[Air-L] CFP: Special issue of IJOC on "Privacy at the Margins" Abstract due 12/6

[Alice E. Marwick]

Hi all,

danah sent this last week but it never went through-- there are tons of
people on this list who I'd love to see submit to this call! Ping us if you
have any questions.

Warmly
Alice

International Journal of Communication Call for Papers:
Special Section on “Privacy at the Margins”
http://datasociety.net/blog/2016/09/06/ijoc-cfp-privacy-at-the-margins/

Guest Editors:
danah boyd , Data & Society and Microsoft Research
Alice E. Marwick, Data & Society and University of North Carolina, Chapel
Hill

Deadlines:
Brief Abstracts for Review: December 6, 2016
Manuscript Submission: January 30, 2017

“Privacy” is a contested term, debated in fields as varied as computer
science, law, philosophy, and sociology. Research on privacy takes many
forms, from survey research which attempts to measure how much privacy
people have or want, to legal scholars evaluating the constitutionality of
police surveillance. Emerging technologies, from mobile phones to “Big
Data,” have radically disrupted understandings and experiences of both
privacy and surveillance. However, amidst decades of scholarship concerning
privacy, very little attention has been given to how low-income individuals
and people of color experience privacy, even though they are far more
likely to be targets of surveillance.  Moreover, while privacy and
surveillance affect different populations in disparate ways, they are often
treated as monolithic concepts by researchers.

This special section of the International Journal of Communication aims to
address this gap by publishing a collection of original research papers
that address “privacy at the margins.”  We are especially interested in
empirical research addressing the privacy experiences of those whose
struggles are not typically made visible. While digital technologies have
reshaped many aspects of privacy, we are open to work that also addresses
privacy in contexts as varied as consumer finance, criminal justice,
education, employment, health, housing, and social services. By
incorporating research that is often left out by privacy scholars, and by
advocating for projects that discuss more diverse conceptualizations of
“the user” or the subject, we can envision a future for privacy scholarship
that incorporates a wider set of harms and needs, and encompasses the
concerns of a larger base of citizens.

Example questions that are relevant include (but are not limited to):
-How do low-income individuals harness technology, collective action, or
other techniques to resist surveillance and protect their privacy?
-How does data collection affect those seeking to get public benefits?
-What are the ramifications of data tracking on undocumented people?
-How does the intersection of race, gender, sexuality and class affect
people’s privacy attitudes and experiences?
-How do sensors connected to the Internet of Things affect public housing?
-In what ways do people from poorer and more rural environments approach
digital privacy differently than those in more urban or privileged contexts?
-How does police surveillance and the criminal justice system affect
people’s day-to-day experiences of privacy both offline and on?
-In what ways do low-income youth experience surveillance in educational
contexts?
-How does differential access to technology affect experiences of privacy?
-What is the relationship between educational surveillance, employment, and
the criminal justice system?
-In what ways does state or consumer surveillance affect transgender or
gender non-conforming individuals?
-What are the effects of consumer surveillance and “social sorting” on
people of different income levels?

Submission Instructions:

By December 6, 2016, submit a 150-word (max) description of your proposed
paper to ijoc-privacy at lists.datasociety.net. This will allow the guest
editors to prepare appropriate reviewers. Unless your proposed paper is
wholly off-topic, you will be encouraged to submit a full paper.

By January 30, 2017, submit your full paper to
ijoc-privacy at lists.datasociety.net. For formatting instructions, word
count, and other guidelines, see IJoC’s Author Guidelines.

Approximately 12–15 papers will be sent out for full review. All other
papers will be returned to their authors for submission elsewhere.

Open Access:

All papers published through the International Journal of Communication are
permanently open access. Authors do not have to pay to submit or to
publish. However, should authors have grant funding to contribute to the
production and editorial process, please let us know as it would be greatly
appreciated.

Questions? Concerns? Please reach out to the guest editors at
ijoc-privacy at lists.datasociety.net

-- 
Alice E. Marwick, PhD
Fellow, Data & Society
Assistant Professor, Department of Communication
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (as of 2017)
amarwick at gmail.com
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