Surveillance Studies Network
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The global network for surveillance studies research. Surveillance & Society journal https://ojs.library.queensu.ca/index.php/surveillance-and-society, conferences, workshops, mentoring, prizes & more. Join us here: https://surveillance-studies.net
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Surveillance & Society has published a great new issue—w/ articles on data leaks, ceasefire monitoring, campus #protests, & much more! The journal is always fully #openaccess.
Check it out, and please spread the word: ojs.library.queensu.ca/index.php/su...
Check it out, and please spread the word: ojs.library.queensu.ca/index.php/su...
Surveillance & Society has published a great new issue—w/ articles on data leaks, ceasefire monitoring, campus #protests, & much more! The journal is always fully #openaccess.
Check it out, and please spread the word: ojs.library.queensu.ca/index.php/su...
Check it out, and please spread the word: ojs.library.queensu.ca/index.php/su...
September 2, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Surveillance & Society has published a great new issue—w/ articles on data leaks, ceasefire monitoring, campus #protests, & much more! The journal is always fully #openaccess.
Check it out, and please spread the word: ojs.library.queensu.ca/index.php/su...
Check it out, and please spread the word: ojs.library.queensu.ca/index.php/su...
🎉 We are excited to announce the 2024 winners of our #Surveillance Studies Network Early Career Researcher prize for publications in our journal, Surveillance & Society 🎉
Check out their fantastic papers here: ojs.library.queensu.ca/index.php/su...
Congratulations to the winners!!
Check out their fantastic papers here: ojs.library.queensu.ca/index.php/su...
Congratulations to the winners!!
August 21, 2025 at 5:06 PM
🎉 We are excited to announce the 2024 winners of our #Surveillance Studies Network Early Career Researcher prize for publications in our journal, Surveillance & Society 🎉
Check out their fantastic papers here: ojs.library.queensu.ca/index.php/su...
Congratulations to the winners!!
Check out their fantastic papers here: ojs.library.queensu.ca/index.php/su...
Congratulations to the winners!!
The Surveillance Studies Network (SSN) invites nominations (including self-nominations) for its 2026 Arts Prize. The deadline for receipt of nominations is August 15th, 2025.
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July 24, 2025 at 9:46 PM
The Surveillance Studies Network (SSN) invites nominations (including self-nominations) for its 2026 Arts Prize. The deadline for receipt of nominations is August 15th, 2025.
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The Surveillance Studies Network (SSN) invites nominations (including self-nominations) for the annual Surveillance Studies Book Award. The deadline for receipt of books from the publisher is October 15th, 2025.
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July 24, 2025 at 9:43 PM
The Surveillance Studies Network (SSN) invites nominations (including self-nominations) for the annual Surveillance Studies Book Award. The deadline for receipt of books from the publisher is October 15th, 2025.
ojs.library.queensu.ca/index.php/su...
ojs.library.queensu.ca/index.php/su...
📢 Our latest blog post is live!
'Anyone Who’s Watching Can See That You’re Watching, Too' by @corinnejones.bsky.social - about the relationship b/w #consumption, #visibility labours, & social media’s #surveillance economy.
Find this & our other great contributions here: medium.com/surveillance...
'Anyone Who’s Watching Can See That You’re Watching, Too' by @corinnejones.bsky.social - about the relationship b/w #consumption, #visibility labours, & social media’s #surveillance economy.
Find this & our other great contributions here: medium.com/surveillance...
Anyone Who’s Watching Can See That You’re Watching, Too
In this post, Corinne Jones reflects on her article ‘“Anyone Who’s Watching Can See That You’re Watching, Too”: A Case Study of Prosumption…
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July 10, 2025 at 5:36 PM
📢 Our latest blog post is live!
'Anyone Who’s Watching Can See That You’re Watching, Too' by @corinnejones.bsky.social - about the relationship b/w #consumption, #visibility labours, & social media’s #surveillance economy.
Find this & our other great contributions here: medium.com/surveillance...
