[ecrea] Surveillance and Citizenship: Conference in Cardiff, 18/19 June

Surveillance and Citizenship
State-Media-Citizen Relations After the Snowden Leaks

18-19 June 2015
Cardiff University, UK

Conference and Workshop, as part of the ESRC project "Digital 
Citizenship and Surveillance Society", in collaboration with the "Unlike 
Us" network

The revelations by whistleblower Edward Snowden have provided 
unprecedented insights into contemporary mass surveillance. They have 
prompted significant debates on the nature of civil rights in digital 
environments; the possibilities and challenges of secure communication; 
the nature of the security state; the quality of media coverage; and new 
threats to press freedom and political dissent.

Two years after the revelations started, the conference "Surveillance 
and Citizenship" will review their impacts and consequences for state 
policy, technological development, internet uses and the media. It will 
address the following questions:

• What is the policy environment for surveillance and the work of 
intelligence agencies? Which policy reform proposals have emerged?
• Which technical platforms have been particularly vulnerable; what 
tools exist for secure communication; and what standards are required 
for privacy protection?
• What is the level of public reaction? How do people perceive digital 
surveillance?
• What are the implications of surveillance for journalism, activism and 
social movements?
• Have the media reported accurately on the leaks? Which challenges have 
emerged for journalists?
• What is the nature of citizenship in the 'Snowden Era'?

The conference will combine academic analysis and practical workshops. 
It will include paper presentations, hackathons, and strategic 
workshops. We invite submissions of
• academic paper proposals on any of the above-mentioned subjects
• proposals for workshops, hackathons and practical project presentations.

In addition, the conference will serve to present preliminary research 
results by the research project "Digital Citizenship and Surveillance 
Society: UK State-Media-Citizen Relations after the Snowden Leaks". The 
collaborative project, hosted by Cardiff University, explores the 
nature, opportunities and challenges of digital citizenship in light of 
mass surveillance.

The conference will bring together leading UK and international 
scholars, and representatives of organisations such as Privacy 
International, Electronic Frontier Foundation, Tactical Tech, Open 
Rights Group, and the Centre for Investigative Journalism.

Submissions
Please submit a 300-500 word abstract to (DCSSproject /at/ cardiff.ac.uk).

Submission deadline: 15 February 2015

All submissions must include a title, author name(s), institutional 
affiliation(s) and full contact information (mailing address, email 
address). If you propose a workshop or practical demonstration, please 
provide a clear statement of purpose and a detailed description of 
activities, as well as any infrastructure requirements.

Information
The conference will take place in Cardiff, the capital of Wales. Cardiff 
can be reached from London by train (2 hours) or coach (3 hours). 
Cardiff has an international airport and is also easily reachable from 
Bristol Airport and London Heathrow. Logistical information on the 
venue, hotels, etc. will be made available on 
http://blogs.cardiff.ac.uk/dcssproject/

Further information about the conference: Jonathan Cable, 
(DCSSproject /at/ cardiff.ac.uk)

Conference organizing committee:
Dr Arne Hintz (Cardiff University), Prof Karin Wahl-Jorgensen (Cardiff 
University), Dr Lina Dencik (Cardiff University), Prof Ian Brown (Oxford 
University), Dr Michael Rogers (Briar Project, Technical University of 
Delft), Dr Jonathan Cable (Cardiff University)

For information about the ESRC project, see: 
http://blogs.cardiff.ac.uk/dcssproject/
Conference announcement: http://blogs.cardiff.ac.uk/dcssproject/conference/





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Dr Arne Hintz



Lecturer | Director MA Digital Media and Society

School of Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies | Cardiff University

Bute Building, King Edward VII Avenue | Cardiff CF10 3NB



Fellow | Center for Media, Data and Society | Central European University



Email: (HintzA /at/ cardiff.ac.uk) | Tel: +44 (0)29 208 76281 | Twitter: @arne_hz



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