[Commlist] CFP: Oregon Surveillance Studies Workshop 2023

Call for Proposals for a Surveillance Studies Network (SSN) conference 
to be held in Eugene, Oregon (USA) in October 2023. The conference theme 
is focused on the intersections between media, information, and 
surveillance. This is a designed to be a smaller conference than the 
flagship biannual SSN conference, and will be based around a 
paper-workshop model in which sessions are devoted to feedback of single 
draft papers, much like the Privacy Law Scholars Conference (PLSC) 
model. We anticipate having some limited options for remote/hybrid 
sessions in addition to the in-person conference.

The submission for paper proposals (abstracts) is June 30, 2023. More 
details and an online CFP can be found at 
https://blogs.uoregon.edu/ssnoregon2023/

The CFP follows:

Oregon Surveillance Studies Workshop 2023
October 13-14, 2023 | University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon (USA)
Conference Theme: Media, Information, and Surveillance
Organized by the Surveillance Studies Network 
(SSN)<https://www.surveillance-studies.net> and hosted by the University 
of Oregon's School of Journalism and Communication 
(SOJC)<https://journalism.uoregon.edu/>, with additional support from 
Oregon State University's School of 
Communication<https://liberalarts.oregonstate.edu/soc>.
Conference website: https://blogs.uoregon.edu/ssnoregon2023/
 Conference Co-Chairs:

  *   Bryce Newell - University of Oregon
  *   Joshua Reeves - Oregon State University

Theme:
The 2023 Oregon Surveillance Studies Workshop welcomes proposals from 
scholars across disciplines to workshop works-in-progress papers that 
focus on issues of surveillance and/in society, with a particular 
emphasis on scholarship that brings media, communication, or information 
studies perspectives to these issues. Our broad theme is focused on the 
interconnections between "Media, Information, and Surveillance." 
Proposals that align with the theme of the conference will receive some 
priority in the selection process. By framing the conference theme 
around issues of media, information, and surveillance, we hope to foster 
connections and dialogue about how approaching and understanding 
emerging surveillance practices and technologies from media studies, 
communication theory, information science, and critical data studies 
perspectives can provide new insights or open new directions for 
surveillance studies research. For example: How can theories, concepts, 
and approaches from media studies and the information sciences inform 
how we conceptualize, study, and regulate emerging forms of 
data-intensive surveillance?

More details:
Over twenty years ago, in 2002, Gary Marx presented his ideas about "the 
new surveillance" (Marx 2002) in the first issue of Surveillance & 
Society. Examining the evolution of surveillance practices and their 
increasing reliance on information technologies, Marx argued that the 
defining feature of this new surveillance was "the use of technical 
means to extract or create personal data" (Marx 2002: 12). Much has 
changed in the intervening years, both in terms of technology and 
surveillance practices, but this definition continues to apply to new 
forms of data-intensive surveillance today. At the same time, the 
transdisciplinary field of surveillance studies has matured over the 
past two decades, bringing together scholars from a variety of academic 
disciplines interested in conducting research at the intersections of 
surveillance and society. The purpose of this workshop is to bring 
together scholars from the fields of media studies, communication, the 
information sciences, critical d
 ata studies, and related fields to explore how theories, concepts, and 
ideas from these fields can inform transdisciplinary research and 
scholarship into the realities, social implications, and regulation of 
new and emerging surveillance and data-intensive technologies in society.

The Oregon Surveillance Studies Workshop is a discussion-based 
conference in which each session is dedicated to discussing and 
providing feedback on a single draft paper. Designated discussants 
briefly present the paper and provide comments and feedback, after which 
the author may respond (but does not present or summarize their paper), 
and then the room is opened for broad discussion amongst, and feedback 
from, everyone else in attendance. Because of this format, participants 
are expected to have read papers before the sessions and to actively 
provide constructive feedback. As such, conference participants have 
ample opportunities to engage and contribute to the sessions even if 
they do not workshop a paper (for example, as a discussant who provides 
commentary and feedback).

