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Cheers. I've blogged about it in context here - http://veillance.me/blog/2013/1/9/liquid-surveillance On Thu, Jan 10, 2013 at 4:01 AM, rosamunde van brakel < [log in to unmask]> wrote: > *[sorry for cross-posting - Please do not hesitate to disseminate > further] > * > > For those of you attending the Computers, Privacy and Data Protection 2013 > conference in a couple of weeks I would really like to draw your attention > to the following side event (see flyer in attachment) and please do not > forget to register! > > *BOOK PRESENTATION BY DAVID LYON: LIQUID SURVEILLANCE: A CONVERSATION > * > New surveillance technologies can have a significant impact on privacy. > Surveillance, defined as “any collection and processing of personal data, > whether identifiable or not, for the purposes of influencing or managing > those whose data have been garnered” (Lyon, 2001), is a distinctive product > of the modern world and as this world has become liquefied so too has > surveillance. > Why do people so willingly comply with surveillance and how does this > liquidity suck everyone into its stream as participants? These and other > questions will be addressed during the book presentation by *Professor > David Lyon* (Director of the Surveillance Studies Centre, Queens > University, Canada) of his new book *Liquid Surveillance: A Conversation*, > which he co-authored with *Zygmunt Bauman* (Professor Emeritus of > Sociology, University of Leeds, United Kingdom). > The presentation will be followed by a lively roundtable discussion > moderated by William Webster, University of Stirling (UK) with the > following panellists: Ann Rudinow Sætnan, Norwegian University of Science > and Technology (NO), Didier Bigo, King's College London (UK) and Kristin > Veel, University of Copenhagen (DK). > Organised by VUB-LSTS and LISS (Living in Surveillance Societies)-COST > Action in cooperation with Polity Press and deBuren. > > *REGISTRATION:* Please RSVP to following address: rvbrakel[a]vub.ac.be > *Wednesday 23 January 2013 - 20:00 (drinks at 19.30) > > PLACE: > De Markten > *Oude Graanmarkt 5 Rue du Vieux Marché aux Grains, > 1000 Brussels > **************************************************** This is a message > from the SURVEILLANCE listserv for research and teaching in surveillance > studies. To unsubscribe, please send the following message to **: > UNSUBSCRIBE SURVEILLANCE For further help, please visit: > http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/help**************************************************** -- Regards, Phone: +61427996984 Contact: [log in to unmask] Skype: alexanderhayes Join my research team - http://www.alexanderhayes.com/research **************************************************** 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 ****************************************************