'Anyone Who’s Watching Can See That You’re Watching, Too' by @corinnejones.bsky.social - about the relationship b/w #consumption, #visibility labours, & social media’s #surveillance economy.
Find this & our other great contributions here: medium.com/surveillance...
PUBLISHED: New open issue of Surveillance & Society with articles on #desire, student tracking, #Tesla data collection, #surveillance #art, workplace surveillance, and urban “data walks.” The journal is always fully #openaccess.
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Check it out, and please spread the word: tinyurl.com/9c473scz
June 22, 2025 at 4:03 PM
PUBLISHED: New open issue of Surveillance & Society with articles on #desire, student tracking, #Tesla data collection, #surveillance #art, workplace surveillance, and urban “data walks.” The journal is always fully #openaccess.
Check it out, and please spread the word: tinyurl.com/9c473scz
Check it out, and please spread the word: tinyurl.com/9c473scz
📢 Our latest blog post is live:
'Contesting Surveillance: What Tunisian Imams Taught Me' by @fabriziol.bsky.social - a discussion of #surveillance, #security, violent extremism, and radicalisation.
Find this great contribution (and check out all of our others!) here: medium.com/surveillance...
'Contesting Surveillance: What Tunisian Imams Taught Me' by @fabriziol.bsky.social - a discussion of #surveillance, #security, violent extremism, and radicalisation.
Find this great contribution (and check out all of our others!) here: medium.com/surveillance...
Contesting Surveillance: What Tunisian Imams Taught Me
In this post, Fabrizio Leonardo Cuccu reflects on his article ‘Vernacular Security and Religion in Tunisia: The Role of Local Imams in the…
medium.com
June 21, 2025 at 3:55 PM
📢 Our latest blog post is live:
'Contesting Surveillance: What Tunisian Imams Taught Me' by @fabriziol.bsky.social - a discussion of #surveillance, #security, violent extremism, and radicalisation.
Find this great contribution (and check out all of our others!) here: medium.com/surveillance...
'Contesting Surveillance: What Tunisian Imams Taught Me' by @fabriziol.bsky.social - a discussion of #surveillance, #security, violent extremism, and radicalisation.
Find this great contribution (and check out all of our others!) here: medium.com/surveillance...
📢 Our latest blog post is out:
'Styling the #Surveillance Self in #Fashion Media' by Louisa Rogers - a fascinating exploration of security and surveillance in fashion photography.
Read it (& all our others) here: medium.com/surveillance...
'Styling the #Surveillance Self in #Fashion Media' by Louisa Rogers - a fascinating exploration of security and surveillance in fashion photography.
Read it (& all our others) here: medium.com/surveillance...
Styling the Surveillance Self in Fashion Media
In this post, Louisa Rogers reflects on her article ‘Styling the Surveillance Self in Fashion Media: Strategies of Sexualization and…
medium.com
May 29, 2025 at 8:14 AM
📢 Our latest blog post is out:
'Styling the #Surveillance Self in #Fashion Media' by Louisa Rogers - a fascinating exploration of security and surveillance in fashion photography.
Read it (& all our others) here: medium.com/surveillance...
'Styling the #Surveillance Self in #Fashion Media' by Louisa Rogers - a fascinating exploration of security and surveillance in fashion photography.
Read it (& all our others) here: medium.com/surveillance...
We are excited to announce the 11th Biennial #Surveillance Studies Network Conference happening 9th-12th June 2026, in Lille, France. It includes a #PhD Colloquium.
#SSN2026 is hosted by @univcatholille.bsky.social ETHICS & ISTC.
Look out for more info soon...
And get those abstracts ready!
#SSN2026 is hosted by @univcatholille.bsky.social ETHICS & ISTC.
Look out for more info soon...
And get those abstracts ready!
May 13, 2025 at 6:58 PM
We are excited to announce the 11th Biennial #Surveillance Studies Network Conference happening 9th-12th June 2026, in Lille, France. It includes a #PhD Colloquium.
#SSN2026 is hosted by @univcatholille.bsky.social ETHICS & ISTC.
