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Dear Colleagues, David Lyon and I are organizing two sessions on surveillance and society for the International Sociological Association conference in Sweden next summer. We invite you to submit abstracts and forward this message to other scholars who might be interested. Please see the announcement below. Sincerely, Torin Torin Monahan, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Human & Organizational Development Associate Professor of Medicine Vanderbilt University 615-322-8732 www.torinmonahan.com Call for Papers on Surveillance and Society XVII International Sociological Association World Congress of Sociology 11-17 July 2010 Gothenburg, Sweden Session 1: Surveillance and Popular Culture This session will analyze overlaps between popular media representations of surveillance and actual surveillance practices. Attention will be given to the role of media in translating public concerns over new surveillance systems and the influence of media upon the development and deployment of surveillance systems more generally. Joint Session of RC14 Sociology of Communication, Knowledge and Culture and RC23 Sociology of Science and Technology. Organizer: Torin Monahan, Vanderbilt University, USA, [log in to unmask] Session 2: Local Manifestations of Global Surveillance This session will explore cultural and regional differences in what might be considered to be global surveillance practices. Particular attention will be given to the development of public-private partnerships and the ongoing privatization of surveillance and security. Joint Session of RC21 Regional and Urban Development and RC23 Sociology of Science and Technology. Organizers: David Lyon, Queen’s University, Canada, [log in to unmask] and Murli M. Sinha, Rochester Institute of Technology, USA, [log in to unmask] DEADLINE FOR ABSTRACTS: 1 December 2009 DEADLINE FOR REGISTRATION: 4 May 2010 SUBMISSION PROCESS: Send a paper title and 250-word abstracts to Torin Monahan <[log in to unmask]> and David Lyon <[log in to unmask]> by 1 December 2009. For more information on the ISA event: http://www.isa-sociology.org/ congress2010/index.htm **************************************************** This is a message from the SURVEILLANCE listserv for research and teaching in surveillance studies. To unsubscribe, please send the following message to <[log in to unmask]>: UNSUBSCRIBE SURVEILLANCE For further help, please visit: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/help ****************************************************