A mini-workshop
Dean's Conference Room 212
140 St George Street
University of Toronto
Digitally mediated surveillance increasingly encroaches upon everyday life, following us as we work, play and negotiate public spaces, on-line and off. This one-day workshop seeks to brings together activists, artists and academics working on issues relating to cybersurveillance, particularly as it pervades and mediates social life. A central concern is to understand better digitally mediated surveillance practices, making them more publicly visible and amenable to democratic resistance or oversight. This participatory gathering offers the chance for networking, intellectual exchange and future collaboration among those in the Toronto area interested in linking surveillance research and social action. While the main aim of the workshop is a broad one - to foster mutually rewarding connections - it also seeks to explore the possibilities for convening a public event/arts exhibition in conjunction with an international research workshop oncybersurveillance tobeheldinTorontoin May 2011.
This workshop is guided by the unconference principle:There is no audience – everyone is a participant.The morning will consist of brief participant presentations – a statement of current research or problems, ideas for future collaborations, requests for feedback etc. with ample time for discussion. The afternoon will feature a series of roundtables focused on themes or questions generated by the morning's presentations. The closing session will brainstorm ideas forthe public event/arts exhibition on cybersurveillance mentioned above.
To reserve your place at the workshop, emailkate.milberry@utoronto.caor sign up on the wiki:http://surveillanceandcivicaction.pbworks.com/
Thisworkshopissponsored by The New Transparency Project (U of T) and Infoscape Lab (Ryerson).
