Vol 6, No 4 (2009): Gender, Sexuality and Surveillance
Edited by Kirstie S Ball, David J Phillips, Nicola Green, and Hille Koskela

Featuring articles by…

• Toby Beauchamp – Artful Concealment and Strategic Visibility: Transgender Bodies and U.S. State Surveillance After 9/11
• Kevin Walby – Ottawa’s National Capital Commission Conservation Officers and the Policing of Public Park Sex
• Kathryn Conrad – Surveillance, Gender, and the Virtual Body in the Information Age
• Anthony Corones & Susan Hardy – En-Gendered Surveillance: Women on the Edge of a Watched Cervix

- a piece of experimental writing by Brian Beaton – Random Digit Darling: The Telephone Turn in the American Social and Behavioral Sciences

- a response to the review section in issue 6(3) on the UK House of Lords surveillance report by Charles D. Raab, Benjamin J. Goold – Putting Surveillance on the Political Agenda: A Short Defence of Surveillance, Citizens and the State

- and our usual reviews of all the books that matter in surveillance studies.

Coming soon: New calls for papers: Surveillance & Empowerment; Consumer Surveillance; and the first call for our 2010 Conference in London.

Call for Papers International Symposium

“Identification, identity and surveillance in Latin America”

University of the State of Mexico, Faculty of Politics and social studies, Toluca, Estado de México, México

March 16th, 17th and 18th 2010

Important Dates

Call for Papers Publication: July 30th 2009.
Abstract reception deadline: October 30th 2009.
Accepted lectures list publication: December 15th 2010.
Complete paper remittance deadline: February 15th 2010.
Complete program publication: February 28th 2010.

Second Symposium on surveillance in Latin America: March 16th, 17th y 18th 2010. University of the State of Mexico, Faculty of Politics and Social Studies. Toluca, México.

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Political Studies Association (PSA) 60th Anniversary Conference
Edinburgh, 29th March – 1st April 2010

Title: The Politics of Surveillance

Convenors: Dr Archie W Simpson (University of Stirling) and Dr Gavin J D Smith (City University London)

Panel summary: Surveillance has become an omnipresent and unremarkable force throughout the global north. The sharp growth of verification and behaviour monitoring technologies such as biometric passports, CCTV, the creation of international databases and changing legislation have given state and non-state agencies more surveillant powers and this in turn raises important political questions regarding the changing configuration of the state in high modernity. The purpose of this panel is to explore some of these issues and begin unpackaging the various political discourses and dogmas surrounding surveillance.

Call for papers: Proposals for papers exploring any political aspects of surveillance are welcomed. Papers on contemporary political debates, legislative and legalisitc frameworks, the dichotomy of state and civil society, the political economy of surveillance or civil liberties are particularly welcomed. Papers offering comparative studies into the politics of surveillance are also encouraged.

Paper abstracts (circa 200 words) should be e-mailed by 28 September 2009 to: Dr Archie Simpson OR Dr Gavin Smith

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, [torin.monahan @ vanderbit.edu].

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, [lyond @ queensu.ca] and Murli M. Sinha, Rochester Institute of Technology, USA, [msinha @ rochester.rr.com].

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 and David Lyon by 1 December 2009.

Reader in Criminology, School of Applied Social Sciences, Durham University.

We are seeking to appoint an academic of international standing to provide academic leadership and expand the School’s teaching and research profile in criminology. We welcome applications from candidates with a track record of excellence in any field of criminological research, although the ability to widen our range of research strengths in Criminology would be advantageous. The successful candidate will have a PhD and strong research background in criminology or a cognate discipline.

https://jobs.dur.ac.uk/jobdtls.asp?Session_in=&Uid=&vref=3427

Closing Date for Applications: 02/10/2009