Dear all please read and circulate the revised Call. Please disregard and delete
the previous version of the call.
IMPORTANT PLEASE NOTE
For planning purposes it is imperative that we have an initial indication of
numbers by November 16 2007 so please register your interest now.
Please also note that because of administrative constraints we have had to bring
our abstract submission deadline FORWARD to the 20th December 2007.
We attach the call as a word document and reproduce the text below.
Please circulate widely.
Clive and Kirstie
INVISIBILITIES: THE POLITICS, PRACTICE AND EXPERIENCE OF SURVEILLANCE IN
EVERYDAY LIFE
A TWO-DAY INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE HOSTED BY
THE CENTRE FOR CRIMINOLOGICAL RESEARCH, UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD, UK
IN ASSOCIATION WITH
THE SURVEILLANCE STUDIES NETWORK
WWW.SURVEILLANCE-STUDIES.NET
Wednesday 2nd April - Thursday 3rd April 2008
While many of the worlds nations are becoming surveillance societies, the
nature of life with surveillance in those societies is far from homogeneous,
and is not widely researched or theorised. This conference focuses on the lived
realities of surveillance and is keen to encourage empirical studies which
document its everyday experience.
By its very nature surveillance makes populations visible, and differentiates
between their members; surveillance itself features varied techniques,
intensities and foci. Whether as workers, consumers, children, patients,
criminals, web surfers or travellers we are made visible in different ways,
through different technologies and administrative regimes. Visibility is not
always total, unproductive or oppressive visibility is necessarily partial.
For some it is actively embraced: lives are lived in visibility.
Nevertheless, widespread ambivalence towards surveillance has been noted in
academic, policy and media circles. As surveillance confers benefits and incurs
costs on individuals, personal information economies of surveillance emerge.
In building personal strategies which involve surveillance practices,
invisibilities are negotiated to mediate, limit and exploit exposure to
surveillance. How individuals, groups, organizations and societies negotiate,
experience, resist, comply with, and enjoy surveillance are critical empirical
questions, which appeal to surveillance scholars from a wide range of social
science disciplines.
Key themes to include:
Experiencing Surveillance and Visibility
Participatory and Voluntary Surveillance
Theorising (in)visibility
Histories of Surveillance and Visibility
Surveillance of the Other - Visibility and Difference
Representations of Surveillance in Film/Art/Literature/Media
State Surveillance and Identification
Surveillance, visibility and the welfare state
Surveillance and consumer visibility
The transparent body
Electronic visibilities
(In)visibility and labour
Negotiating (in)visibility
Researching (in)visibility
Spatial visibilities
Surveillance futures
FEES AND LOCAL INFORMATION
This is a non-residential conference and participants will need to make their
own arrangements for accommodation (we will provide advice for this in due
course). The Conference will be held at the Richards Roberts Building at the
University of Sheffield, UK. Conference web site will be up and running from
November 20th 2007 providing full details of the emerging conference programme,
transport and accommodation advice, payment details and a final booking form.
The Conference Fee is £200 per person, which includes refreshments and lunch and
an optional £25 two years' membership of Surveillance Studies Network. The
membership fee will be used to promote the charitable activities of the
Surveillance Studies Network, support the continued publication of the Journal
of Surveillance and Society and give other benefits to members.
There will be a formal conference dinner on the evening of April 2nd at an
additional charge of £50.
We are hoping to offer ten reduced fee places for post-graduate students wishing
to give a paper or present a poster display of their research. If you wish to
apply for this please register your interest as soon a possible and send an
abstract/summary of your research/ by 16th November 2007. Allocation to these
strictly limited places will be based on the quality of the abstract/ research
description and on a first come first serve basis.
For planning purposes it is imperative that we have an initial indication of
numbers by November 16 2007 so please register your interest now.
Please also note that because of administrative constraints we have had to bring
our abstract submission deadline FORWARD to the 20th December 2007.
REGISTER OF INTEREST.
For those who are interested in giving a paper or attending the conference
please register your interest by sending an email to [log in to unmask] as
soon as possible and before November 16th 2007 with the following information:
Name
Country of residence
Institutional affiliation
Institutional address
Telephone number
Email address
Proposed title/subject of paper. We will require a 300 word abstract by
December 20th
Where appropriate an indication that you wish to be considered for a
postgraduate reduced fee place plus a 300 word abstract of your paper/
description of your research
If you are thinking of attending but do not want to give a paper please state
this clearly.
TIMETABLE
October 6 Revised First Call issued
November 16 Dead-line for initial register of interest, name, title, contact
details etc by email to [log in to unmask]
November 20 Second Call issued with list of key speakers - Electronic booking
form available Conference web site up and running - formal registration and
payment from now.
December 20 Abstracts required
March 1 Deadline for submission of final electronic papers
March 1 Final Deadline for registration and payment for all conference attendees
without late booking surcharge
March 24 Papers published on Web available to all registered conference
attendees
April 1 Evening pre-conference reception
April 2/3 Conference
We look forward to hearing from you
Please register your interest NOW.
Professor Clive Norris
Dr Kirstie Ball
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Professor Clive Norris
Head of Department
Department of Sociological Studies
University of Sheffield
Elmfield, Northumberland Road
Sheffield
S10 2TU
Tel: 0114 222 6460
Fax: 0114 276 8125
Email:[log in to unmask]
Secretary: Ms Janine Birch
Tel: 0114 222 6422
Email: [log in to unmask]
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