[ecrea] Call for Proposals- Privacy Camp 2019: Platforms, Politics, Participation

*Privacy Camp 2019: Platforms, Politics, Participation*

Privacy Camp will take place on 29 January 2019 in Brussels, Belgium, 
just before the start of the CPDP <https://www.cpdpconferences.org/> 
conference. Privacy Camp brings together civil society, policy-makers 
and academia to discuss existing and looming problems for human rights 
in the digital environment.

Call for Proposals: Platforms, Politics, Participation

Privacy Camp 2019 will focus on digital platforms, their societal impact 
and political significance. Due to the rise of a few powerful companies 
such as Uber, Facebook, Amazon or Google, the term “platform” has moved 
beyond its initial computational meaning of technological architecture 
and has come to be understood as a socio-cultural phenomenon. Platforms 
are said to facilitate and shape human interactions, thus becoming 
important economic and political actors. While the companies offering 
platform services are increasingly the target of regulative action, they 
are also considered as allies of national and supranational institutions 
in enforcing policies voluntarily and gauging political interest and 
support. Digital platforms employ business models that rely on the 
collection of large amounts of data and the use of advanced algorithms, 
which raise concerns about their surveillance potential and their impact 
on political events. Increasingly rooted in the daily life of many 
individuals, platforms monetise social interactions and turn to 
questionable labor practices. Many sectors and social practices are 
being “platformised”, from public health to security, from news to 
entertainment services. Lately, some scholars have conceptualised this 
phenomenon as “platform capitalism 
<https://www.wiley.com/en-us/Platform+Capitalism-p-9781509504862>” or 
“platform society 
<https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-platform-society-9780190889777?cc=be&lang=en&;>”.

Privacy Camp 2019 will unpack the implications of “platformisation” for 
the socio-political fabric, human rights and policy making. In 
particular, how does the platform logic shape our experiences and the 
world we live in? How do institutional actors attempt to regulate 
platforms? In what ways do the affordances and constraints of platforms 
shape how people share and make use of their data?

Participate!

We welcome panel proposals relating to the broad theme of platforms. 
Besides classic panel proposals we are also seeking short contributions 
for our workshop “Situating Platforms: User Narratives”.

1. Panel proposals

We are particularly interested in panel proposals on the following 
topics: platform economy and labour; algorithmic bias; democratic 
participation and social networks.

Submission guidelines:

·Indicate a clear objective for your session, i.e. what would be a good 
outcome for you?

·Indicate other speakers that could participate in your panel (and let 
us know which speaker has already confirmed, at least in principle, to 
participate).

·Make it as participative as possible, think about how to include the 
audience and diverse actors. Note that the average panel length is 75 
minutes.

·Send us a description of no more than 400 words.

2. “Situating Platforms: User Narratives” submissions

In an effort to discuss situated contexts with regard to platforms, we 
will have a session on lived practices and user narratives. Individuals, 
civil society groups or community associations are welcome to contribute 
in the format of a short talk or show & tell demonstration. Details and 
the online submission form are here: 
https://framaforms.org/your-platform-story-1539768957

Deadline

*The deadline for all submissions is 18 November*. After the deadline, 
we will review your submission and let you know by the end of November 
whether your proposal can be included in the programme. It is possible 
that we suggest merging panel proposals if they are very similar.

Please send your proposal via email to privacycamp(at)edri.org 
<http://edri.org>!

If you have questions, please contact Kirsten at 
kirsten.fiedler(at)edri(dot)org or Imge at imge.ozcan(at)vub(dot)be.

For more details about Privacy Camp, please visit https://privacycamp.eu/



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