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On 20/11/2012, at 3:19 AM, Peter Ullrich <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> Call for Papers
>
> Tracking, Targeting, Predicting.
> Epistemological, Ontological, and Biopolitical Dimensions of
> Techno-Security
>
> Department of Media Studies, University of Paderborn, 20-22nd June 2013
>
>
> Tracking, targeting, predicting: These are basic components of the
> current high-tech military logic in the countries of the global North.
> Strong, ubiquitous ICT-based networks, manned and unmanned systems are
> used to control and monitor area-wide and over huge distances 24 hours
> a day to reach a ‘globespanning dominance based on a nearmonopoly of
> space and air power’ (Graham). The Information Revolution in Military
> Affairs is based on the intertwinement of information sovereignty,
> technological superiority and the close networking of intelligence,
> command centers and weapon technologies.
> Surprisingly, the logic of civil security architectures seems to work
> along very similar lines. An impressive example is the recent ‘Domain
> Awareness System’ in Manhattan, co-produced by Microsoft and the New
> York City Police, with its more than 3000 cameras, 2500 sensors,
> hundreds of license-plate-scanners, access to huge criminal as well as
> terrorist databases, emergency calls etc. The system was introduced as
> a super-tool in the fight against terrorism but is already deployed
> for ‘regular’ crime investigation. High-tech warfare and civil
> security architectures seem to share a similar concept of
> techno-security based on precautionary risk management, an emphasis on
> advanced ICT, a preference for distanced operations and the reliance
> on the idea of full spectrum dominance.
> The aim of the workshop is to analyze closely the logic of
> techno-security in its military and / or civil aspects as well as
> their possible entanglements.
>
> Relevant questions are:
> - What are the ontological, epistemological and biopolitical
> dimensions of today’s techno-security, of the growing convergence of
> recent sociotechnologies of surveillance and warfare?
> - What role do technoscientific methods such as real time system
> analysis, scenario techniques, or computer simulations play in the
> logic of techno-security? How do technoscientific / biocybernetic
> approaches conjoin with biopolitical militarized practices — for
> example, in operating unpredictability and in their attempt to model
> the future?
> - What is the impact of techno-(in)securities on everyday practices?
> Do we experience a militarization of civil life, the civilization of
> war, a ‘militarization of visual culture’ (Kaplan)?
> - What are gendered dimensions of techno-security? Does
> techno-security contribute to social sorting in terms of gender, race,
> age, ability?
> - (How) Are the ‘politics of fear’ (Massumi), the (game) culture of
> tracking/targeting, and the ‘entrepreneurial self’ (Bröckling)
> interwoven?
> Additional submissions are encouraged that address further questions
> concerning the discourses and practices of techno-security in civil
> and / or military contexts.
>
> Please send your abstract of 500 words + references to
> [log in to unmask] no later than December, 31st 2012.
>
> They will be blind reviewed by the conference committee. Applicants
> will be notified of the decision by February, 28th 2013. Author names
> and addresses should only appear on a removable cover page to
> facilitate blind review. Please submit manuscripts as an MS Word or a
> Rich Text file. To grant sufficient time for intense discussions the
> contributors will be asked to limit their presentation to a total
> length of 25 minutes.
>
> The conference will be open to the public. Conference language is
> English. There is no conference fee. Financial support for travel
> expenses may be granted to junior researchers upon request if the
> necessary funds are available.
>
> Keynote speakers: Caren Kaplan, University of California Davis, USA;
> Stefan Kaufmann, University of Freiburg, Germany; Lucy Suchman,
> Lancaster University, UK.
> Conference Committee: Stefan Kaufmann, University of Freiburg,
> Germany; Anna Leander, Copenhagen Business School, DK; Winifred R.
> Poster, Washington University, St. Louis, USA; Lucy Suchman, Lancaster
> University, UK; Peter Ullrich, Social Science Research Center Berlin,
> Germany; Jutta Weber, University of Paderborn, Germany
>
> For further questions please contact Katrin M. Kämpf and Göde Both at
> [log in to unmask]
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> We are looking forward to your contributions.
>
> --
> Dr. phil. Dr. rer. med. Peter Ullrich
>
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