<div dir="ltr"><div>Hi all,</div><div><br></div><div>Apologies for the advertisement. This is a new course and I'm keen. Could you please forward this to any of your incoming and current grads that might be interested? </div><div><br></div><div>Prof. Ian Goldberg, (Computer Science) and I (Sociology and Legal Studies) are offering a new interdisciplinary graduate seminar in the F20 term. It will be synchronous, on Mondays and Wednesdays, 10-11:50 am. <font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">We welcome grads from other departments. <br></span></font></div>
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Graduate Seminar in Surveillance and Privacy <br>
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CS 858 / SOC 701<br>
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Contact-tracing apps and COVID-19. Mass social media surveillance and censorship in China. Facial recognition and #BLM protest movements. Voter manipulation and Facebook. These contemporary events are deeply tied to issues of privacy and the social good. Understanding these events and--more importantly--responding to them requires both technological capabilities and critical analysis skills.<br>
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This interfaculty graduate seminar explores how surveillance technologies contribute to social inequality, both in Canada and globally. It examines current research into technologies that help users maintain their privacy, both online and in the physical world. Seminar readings, discussions, and projects demonstrate how successful interventions into privacy violations, censorship, and digital discrimination are interdisciplinary, and rely on the intersection of technology, policy, law, and critical theory. <br>
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For more information, see <a href="https://crysp.uwaterloo.ca/courses/survpriv/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://crysp.uwaterloo.ca/courses/survpriv/</a> <br>
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Offered by the Cheriton School of Computer Science and Department of Sociology and Legal Studies<font color="#888888">.</font></div><div><font color="#888888"><br></font></div><div><font color="#888888">
</font><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-align:left"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><i>If you’re a
graduate student interested in taking the course and are outside of CS and SOC,
please contact Dr. Jennifer Whitson: </i><a href="mailto:jwhitson@uwaterloo.ca" style="color:rgb(5,99,193);text-decoration:underline"><i>jwhitson@uwaterloo.ca</i></a><i><span> </span></i></span></font><i><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">. We welcome
interdisciplinary scholarship.</span></font><span></span></i></p>
</div><div><font color="#888888"><br></font></div>Best,<br><div>Jen</div><div><br></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" 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><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><b>Jennifer R. Whitson PhD </b>|<b> </b>Associate Professor | Department of Sociology and Legal Studies | Stratford School of Interaction Design and Business (cross-appointment) | University of Waterloo | <a href="https://jenniferwhitson.com/" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">website</a> | <a href="https://twitter.com/jen_whitson" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">twitter</a> | <a href="https://www.indieinterfaces.com/" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">indie interfaces </a><font size="2"><span>| she / her, but they / their is also fine | Waterloo campus office: PAS 2025 | Stratford office: DMS 3008<br></span></font></div><div><i><font size="1">The University of Waterloo (including the Waterloo, Kitchener,
and Cambridge campuses) is situated on the Haldimand Tract, land that
was promised to the Haudenosaunee of the Six Nations of the Grand River, and is within the territory of the Neutral, Anishinaabe, and Haudenosaunee peoples<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">.</span></span></span></font><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font size="1"><span style="font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:pre-wrap;word-spacing:0px;display:inline;float:none"> Stratford Campus is on the traditional territory of the Anishnabek, Haudenosaunee and Attawandaron peoples. </span></font></span></span></span></i></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>