/Kroegcollege #3: On Surveillance

Every few months, Studio/K pays tribute to the 'Kroeg' (café) as a place where different types of people come together and talk freely about daily life or have political discussions. We notice that people often feel overwhelmed by all the information in the media about current political and social issues and struggle with how to interpret the debate or how to take action. To help with this, we are introducing a new series of programs, called /Kroegcollege. The evening focuses on a social phenomenon, with experts sharing their insights. This edition, PhD candidate Krista King talks about surveillance.

/Kroegcollege #3: On Surveillance

Location

Studio/K

Timorplein 62

1094 CC Amsterdam

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Contact

+31206920422

info@studio-k.nu

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About the speaker

Krista King is a PhD candidate at the Department of Public Administration and Sociology at Erasmus University Rotterdam. She has an academic background in Criminology and Gender Studies. She is currently part of an ERC-funded research project DIGIPORTS, which looks at the ongoing digitalization and its effects on the racialization of maritime shipping labor. Her subproject focuses on how discourses of insecurity justify new surveillance tools in the Port of Rotterdam and under what conditions these surveillance technologies have been perfected (such as prisons, borders, and active warfare). Approaching this topic from a critical perspective, she brings black feminist knowledge and critical surveillance studies into conversation to understand how surveillance technologies entail carceral, criminalizing, and racializing aspects of maritime shipping logistics.

Chatting and socializing

Afterwards you can chat and socialize while enjoying a delicious /Kroegcollege American Pale Ale for €3.50, made by Friekens. Brouwerij Friekens has been brewing specialty beers on a small scale for years, first at ADM and later in the squatted industrial complex Villa Friekens in Amsterdam Noord. Friekens is a beloved brand in (sub-)cultural circles, also at Studio/K.