Publications round-up

Some recent LSTS publications: - Baraliuc Irina, Sari Depreeuw and Serge Gutwirth, 'Copyright enforcement in the digital age: a post-ACTA view on the balancing of fundamental rights', International Journal of Law and Information Technology, DOI: 10.1093/ijlit/eas024. - Bellanova, Rocco and Gloria González Fuster, 'Politics of Disappearance: Scanners and (Unobserved) Bodies as Mediators of Security Practices', …

MUSIC & SURVEILLANCE #4 Sounding the Body Electric

The 4th episode of our MUSIC & SURVEILLANCE series is the first one to review an exhibition. Held at London's Calvert 22 Gallery until 25 August 2013, 'Sounding the Body Electric: Experiments in Art and Music in Eastern Europe 1957-1984' presents proposals at the crossroads of music and visual arts, covering the intellectual effervescence in …

Une sale histoire

On 18 August 2013 Brussels' Cinematek will devote a special evening to French filmmaker Jean Eustache, during which will be shown his 1977 film 'Une sale histoire' (A dirty story), a reflection on watching, seeing and much more, triggered by the account of a man who discovered a peep hole in the ladies' toilets of …

CPDP 2014 Call for papers

The 7th edition of the Computers, Privacy and Data Protection (CPDP) International Conference will be held from 22 to 24 January 2014 in Brussels. Several slots remain open to application through a Call for Papers, split into two different tracks: the first is dedicated to experienced researchers, while the second welcomes PhD students and junior …

MUSIC & SURVEILLANCE #3 Frank Zappa

Surveillance is again the focus of our [MUSIC & ...] series. Today we enter Frank Zappa's 1979 'Joe's Garage' to explore criminalization and sameness as a political objective. This rock-opera, which could be labelled funeral music for the presumption of innocence, sees a Central Scrutinizer tell the story of Joe, a young American who forms …