Look out for more info soon...
And get those abstracts ready!
#SSN2026 is hosted by @univcatholille.bsky.social ETHICS & ISTC.
Look out for more info soon...
And get those abstracts ready!
📢 Our latest blog post is out:
'Scatological Humour and the Absent #Anthropology of #Privacy' by Vita Peacock - examining how scatological references are used satirically to make statements about contemporary #digital #surveillance.
Read it (& all our others) here: medium.com/surveillance...
'Scatological Humour and the Absent #Anthropology of #Privacy' by Vita Peacock - examining how scatological references are used satirically to make statements about contemporary #digital #surveillance.
Read it (& all our others) here: medium.com/surveillance...
Scatological Humour and the Absent Anthropology of Privacy
In this post, Vita Peacock reflects on her article ‘Scatological Humour and the Absent Anthropology of Privacy’, which appeared in the…
medium.com
May 2, 2025 at 5:02 PM
📢 Our latest blog post is out:
'Scatological Humour and the Absent #Anthropology of #Privacy' by Vita Peacock - examining how scatological references are used satirically to make statements about contemporary #digital #surveillance.
Read it (& all our others) here: medium.com/surveillance...
'Scatological Humour and the Absent #Anthropology of #Privacy' by Vita Peacock - examining how scatological references are used satirically to make statements about contemporary #digital #surveillance.
Read it (& all our others) here: medium.com/surveillance...
We're pleased to share our latest blog post:
'When Watching Each Other Becomes a Matter of Survival' by Camilo Tamayo Gomez - analysing mutual #surveillance, #power & #control during long-term kidnappings.
You can read it (and check out all of our others) here: medium.com/surveillance...
'When Watching Each Other Becomes a Matter of Survival' by Camilo Tamayo Gomez - analysing mutual #surveillance, #power & #control during long-term kidnappings.
You can read it (and check out all of our others) here: medium.com/surveillance...
When Watching Each Other Becomes a Matter of Survival: Surveillance and Coexistence in Jungle…
In this post, Camilo Tamayo Gomez reflects on his article ‘Analysing Mutual Surveillance Practices During Long-Term Kidnapping Situations…
medium.com
April 10, 2025 at 9:15 PM
We're pleased to share our latest blog post:
'When Watching Each Other Becomes a Matter of Survival' by Camilo Tamayo Gomez - analysing mutual #surveillance, #power & #control during long-term kidnappings.
You can read it (and check out all of our others) here: medium.com/surveillance...
'When Watching Each Other Becomes a Matter of Survival' by Camilo Tamayo Gomez - analysing mutual #surveillance, #power & #control during long-term kidnappings.
You can read it (and check out all of our others) here: medium.com/surveillance...
📢 Excited to share our latest blog post:
'Squeeveillance' by Garfield Benjamin - a discussion on domestic #surveillance, #Ring doorbell media, and the power of #cuteness in the surveillant assemblage
You can read it here (make sure to check out the other posts too!): medium.com/surveillance...
'Squeeveillance' by Garfield Benjamin - a discussion on domestic #surveillance, #Ring doorbell media, and the power of #cuteness in the surveillant assemblage
You can read it here (make sure to check out the other posts too!): medium.com/surveillance...
Squeeveillance
In this post, Garfield Benjamin reflects on their article ‘Squeeveillance: Performing Cuteness to Normalise Surveillance Power’, which…
medium.com
April 4, 2025 at 5:01 PM
📢 Excited to share our latest blog post:
'Squeeveillance' by Garfield Benjamin - a discussion on domestic #surveillance, #Ring doorbell media, and the power of #cuteness in the surveillant assemblage
You can read it here (make sure to check out the other posts too!): medium.com/surveillance...
'Squeeveillance' by Garfield Benjamin - a discussion on domestic #surveillance, #Ring doorbell media, and the power of #cuteness in the surveillant assemblage
You can read it here (make sure to check out the other posts too!): medium.com/surveillance...
