in contributing should write an extended abstract 
(max. 750 words) where the main theme (or argument) of the intended 
chapter is described. The abstract should contain the preliminary title 
and keywords (3–5). How the chapter fits with the overall aim of the 
anthology – to examine and analyse online surveillance in the Nordics – 
should be mentioned.

  * Deadline for extended abstracts: 24 June 2021. Please contact Stefan
    Gelfgren ((stefan.gelfgren /at/ umu.se))
    <mailto:(stefan.gelfgren /at/ umu.se))>for further information.

Scholars invited to submit a full chapter will be notified by e-mail in 
August 2021. Guidelines for how individual chapters are to be structured 
and formatted (including style of referencing) will be provided to all 
scholars invited to submit a full chapter.

  * Deadline for the submission of full chapters (approx. 7,000 words):
    January 2022 (exact date to be decided later).
Rounds of reviews and revisions are planned to take place during the 
first half of 2022, and a full manuscript is to be submitted to Nordicom 
before the summer (2022).

Please note: The dates are preliminary. The ambition is, however, to 
publish the book in 2022.

*About Nordicom*

Nordicom is a centre for Nordic media research at the University of 
Gothenburg. The centre is jointly funded by the Nordic Council of 
Ministers, the Swedish Ministry of Culture, and the University of 
Gothenburg. All Nordicom publications are Open Access and can be read 
online and downloaded for free.

*Important dates*

24 June 2021: deadline for the submission of extended abstracts 
(contact: (stefan.gelfgren /at/ umu.se) <mailto:(stefan.gelfgren /at/ umu.se)>)

Spring 2022: finalising of manuscripts

Autumn 2022: publication


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