Conference
March 6-7
New York University
Radars and fences, satellites and walls, networks and bunkers. Two
different sets of technologies confront us: the former epitomize the
selective and flexible character of what Gilles Deleuze termed the
“societies of control”; the latter embody the “old” disciplinary
paradigm based on separation, physical mass containment, and restriction
of the freedom of movement. Most of the times control and discipline
coexist ad reinforce each other; sometimes they seem to collide. This is
due to a variety of far-reaching factors and transformations occurring
in the productive sphere.
As a matter of fact, it is the very structure of the network society,
with its decentralization of tasks and constant multiplication of
electronic eyes that threatens the opacity of physical and immaterial
bunkers. By looking at the grey areas where control and discipline,
transparency and secrecy, democracy and the state of exception overlap
and collide, Radars and Fences provide a cross-disciplinary platform
whereby researchers, artists, journalists, filmmakers, and activists can
negotiate new and critical positions.
(Extended rationale in the next post)
Conference Schedule
Thursday, March 6, 5:00-8:30pm
NYU School of Law
40 Washington Square South
Vanderbilt Hall
Room 206
5:00 – 5:15 pm Welcome
* Ted Magder, NYU Council for Media & Culture; Chair, Department of
Media, Culture, and Communication, NYU Steinhardt
5:15 – 5:30 pm Conference Overview
* Marco Deseriis, doctoral candidate, Department of Media, Culture, and
Communication, NYU Steinhardt
5:30 - 8:00 pm Panel: The Military between Transparency and Secrecy
Speakers:
James DerDerian, Director of the Global Security Program, Watson Institute, Brown University
The Desert of the Real, the Simulacrum of War, and the
Weaponization of Culture
Trevor Paglen, Artist and experimental geographer, Department of Geography, University of California, Berkeley
Blank Spots on a Map: State Secrecy and the Geography of Nowhere
John Sifton, Human rights attorney, Executive Director of One World Research
Why the CIA Secret Prisons Were not Really Secret
This panel is moderated by prof. Stephen Duncombe, NYU Council for Media & Culture; Gallatin School, NYU
8:00 - 8:30 pm Reception
Friday, March 7, 10:00-2:00 pm
NYU Kimmel Center for University Life
60 Washington Square South
Room 808
10:00 am – 1:00 pm Panel: Identification Protocols, Net Wars and the Struggle over the Securitization of the Internet
Speakers:
David Lyon, Director of the Surveillance Project, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario.
Stretched Screens: Ubiquity, Interoperability and Identification Protocols
Gabriella Coleman, Assistant Professor, Department of Media, Culture and Communication, NYU.
Old and New Net Wars over Speech, Freedom and Secrecy or How to Understand the Hacker and Lulz battle against the C0$
Ron Deibert, Director of the Citizen Lab and the OpenNet Initiative, University of Toronto.
The New Geopolitics of the Internet
This panel is moderated by Becky Lentz, Visiting Scholar, Department of Media, Culture and Communication, NYU.
1:30 – 2:00 pm Closing Remarks & Reception
This conference is being coordinated by doctoral candidate Marco Deseriis as
part of a grant awarded by the NYU Council for Media and Culture with
assistance provided by the Department of Media, Culture and Communication, and the Information Law Institute.
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Please RSVP on the Council for Media & Culture web site