CALL FOR PAPERS

                                                                   

The Network of Latin American Studies of Surveillance, Technology and Society (LAVITS), the University of Chile and the Fundación Datos Protegidos:

V International Symposium LAVITS: “Surveillance, Democracy and Privacy in Latin America: Vulnerabilities and Resistance”

(29 and 30 november, 01 december 2017)

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The theme of the Fifth Symposium will be structured around the impacts of surveillance technologies (through digital platforms, mobile devices, institutional and others) on the exercise of democracy and fundamental human rights such as privacy, highlighting their vulnerabilities in the Latin American context and the possibilities of resistance against attempts to control social movements by the state and large corporations.

 

This edition of the Symposium is a co-accomplishment of the LAVITS Network with the University of Chile and the NGO Datos Protegidos, and will be held in the city of Santiago de Chile from November 29 to December 1, 2017.

 

Researchers (from universities, research centers or independents), academics, activists and representatives of civil society can submit abstracts to present papers on one or more of the following thematic axes.

 

I) Surveillance of communities, workers, communication professionals and activists, including issues and tactics of resistance tactics that affect:

– Indigenous peoples and other vulnerable social groups

– Journalists, audiovisual professionals and social communicators

– Network human rights advocates

– Labour and monitoring

 

II) Space and territory:

– Smart cities and control rooms

– Big Data and the neoliberal city

– Geopolitics of public security: borders, exception and militarization of urban space

– Air space and verticalization of control: from satellites to drones

– Surveillance infrastructures: policies of (in)visibility

 

III) Online space and extended surveillance:

– Social media

– Connected objects

– Mobile apps

– Cyberdefense/Cybersecurity

– Algorithms, artificial intelligence and machine learning

 

IV) Economics of Surveillance:

– Big Data and Surveillance Markets

– Capitalism of Surveillance and Social Inequality

 

V) Bodies and Surveillance:

– Health and care

– Biometrics, sensors, scanners

– Biosurveillance and Biosafety

 

Abstracts can be sent to: lavits2017@datosprotegidos.org by August 20^th, 2017 at 11:59 pm (Santiago/Chile Time Zone: UTC-3h)

 

 

TYPES OF ABSTRACTS

Papers or panels can be presented on research, projects and academic, activist or artistic works. Proposals can be submitted in Spanish, Portuguese or English.

 

PAPERS

Maximum extension of 400 words (including title), in doc, docx, odt or rtf format. Up to 3 authors per presentation are accepted. It is not allowed to submit more than one proposal per author.

 

Abstracts should follow the following structure:

1. a) Title of the presentation.
2. b) Full name of authors.
3. c) Institutional or organizational affiliation. If independent, please indicate.
4. d) Email.
5. e) Thematic axis (indicating title and number).
6. f) Type of work: academic/scientific paper, artistic practices, experience report(s)
7. g) Main text or abstract

 

PANELS

 

Panels will present discussions proposed by coordinators/organizers.

The maximum extension of the abstract will be 1,000 words (including title), in doc, docx, odt or rtf format. Up to 4 summaries per panel will be accepted. Organizers should also propose a moderator. It is not allowed to submit more than one proposal per author.

 

Structure of the summary:

1. a) Title of the panel.
2. b) Name of the proponents.
3. c) Institutional or organizational affiliation. If independent, please indicate.
4. d) Email.
5. e) Thematic axis (indicating title and number).
6. f) Main text or abstract (should include the general description and a brief description of each presentation)

 

SCHEDULE

 

The call will remain open until August 20^th, 2017 at 23:59 hours (Santiago/Chile Time Zone: UTC-3h) and abstracts must be sent by email to: lavits2017@datosprotegidos.org

 

Proposals will be assessed by the Academic Committee and select those that will be presented in the symposium.

 

Decisions will be made and announced by October 30^th, 2017 until 23:59 (Santiago/Chile Time Zone: UTC-3h).

 

PUBLICATION

 

Papers/panels accepted and presented during the event will be included by the organization in the Symposium proceedings and in the book that will collect accepted contributions. Papers accepted but not orally presented during the event will not be published.

Format for full version of the papers will be announced soon.

 

SPONSORSHIPS

 

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