The conference will take place over two days and will include both 
physical and virtual attendance options. We anticipate hosting several 
sessions of the conference as dedicated or hybrid virtual sessions 
designed to allow scholars who are not able to easily travel to Oregon 
the opportunity to participate in at least some of the discussions at 
the conference. However, not all of the physical sessions of the 
conference will be streamed virtually, so virtual attendance is likely 
to provide a much more limited array of attendance options than 
in-person attendance. Applicants must designate on their initial 
application whether they are available to attend in person or only 
remotely. The in-person conference will include face-to-face roundtable 
discussions on both days of the conference as well as several meals and 
extended breaks to allow for networking and informal discussions to take 
place between participants. We anticipate being able to workshop at 
least 24 papers in person, with sev
 eral more offered in a virtual format.
Dates and deadlines:

  *   Abstract submission deadline: June 30, 2023
  *   Acceptance/rejection decisions back to authors: July 22, 2023
  *   Registration (early bird) deadline: August 18, 2023
  *   Author/Discussant/Commenter final registration deadline: Sept. 
16, 2023
  *   Full drafts of accepted papers due: Sept. 16, 2023 (full drafts 
not submitted by this date will be withdrawn from the program)*
  *   Conference dates: October 12-13, 2023
*Important note about full drafts: Proposals will be accepted on the 
basis of abstracts, but full drafts of accepted papers must be submitted 
in time for discussants and other participants to read and prepare 
comments as noted below. If authors of accepted abstracts do not submit 
a full draft paper by the Sept. 16 deadline, their paper will be removed 
from the program and will not be workshopped at the conference.

Submission instructions:
Authors should submit an abstract as part of their application to have 
their research workshopped at the conference. Your abstracts should be 
in English and be between 500 and 700 words. You should clearly and 
concisely link your ideas and research to existing scholarly literature 
(and fully reference cited literature in a references section following 
your abstract). Abstracts should identify the theories, concepts, 
methods, and conclusions of your paper, and should also demonstrate your 
awareness and understanding of the existing relevant literature and 
explain how your work relates to, informs, or diverges from the existing 
body of knowledge. If you wish to cite your own work in your abstract, 
you should refer to your work in the third person -- for example, "As 
Newell and Reeves (2023) argued," instead of something like "in our 
prior work...."

Note: Abstracts which reveal the identity of the author(s), are not 
accompanied by full references to prior work (those cited in the 
abstract), or which are significantly below 500 words or above 700 words 
will be rejected without review.

Finally, please remember that substantially completed full drafts (which 
need not be polished but should be complete enough for meaningful 
discussion and feedback during the conference) will be required for all 
accepted proposals. Please indicate in your abstract/application whether 
you anticipate being available to attend the conference in person or 
whether you intend to participate remotely. (Note that there will be 
more limited opportunities for remote participation.)

You should submit<https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ssnoregon2023> 
your abstracts through 
EasyChair<https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ssnoregon2023> (link: 
https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ssnoregon2023).

Questions?
Please direct any of your questions to the conference co-chairs, Bryce 
Newell ((bcnewell /at/ uoregon.edu)<mailto:(bcnewell /at/ uoregon.edu)>) and Joshua 
Reeves ((reevejos /at/ oregonstate.edu)<mailto:(reevejos /at/ oregonstate.edu)>). 
Please put "SSN Oregon 2023" in the subject line of your email. Please 
also check the conference website for additional information as the 
conference dates get closer:https://blogs.uoregon.edu/ssnoregon2023/

Our Sponsors:
Surveillance Studies Network (SSN)<https://www.surveillance-studies.net>
University of Oregon School of Journalism and Communication 
(SOJC)<https://journalism.uoregon.edu/>
Oregon State University School of 
Communication<https://liberalarts.oregonstate.edu/soc>
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