Protests in the Information Age

Lucas Melgaço is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Criminology of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Belgium where he combines his background in geography with his specialization in surveillance, security and policing studies. He holds a doctorate degree in Geography from a partnership between the University of São Paulo (USP) and the University of Paris 1 – Panthéon Sorbonne. He has also worked on translating and introducing the theories of Brazilian geographer Milton Santos to the English-speaking community. Lucas is co-editor of the book Order and Conflict in Public Space (Routledge, 2016) and lead editor of the journal Criminological Encounters. Jeffrey Monaghan is an Assistant Professor at Carleton’s Institute for Criminology and Criminal Justice, Canada. He has a PhD in Sociology from Queen's University, where he studied at the Surveillance Studies Centre. His research is focused on the surveillance of social movements with a focus on environmental and indigenous movements; knowledge construction practices associated with contemporary policing of ‘radicalization’; and domestic security governance in the context of the ‘war on terror'. His recent book, Security Aid (University of Toronto Press, 2017), examines the securitization of humanitarian aid. He lives in Ottawa, Canada.

Introduction: Taking to the Streets in the Information Age, Lucas Melgaço and Jeffrey Monaghan, Part I: Digital Practices as Part of Social Movement Repertoires of Contention. 1. Mobilisation and Surveillance on Social Media: The Ambivalent Case of the Anti-Austerity Protests in Spain (2011-2014), Manuel Maroto and Alejandro Segura, 2. #Rahmrepnow: Social Media and the Campaign to Win Reparations for Chicago Police Torture Survivors, 2013-2015, Andrew S. Baer, 3. Cracks and Reformations in the Brazilian Mediascape: Mídia Ninja, Radical Citizen Journalism, and Resistance in Rio De Janeiro, Tucker Landesman and Stuart Davis, 4. Applying Privacy-Enhancing Technologies: One Alternative Future of Protests, Daniel Bosk, Guillermo Rodriguez-Cano, Benjamin Greschbach and Sonja Buchegger, Part II: Control Practices of Policing and Security Agencies. 5. Settler Colonial Surveillance and the Criminalization of Social Media: Contradictory Implications for Palestinian Resistance, Madalena Santos, 6. Between Visibility and Surveillance. Challenges to Anti-Corporate Activism in Social Media, Julie Uldam, 7. The Impact of Video Tracking Routines on Crowd Behaviour and Crowd Policing, Marco Krüger, 8. Surveillance-Ready-Subjects: The Making of Canadian Anti-Masking Law, Debra Mackinnon