Dear list, 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 ---------------------cfp-------------------------- 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 to ssn2014barcelona@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@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.pd... <http://www.surveillance-studies.net/documents/cfp_SSN2014_Barcelona_final.docx>http://www.surveillance-studies.net/documents/cfp_SSN2014_Barcelona_final.docx -- Dr. habil. Nils Zurawski Universität Hamburg Inst. für kriminologische Sozialforschung Allende-Platz 1 20146 Hamburg Germany tel. +49 (0) 40 42838 2199 / 7421 (AB) fax. +49 (0) 40 42838 2328 http://www.surveillance-studies.org/blog