cfp: Surveillance: Power, Performance and Trust The 7th biennial Surveillance & Society conference of the Surveillance Studies Network, hosted by Eticas Research & Consulting. Thursday 21st – Saturday 23rd April 2016 in Barcelona Complete information can be found and downloaded here: http://www.surveillance-studies.net/?p=1162 Call for Registration of Interest and abstracts. Surveillance in the 21st Century is characterised by performance, risk scoring, ubiquitous data collection and analysis, algorithms as well as intersecting and blurring power relations. As such surveillance increasingly becomes an integral part of everyday life and professional environments, symbolised by concepts such as the smart city, industry 4.0, smart homes and wearable computing. These new sorting and controlling practices will prompt new forms of visibility, new modes of power, as well as unintended consequences and cumulative disadvantages. Scholars and other concerned individuals face numerous questions: How will these new emerging cultures of surveillance interact with democracy, society and citizenship? What impacts and interdependencies can be observed? How should societies respond to these practices? How do people cope with current features and practices as well as with the historical legacies of surveillance regimes? What role does surveillance play in social theories? In this context the conference wishes to explore the following key themes: Key themes may include, but are not limited to: Democracy and surveillance Surveillance and everyday life Cultures and histories of surveillance Surveillance and digital/social media Value sensitive design and PETs Philosophy and theory of surveillance Ethics and Trust in and of surveillance Regulation, politics and governance of surveillance Algorithmic surveillance and big data Resistance to surveillance Non-technological surveillance Important dates >>13 July 2015 Call for abstracts and intent issued >>31 August 2015 Deadline for initial registration of interest by email to ssn2016@surveillance-studies.net 25 October 2015 Deadline submission of abstracts via EasyChair – https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ssn2016barcelona 30 October 2015 Electronic booking form available – formal registration and payment 15 December 2015 Notification to participants about decisions on abstracts 28 February 2016 Early Bird registration ends 25 March 2016: Submission of full papers Final Deadline for registration and payment for all conference attendees Launch of conference programme 7 April 2016 Papers published on Web available to all registered conference attendees 20 April 2016 Pre-conference activities 21-23 April 2016 Conference in Barcelona For paper presenters, a 300 word abstract will be required by 25th of October 2015 and can be submitted using the EasyChair platform: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ssn2016barcelona Hope to see you all in Barcelona and looking forward to your abstracts. best nilz Dr. habil. Nils Zurawski Universität Hamburg Inst. für kriminologische Sozialforschung Allende-Platz 1 20146 Hamburg Germany tel. +49 (0) 40 42838 2199 (AB) fax. +49 (0) 40 42838 2328 http://www.surveillance-studies.org Neue Bücher: #Raum-Kontrolle-Weltbild.Raumvorstellungen als Grundlage gesellschaftlicher Ordnung und ihrer Überwachung. Mai 2014 bei Budrich UniPress. #Anthropology of Security, Perspectives from the Frontline of Policing, Counter-terrorism and Border Control (eds. M. Maguire, C. Frois, N.Zurawski) Pluto Press 2014