<div dir="ltr"><b><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Privacy Camp 2020: Technology and Activism<span></span></span></b>
<div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)">21 January 2020 – Brussels, Belgium</span></b><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)">( <a href="https://privacycamp.eu">https://privacycamp.eu</a> )<br></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><br></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Call for Submissions</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><br></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)">For the 8th
edition, Privacy Camp takes “Technology and Activism” as its focus. Over the
last decade, digital technologies have played a significant role in activism by
mobilising social protests, fostering new forms of civil disobedience, or
simply by facilitating the coordination of activist work in the analogue world.
Some scholars assigned particular value to the networked nature of cyberspace,
arguing that this structure enables people to communicate and take action
outside of traditional hierarchical power structures. However, networked
information systems also enhance the surveillance power of repressive regimes.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><br><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)"></span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Going beyond
cyber-optimist and cyber-pessimist arguments, Privacy Camp 2020 will seek to
explore further dynamics in the activist-technology entanglements. Together
with activists from diverse fields and scholars working at the intersection of
technology and activism, Privacy Camp 2020 will cover a broad range of
practices and issues including surveillance, censorship, civic participation in
information policy making, social media and political dissent, online civil
disobedience, data justice, data activism, commons and peer production, citizen
science and more.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><br><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)"></span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Participate!</span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)">For this
edition, we call for (1) panel proposals and (2) critical making and DIY
projects (see further below).</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><br><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)"></span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)">1. Call for Panels</span></b><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)">We welcome
panel proposals relating to the broad theme of “technology and activism”. We
also welcome alternative types of sessions such as workshops or formats with
more interaction between the participants than a traditional panel.</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)">We are
particularly interested in proposals on the following topics:</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><br>
<span style="color:rgb(51,51,51)">• social media and political dissent</span><br>
<span style="color:rgb(51,51,51)">• hacktivism and civil disobedience</span><br>
<span style="color:rgb(51,51,51)">• critical public sphere and hashtag publics (e.g.
#MeToo, #BlackLivesMatter etc)</span><br>
<span style="color:rgb(51,51,51)">• data justice and data activism</span><br>
<span style="color:rgb(51,51,51)">• commons, peer production, and platform
cooperativism</span><br>
<span style="color:rgb(51,51,51)">• citizen science</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Submission
guidelines:</span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)">• Indicate a
clear objective for your session, i.e. what would be a good outcome for you?</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><br>
<span style="color:rgb(51,51,51)">• Include a list of speakers that could participate
in your panel (and let us know which speaker has already confirmed, at least in
principle, to participate).</span><br>
<span style="color:rgb(51,51,51)">• Make it as interactive as possible, think about
how to include the audience and diverse actors. Note that the average panel
length is 75 minutes.</span><br>
<span style="color:rgb(51,51,51)">• Send your proposal (a panel description of max
400 words and a tentative list of speakers) to privacycamp(at)<a href="http://edri.org">edri.org</a> by 10
November.</span><span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(153,51,102)">Deadline for
panel proposal submissions: 10 November 2019 (hard deadline, no extension)</span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)">After the
deadline, we will review your submissions and will notify you about the
selection process before 20 November. Please note that we might suggest merging
panel proposals if they are very similar.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><br><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)"></span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)">2. Call for Makers:
Critical Maker Faire at Privacy Camp 2020</span></b><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)">We are
pleased to invite makers, disruptors, tinkerers, crafters and DIY artists with
the aim of bringing even more diverse communities into the conversation on
technology and activism. Maker cultures attempt to democratise technology by
focusing on production and consumption patterns and citizen engagement in
technology design. We seek makers who create with the ethos of counterculture
and activism – in distinction from those who align with innovation and
entrepreneurship.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><br><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)"></span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)">We will
provide an exhibit space for makers working at the intersection of technology
and activism. Makers will be able to engage participants and hold experiments.
Possible maker projects may include, but are not limited to: DIY hardware,
biohacking tools, wearables, bots, DIY air quality sensors, experiments with
glitch and stitch. </span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(153,51,102)">If you are
interested to submit your work for the Critical Maker Faire, please contact us
at privacycamp(at)<a href="http://edri.org">edri.org</a> before 30 November 2019.</span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><br></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">About Privacy Camp</span></b><b><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Privacy Camp is
jointly organised by European Digital Rights (EDRi), Research Group on Law,
Science, Technology & Society at Vrije Universiteit Brussel (LSTS-VUB), the
Institute for European Studies at Université Saint-Louis – Bruxelles (USL-B),
and Privacy Salon.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><br><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"></span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Privacy Camp
2020 will take place on 21 January 2020 in Brussels, Belgium.</span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"> Participation
is free and registrations will open in early December.</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">For inquiries,
please contact Andreea Belu at andreea.belu(at)edri(dot)org or Imge Ozcan at
imge.ozcan(at)vub(dot)be.</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span></span></span></p>
<br clear="all"><br>-- <br><div dir="ltr" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif">Imge Ozcan<br><br>Doctoral Researcher<br>Research Group on Law, Science, Technology & Society (LSTS)<br>Vrije Universiteit Brussel</span></span></div><div><span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif"><a href="mailto:imge.ozcan@vub.be" target="_blank">imge.ozcan@vub.be</a><br></span></span></div><div><span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif"><a href="https://lsts.research.vub.be/en/imge-ozcan" target="_blank">https://lsts.research.vub.be/en/imge-ozcan</a><br></span></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>