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Huge thanks to @marielgm.bsky.social for writing a review of The Walls Have Eyes for Surveillance & Society @survstudiesnet.bsky.social (open access too!)
March 19, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Huge thanks to @marielgm.bsky.social for writing a review of The Walls Have Eyes for Surveillance & Society @survstudiesnet.bsky.social (open access too!)
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The editorial „sketches some of the key dangers presented by the second Trump presidency“ and reading this just send chills down my spine
The first issue of Surveillance & Society of 2025 is out, including 6 original articles, a dialogue section on “Authoritarian Surveillance,” an editorial on Trump’s second presidency & 4 book reviews. #surveillance #authoritarianism #data #privacy
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Vol. 23 No. 1 (2025): Open Issue
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March 16, 2025 at 8:47 PM
The editorial „sketches some of the key dangers presented by the second Trump presidency“ and reading this just send chills down my spine
The first issue of Surveillance & Society of 2025 is out, including 6 original articles, a dialogue section on “Authoritarian Surveillance,” an editorial on Trump’s second presidency & 4 book reviews. #surveillance #authoritarianism #data #privacy
ojs.library.queensu.ca/index.php/su...
ojs.library.queensu.ca/index.php/su...
Vol. 23 No. 1 (2025): Open Issue
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March 16, 2025 at 7:40 PM
The first issue of Surveillance & Society of 2025 is out, including 6 original articles, a dialogue section on “Authoritarian Surveillance,” an editorial on Trump’s second presidency & 4 book reviews. #surveillance #authoritarianism #data #privacy
ojs.library.queensu.ca/index.php/su...
ojs.library.queensu.ca/index.php/su...
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Lil write up I did about my surveillance & soc article for @survstudiesnet.bsky.social about price surveillance and inflation medium.com/surveillance...
Inflation’s spies
In this post, Aaron Shapiro reflects on his article ‘Price Monitoring, or Where Surveillance Studies Meets the Sociology of Price…
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March 14, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Lil write up I did about my surveillance & soc article for @survstudiesnet.bsky.social about price surveillance and inflation medium.com/surveillance...
We're delighted to announce that the winner of the 2024 Surveillance Book Prize is: Profiles and Plotlines, by Katherine D. Johnston (University of Iowa Press).
February 25, 2025 at 3:16 PM
We're delighted to announce that the winner of the 2024 Surveillance Book Prize is: Profiles and Plotlines, by Katherine D. Johnston (University of Iowa Press).
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Our January newsletter is out!
Read about Syrian surveillance revelation after Assad's fall, India’s draft data protection rules, Latin America’s 2024 overview of AI Integration, @oiioxford.bsky.social's Global Southing Internet workshop & New OA Book on Digital Sovereignty in the BRICS Countries.
Read about Syrian surveillance revelation after Assad's fall, India’s draft data protection rules, Latin America’s 2024 overview of AI Integration, @oiioxford.bsky.social's Global Southing Internet workshop & New OA Book on Digital Sovereignty in the BRICS Countries.
Surveillance in the Majority World Newsletter | Jan 2024
We share research/stories/podcasts that caught our attention.
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January 20, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Our January newsletter is out!
Read about Syrian surveillance revelation after Assad's fall, India’s draft data protection rules, Latin America’s 2024 overview of AI Integration, @oiioxford.bsky.social's Global Southing Internet workshop & New OA Book on Digital Sovereignty in the BRICS Countries.
Read about Syrian surveillance revelation after Assad's fall, India’s draft data protection rules, Latin America’s 2024 overview of AI Integration, @oiioxford.bsky.social's Global Southing Internet workshop & New OA Book on Digital Sovereignty in the BRICS Countries.
A reminder that you have a week to go to submit abstracts for #SSN2025 in Ottawa, on #surveillance and #AI...
