it seems there are more conferences in 2012 with that theme for
the whole event - RGS-IBG in 2012 in Edinburgh- Theme: Security of geography/geography of
security
http://www.rgs.org/WhatsOn/ConferencesAndSeminars/Annual+International+Conference/AC2012+date+and+location.htm
we should think about something here as well.
best wishes
nilh
CALL FOR
PAPERS
Association of American
Geographers Annual Meeting, 24-28 February 2012, New
York
Geographies of Security and
Surveillance
Convened by David Murakami Wood, Queen's University, Ontario, and
Steve Graham, Newcastle University UK.
This session will provide a space for the discussion of the growing
interest in geographies of security and surveillance. We welcome
submissions on any aspect of this broad area, but would particularly
encourage papers on:
- International comparative studies of security and surveillance
- The political economy of security and surveillance
- Surveillance, intelligence and the 'war on terror'
- The globalization, reterritorialization and rescaling of security
and surveillance
- Critiques of dominant theorizations of security and surveillance,
and new directions from / in geography
- Emerging geographies of surveillance and security, e.g. social
networks, online gameworlds etc.
- Historical geographies of security and surveillance
- Security, surveillance and culture
- Geographies of openness, transparency and exteriority
- Geographies of closure, privacy and interiority
Potential presenters should first register for the meeting at: http://www.aag.org/cs/annualmeeting/register_to_attend
They should then send their name, affiliation, conference ID number,
and a 250-word abstract to:
David Murakami Wood: [log in to unmask] mailto:[log in to unmask]
The deadline for submission is: 21st September 2011
Successful submitters will be notified
before 28th September 2011, when the full session will be submitted to
the AAG
David Murakami Wood
Canada Research Chair (Tier II) in Surveillance Studies,
Surveillance Studies Centre,
Associate Professor, Department of Sociology / Cross-appointed in
Department of Geography,
Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario.
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