Kroegcollege #3: On Surveillance
All profits made will be donated to organisations working against discriminatory surveillance. We will decide on these organisations together with the audience, so feel free to bring your suggestions to the discussion at our event!
Every couple of months, Studio/K pays homage to the ‘Kroeg’ (café) as a place where different kinds of people come together and speak 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 will focus on a social phenomenon, with experts sharing their insights. This edition PhD candidate Krista King will be speaking on surveillance (more information about the speaker below).
Afterwards, you can discuss and socialize while enjoying a tasty /Kroegcollege American Pale Ale for just €3,50, made by the lovely people of Friekens. The Friekens brewery has been brewing specialty beers on a small scale for years, initially at ADM and later in the squatted industrial complex Villa Friekens in Amsterdam Noord. Friekens is a beloved brand in (sub-)cultural circles, including here at Studio/K.
All profits made will be donated to organisations working against discriminatory surveillance. We will decide on these organisations together with the audience, so feel free to bring your suggestions to the discussion at our event!
About the speaker:
Krista King is a PhD Candidate in the Department of Public Administration and Sociology at Erasmus University in Rotterdam. She has an academic background in Criminology and Gender Studies. Currently, she is part of an ERC-funded research project DIGIPORTS, which looks at the ongoing digitalization and its effects on the racialization of maritime shipping labour. Her subproject focuses on how discourses of insecurity justify new surveillance tools in Port of Rotterdam and under which conditions these surveillance technologies have been perfected (such as prisons, borders, and active warfare). Approaching this topic from a critical perspective, she is bringing into conversation Black feminist knowledge and critical surveillance studies to understand how surveillance technologies bring with them carceral, criminalizing and racializing aspects to the maritime shipping logistics space.