We are calling for abstracts for the SSN2025 Canada/USA Workshop on #Surveillance and #AI, to be held at the University of Ottawa in the last week of May, 2025 (exact dates tbc). Limited places! Early Career Researchers encouraged! Deadline: 10 January 2025.
surveillance-studies.net/conference/
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Conference – Surveillance Studies Network
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January 3, 2025 at 2:41 PM
A reminder that you have a week to go to submit abstracts for #SSN2025 in Ottawa, on #surveillance and #AI...
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Surveillance & Society / SSN is looking for new Associate Editors for 3-year terms, to help spread our article review workload. Associate Editors are also members of the Network & Editorial Board which manages the journal and SSN. For more details, see here: ojs.library.queensu.ca/index.php/su...
Seeking Nominations for Associate Editor Positions at Surveillance & Society
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December 2, 2024 at 9:11 PM
Surveillance & Society / SSN is looking for new Associate Editors for 3-year terms, to help spread our article review workload. Associate Editors are also members of the Network & Editorial Board which manages the journal and SSN. For more details, see here: ojs.library.queensu.ca/index.php/su...
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SSN and Surveillance & Society are looking for self-nominations for a new Communications Editor to join our board, run SSN's website, blog and more... deadline: January 6th 2025. #surveillance #academicsky
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Seeking a Communications Editor
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December 9, 2024 at 7:22 PM
SSN and Surveillance & Society are looking for self-nominations for a new Communications Editor to join our board, run SSN's website, blog and more... deadline: January 6th 2025. #surveillance #academicsky
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📣 Announcement 📣 We've extended the deadline for submissions to the "Literature and Surveillance" Special Issue of Surveillance&Society (@survstudiesnet.bsky.social)!
New deadline is January 12, 2025, and I'm happy to answer questions about submissions. ojs.library.queensu.ca/index.php/su...
New deadline is January 12, 2025, and I'm happy to answer questions about submissions. ojs.library.queensu.ca/index.php/su...
CFP: Surveillance and Literature
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December 27, 2024 at 11:50 PM
📣 Announcement 📣 We've extended the deadline for submissions to the "Literature and Surveillance" Special Issue of Surveillance&Society (@survstudiesnet.bsky.social)!
New deadline is January 12, 2025, and I'm happy to answer questions about submissions. ojs.library.queensu.ca/index.php/su...
New deadline is January 12, 2025, and I'm happy to answer questions about submissions. ojs.library.queensu.ca/index.php/su...
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2024 year in review! We were very proud of this issue. Many thanks to the journal’s team, and especially to @torinmonahan.bsky.social for much support, patience, and guidance through the process!
The first issue of 2024 was a #surveillance #art crossover special issue, Pleasures of Surveillance, edited by Stefy Mcknight and @juliachan.bsky.social, with contributions from artists and scholars...
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Vol. 22 No. 1 (2024): Pleasures of Surveillance
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December 19, 2024 at 4:38 PM
2024 year in review! We were very proud of this issue. Many thanks to the journal’s team, and especially to @torinmonahan.bsky.social for much support, patience, and guidance through the process!
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Join our team! 🤗
Are you a graduate student interested in surveillance studies? We need an enthusiastic bookworm to help us compile an online library of publications on surveillance in the Majority World. Please follow the link for applications. We have a small budget to compensate for the hours.
Are you a graduate student interested in surveillance studies? We need an enthusiastic bookworm to help us compile an online library of publications on surveillance in the Majority World. Please follow the link for applications. We have a small budget to compensate for the hours.
Join our team! – Surveillance in the Majority World
Are you a graduate student interested in surveillance studies? We need an enthusiastic bookworm to help us compile an online library of publications on surveillance in the Majority World.
surveillance-majority-world.net
December 19, 2024 at 3:32 PM
Join our team! 🤗
Are you a graduate student interested in surveillance studies? We need an enthusiastic bookworm to help us compile an online library of publications on surveillance in the Majority World. Please follow the link for applications. We have a small budget to compensate for the hours.
Are you a graduate student interested in surveillance studies? We need an enthusiastic bookworm to help us compile an online library of publications on surveillance in the Majority World. Please follow the link for applications. We have a small budget to compensate for the hours.