{"id":4730,"date":"2016-07-13T16:29:28","date_gmt":"2016-07-13T19:29:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lavits-2022.bemvindo\/events\/simposio-lavits-2016\/"},"modified":"2022-02-18T09:32:22","modified_gmt":"2022-02-18T12:32:22","slug":"simposio-lavits-2016","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/lavits.org\/en\/events\/simposio-lavits-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Fourth International LAVITS Symposium"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Latin American Network of Surveillance, Technology and Society Studies<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201c<\/strong>New surveillance paradigms? Insights from Latin America\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Latin American Network of Surveillance, Technology and Society Studies will hold its Fourth International Symposium in the city of Buenos Aires, Argentina, between 21st<\/sup>-23rd<\/sup> November 2016, at the San Mart\u00edn Cultural Centre (Centro Cultural San Mart\u00edn, 1551 Sarmiento St). After the editions held in Brazil and Mexico, this will be the first time the Symposium takes place in Argentina.<\/p>\n

Official site:\u00a0lavits2016.vialibre.org.ar<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

The Fourth LAVITS Symposium aims at discussing the existence of new surveillance paradigms, contributing its own views from Latin America.<\/p>\n

The popular belief about surveillance includes the existence of spies and enormous intelligence networks devoted to following \u201csuspected\u201d citizens. While that surveillance paradigm may have been in effect in previous decades, the truth is that with the coming of digital technologies the costs of surveillance, both governmental and corporate, have dropped dramatically. This allows for the accumulation of data in a precautionary manner, even when there are no justified reasons for the existence of these databases.<\/p>\n

After the World Trade Center attacks, the shift in the security narratives allowed for the inclusion of a new surveillance doctrine of \u201ctotal information\u201d. This new doctrine is diametrically opposed to any human rights principle, but the secrecy of how the information is managed and the well-oiled cooperation between the public and private sectors for the collection and processing of data, make this type of surveillance a practice that escapes public control.<\/p>\n

The introduction of technology in many aspects of everyday life, from surveillance cameras on streets to the vast number of smart devices in our most private environments reporting data to third parties, has made surveillance more ubiquitous and invisible. The normative framework that should protect citizens in this respect, has become obsolete and the lack of accountability in the public and private sectors complicate the situation when it comes to taking action.<\/p>\n

The challenge, as never before, is global. The data collected about a user in Latin America are transferred to a processing center in the United States to be analyzed in Europe. The new security doctrines include vague concepts, as \u201ccyberwar\u201d, to implement increasingly complex mechanisms for collecting digital data. Citizens are helpless regarding their ability to claim, or they are absolutely unaware of the fact that they\u00b4re being watched.<\/p>\n

The phenomenon doesn\u00b4t occur in a uniform or equal manner everywhere, there are fundamental singularities in the context of Latin America that need to be investigated, highlighted and discussed. This is, in essence, the purpose of the Fourth LAVITS Symposium.<\/p>\n

We invite researchers, professors, activists and artists to submit their abstracts or proposals to the Fourth LAVITS International Symposium in any of the following key topics:<\/p>\n