[Reader-list] Surveillance & Society | News January 2003

[Harsh Kapoor]

Surveillance & Society | News January 2003

the international journal of surveillance studies
http://www.surveillance-and-society.org

Managing Editor: Dr David Wood, mailto:d.f.j.wood at ncl.ac.uk


1. New Issue Out Now
2. Calls for Papers for future issues
3. Submitting to Surveillance & Society
4. Resource Base
5. Provisional announcement of Surveillance & Society's first major conference


1. New Issue Out Now!

Issue 1(2) of Surveillance & Society is out now! Themed around 
'Work', it features new work by Paul Thompson, Jeff Stanton and 
Kathryn Stam, Benjamin Goold, Kirstie Ball and more.

http://www.surveillance-and-society.org/journalv1i2.htm


2. Calls for Papers

Issue 1(3) - Foucault and Panopticism

There is still time to get your submissions in for our third issue on 
any aspect of the legacy of Michel Foucault for surveillance studies, 
the concept of 'panopticism' or Bentham's iconic 'Panopticon' . We 
welcome critiques, reviews, art and studies of surveillance which 
explicitly make use of or undermine Foucault's theories and approach, 
or which reconsider the legacy of the Panopticon.

Deadline for submissions: March 31st 2003, publication date: end June 2003.


NEW CALL! Issue 1(4) - Mobilities

Mobility has become a key theme across academic disciplines, and 
enabling, controlling and preventing mobility is one of the most 
important aspects of surveillance in the 21st Century. Surveillance & 
Society is calling for submissions on all aspects of surveillance and 
mobilities, for example: mobile communications technologies and 
global positioning systems; migration, borders and border control; 
transport; automated urban infrastructures; virtual mobility; and so 
on.

Deadline for submissions: June 30th 2003, publication date: end September 2003.


3. Submitting to Surveillance & Society

Surveillance & Society will always consider pieces on any aspect of 
surveillance for all issues, regardless of the main theme of the 
issue.

We welcome both conventional academic papers and artistic submissions 
(photographs, video, poetry, code-poetry, fiction, multi-media etc.), 
political and technical reviews, opinion pieces and more.

We encourage innovative approaches and can discuss any proposed submission.

For more details, see: http://www.surveillance-and-society/call.htm


4. Resource Base.

The long-awaited Surveillance & Society Resource Base for 
Surveillance Studies should start to be operational within the next 
few weeks, a bit at a time. Keep an eye out...


5. Provisional Announcement of Surveillance & Society's first major conference.


CCTV and Social control: the politics and practice of 
videosurveillance - European and Global perspectives

A of a two day conference to be held at the Centre For Criminological 
Research, University of Sheffield in conjucntion with the Journal - 
Surveillance & Society <http://www.surveillance-and-society.org>

Thursday January 8th and Friday January 9th 2004

Although the UK has clearly the most developed public infrastructure 
of surveillance cameras in the world, in the wake of September 11th 
other countries are increasingly deploying cameras in a range of 
settings, including city centre streets, sporting venues, transport 
systems, schools, hospitals, to name but a few.

The aim of this conference is to explore the extent and diversity of 
CCTV deployment in different countries and institutional settings and 
to consider the social, political and legal issues that arise from 
the expansion of surveillance.  Although the conference will have a 
particular European focus we would especially welcome contributions 
from researchers in North and South America, Australia, Africa and 
Asia. The conference aims to be truly inter-disciplinary and welcomes 
contributions from sociologists, anthropologists, geographers, 
criminologists, socio-legal scholars, historians, economists and 
social scientists researching video-surveillance

It is planned that all papers given at theconference will be 
considered for publication in a special edition of the web journal - 
Surveillance and Society.  However, acceptance of a paper for the 
conference is not a guarantee of publication as all submissions will 
be subject to normal peer review procedures. The special edition will 
be jointly edited by Professor Clive Norris (University of Sheffield) 
and Dr Mike McCahill (University of Hull).

We particularly welcome papers on the following topics


Theorising CCTV surveillance
National trends in the growth of video-surveillance - 
national/international perspectives
Case studies of the impact of CCTV surveillance in different 
institutional settings/countries
The effectiveness of CCTV as a crime prevention measure
Video surveillance and social exclusion
CCTV and the media
CCTV and legal regulation
The history of video surveillance
The politics of resistance
The contours of public acceptability of CCTV
The new technologies of video surveillance
CCTV and Civil liberties.
Ethical issues in CCTV surveillance


The Conference Fee will be £110 (¤165) for the two days and £60 (¤90) 
for one day attendance. The fee will include refreshments and lunch, 
but not overnight accommodation and evening meals.


Information about the University of Sheffield can be found at 
http://www.shef.ac.uk/

Details of how to get to the University can be found at 
http://www.shef.ac.uk/travel/

Maps of the university can be found at http://www.shef.ac.uk/travel/maps.html

Details about the city and hotels can be found at http://www.shef.ac.uk/city/

The most convenient airport is located at Manchester. Sheffield is 
one hour away by train. Details can be found at 
http://www.manchesterairport.co.uk/

Flights to and from Manchester can be found at http://timetables.oag.com/man/


A conference web page will be up and running in April. 2003 and this 
will give further details of accommodation, travel arrangements and 
the conference.


The Conference fee is payable by 1st  June 2003.


Register of interest.

For those who are interested in attending the conference please 
register your interest by sending an email to 
c.norris at sheffield.ac.uk. By the 14th of March 2003 - with the 
following information

Name
Country of residence
Institutional affiliation
Institutional address
Telephone number
Email address
Proposed title/subject of paper
If you merely are thinking of attending but do not want to give a 
paper - please state this clearly
Conference Preparation Timetable


March 14th                   Return of Register of Interest
April 14th                   Submission of 200-300 word abstract
April 30th                   Conference web page up and running
June 1st                     Payment of Conference Fee
October 1st                  Submission of papers 2003 -
November 1st                 Final conference programme published on web.
November 31st                Papers available to delegates on members 
section of
                              conference web page
January 8/9th 2004           Conference.
April 2004 -                 Publication of Special Issue of Surveillance and
                              Society - CCTV and Social Control - 
European and Global
                              Perspectives.