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Surveillance & Society | ISSN 1477-7487 The international journal of surveillance studies http://www.surveillance-and-society.org CALLS FOR PAPERS 2005 1. Surveillance and Violent Conflict 2. Doing Surveillance Studies 1. Surveillance and Violent Conflict Edited by Eric Toepfer, David Wood and Stephen Graham Issue 3(2/3) Publication date: September 2005 Deadline for submissions: May 1st 2005 Call: Though the military aspects of surveillance are seen as "singularly important" (Lyon 1994: 28), they are rarely examined in detail within surveillance studies. Reconnaissance is treated as surveillance in camouflage and thus remains almost unnoticed. Studies of military surveillance exist within International Relations and studies of warfare and espionage, however these remain disconnected from studies of surveillance across other disciplines. However, methods and technologies developed for military purposes are deeply embedded in contemporary "civil surveillance societies", as, for instance, cornerstones of the digital universe of geographic information, CCD chips in modern CCTV cameras, or C3I centres as next generation of police control rooms. In an effort to raise attention to both the specific and broader military dimensions of surveillance, the Editors are calling for papers on the theme of "Surveillance and Violent Conflict". Contributions are therefore welcomed on all aspects of surveillance in the context of international and sub-state organised violence. As usual, we also encourage non-academic forms of submission including fiction, poetry, photography, film and video, and multimedia. Topics could include: - Military surveillance, reconnaissance and espionage; - Surveillance and "new wars", counter-insurgency, anti-terrorism and paramilitary public order policing; - The military-industrial complex and the techno-structures of contemporary surveillance societies; ... and more on historical, contemporary and future contexts of surveillance and violent conflict. Further enquiries and submissions to either Eric Toepfer ([log in to unmask]) or David Wood ([log in to unmask]) following our Submission Guidelines. 2. Doing Surveillance Studies Edited by Kirstie Ball and Kevin Haggerty Issue 3(4): Publication date: December 2005 Deadline for submissions: August 1st 2005 Call: Surveillance and society Volume 3(4) will be focusing on the question of how we, as scholars, 'do' surveillance studies. The field of surveillance studies is still in its infancy, but contributors from the range of social science, humanities, liberal arts and even some of the engineering sciences. Addressing methodological questions concerning the unit of analysis, appropriate epistemological approaches, and the overall validity of what we produce will determine the legitimacy and communicability of our work for the future. Specific issues concern (among others): * Spatial concepts and variables: their operationalisation, capture, representation and analysis. * Temporal concepts and variables: how researchers can represent social process and action whilst using a time-honoured set of tools which, by necessity 'freeze' what is being observed. * Epistemological issues concerning our treatment of action, structure, virtuality, identity, boundaries of the self, being and becoming * Research design and surveillance studies * The strengths and weaknesses of our own disciplinary boundaries * The nature of interdisciplinarity within surveillance studies * Whether there will ever be a surveillance studies research 'norm' (excluding existing debates about whether everything starts with the Panopticon) * The application of particular analytical techniques and their suitability for scenarios where we see surveillance-in-action. * Reflexive accounts of surveillance scholars. * The role of provocation in surveillance studies. This list is not exhaustive, but it does cover some of the main issues faced by scholars in the field. Kindly submit papers to Kirstie Ball ([log in to unmask]) by August 1st, following our Submission Guidelines. Dr David Wood Managing Editor Surveillance & Society http://www.surveillance-and-society.org/ [log in to unmask]