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  1. 2nd Surveillance in Latin America Symposium
    March 16, 2010 (All day) - March 19, 2010 (All day)

    Identification, Identity and Surveillance in Latin America
    March 16-18, 2010

    University of the State of Mexico
    Faculty of Political and Social Studies
    Tuluca, Mexico

    Call for papers release: July 15, 2009.
    Deadline for abstracts: October 30, 2009.

    Accepted list: January 15, 2010.
    Deadline for full papers: February 28, 2010.

    Organizers: Nelson Arteaga Botello, Roberto Fuentes Rionda

    For more info see:
    CFP English
    CFP Spanish
    CFP Portuguese
    Website

  2. SSC Seminar -- Patrick Derby
    March 18, 2010 - 12:30pm - 1:30pm

    Patrick Derby

    PhD Candidate
    Department of Sociology
    Queen’s University

    Automatic Licence Plate Recognition:

    Explorations of an Emerging Police Checkpoint Technology

    Thursday, March 18th
    12:30pm to 1:30pm
    Mackintosh-Corry Hall, Room D-411

  3. The Politics of Surveillance
    March 29, 2010 (All day) - April 1, 2010 (All day)

    The Politics of Surveillance

    Political Studies Association (PSA) 60th Anniversary Conference

    Edinburgh, 29th March - 1st April 2010

    Convenors: Dr Archie W Simpson (University of Stirling) and Dr Gavin J D Smith (City University London)

    Panel summary: Surveillance has become an omnipresent and unremarkable force throughout the global north. The sharp growth of verification and behaviour monitoring technologies such as biometric passports, CCTV, the creation of international databases and changing legislation have given state and non-state agencies more surveillant powers and this in turn raises important political questions regarding the changing configuration of the state in high modernity. The purpose of this panel is to explore some of these issues and begin unpackaging the various political discourses and dogmas surrounding surveillance.

    Call for papers: Proposals for papers exploring any political aspects of surveillance are welcomed. Papers on contemporary political debates, legislative and legalisitc frameworks, the dichotomy of state and civil society, the political economy of surveillance or civil liberties are particularly welcomed. Papers offering comparative studies into the politics of surveillance are also encouraged. The Politics of Surveillance

  4. A Global Surveillance Society? Surveillance and Society Conference
    April 13, 2010 (All day) - April 16, 2010 (All day)

    A Global Surveillance Society?
    The Fourth Biannual Surveillance and Society Conference

    Supported by the Living in Surveillance Societies (LISS) COST Action and the Surveillance Studies Network

    City University London, UK
    April 13 – 15, 2010

    PDF version Call for Papers

    Overview:

    Surveillance has become a ubiquitous feature of living in the global north, with citizens routinely monitored by a range of sophisticated technologies. Increasing levels of surveillance are typically justified and legitimated by threats of terrorism, fear of crime and disorder, as info/entertainment tools for the curious and through discourses emphasizing public and private service improvement. In spite of this, little is known about the effect of surveillance on individuals, society, the democratic polity, nation states in the developed and developing world, and the evolving nature of humanity.

    Themes:

    This conference calls for papers which examine the many facets of surveillance and globality. In particular, we welcome papers which address:

  5. The Political Economy of Surveillance: A Research Workshop
    September 9, 2010 (All day) - September 12, 2010 (All day)

    Open University Business School, Milton Keynes, UK
    Sept 9 – 12 2010

    Funded by ‘The New Transparency’ Major Collaborative Research Initiative and ‘Living in Surveillance Societies’ EU COST Action

    The New Transparency (‘NewT’) and the Living in Surveillance Societies COST action (‘LiSS’) is jointly calling for paper proposals for a workshop on ‘The Political Economy of Surveillance’.
    One of the key driving forces behind the Surveillance Society is the interests and strategies of
    governmental and corporate organizations and their members. Whether these organizations
    are concerned with the control of crime, the administration of health or welfare, selling goods
    or managing risk, the collection, analysis and application of personal data is at the core of
    many of their activities. Marketing techniques designed to profile desirable ‘lifetime’ customers
    are the same as those used to detect ‘undesirables’ through their financial transactions and
    travel movements. Technologies developed by the military to control populations in times of
    war, diffuse into civilian usage in times of peace. Responses to government calls for