See Something, Frame Something
The See Something, Frame Something Tier 1 Project is an interdisciplinary research project of the Northeastern University School of Law, College of Arts, Media, and Design, College of Social Sciences and Humanities, and Khoury College that explores legal and societal implications of state-private collaboration in surveillance of marginalized communities.
Data & [Dis]Obedience Conference
3.15.23
9:30 a.m. — 4:30 p.m.
Raytheon Amphitheater, Egan Research Center
Northeastern University
The Data & (Dis)obedience Conference aims to highlight artists working on surveillance themes; provide attendees with information and inspiration they can use to support their advocacy; promote collaboration among academics, grassroots actors, policymakers and other advocates; encourage critical engagement among attendees to strengthen their respective work; and lay groundwork for future research collaborations and conversations on the topic of data collection practices and state-private partnerships.
Through this public convening, we aim to catalyze interdisciplinary, cross-sector research collaborations to inform policy and practice and have on-the-ground impact on communities affected by unjust surveillance.
Principal Investigators
Professor Ari Ezra Waldman
School of Law, Khoury College
Professor Ari Ezra Waldman is a leading authority on law, technology, and society, and a professor of law and computer science. He directs the School of Law’s Center for Law, Innovation, and Creativity (CLIC). Professor Waldman studies asymmetrical power relations created and entrenched by law and technology, with a particular focus on privacy, online harassment, free speech, and the LGBTQ community.
Professor Jennifer Gradecki
College of Arts, Media, and Design
Professor Jennifer Gradecki is an assistant professor at the College of Arts, Media, and Design. Gradecki is an artist-theorist who investigates secretive and specialized socio-technical systems. Her artistic research has focused on social science techniques, financial instruments, technologies of mass surveillance, intelligence analysis, artificial intelligence, and social media misinformation.
Professor Patricia Williams
College of Social Sciences and Humanities, School of Law
Professor Patricia Williams is one of the most provocative intellectuals in American law and a pioneer of both the law and literature and critical race theory movements in American legal theory, holds a joint appointment between the School of Law and the Department of Philosophy and Religion at the College of Social Sciences and Humanities. She is also director of the Law, Technology, and Ethics Initiatives in the School of Law and the College of Social Sciences and Humanities.
Researchers
Professor John Wihbey
College of Arts, Media, and Design
Professor John Wihbey is a faculty member at the College of Arts, Media, and Design, where he heads the graduate programs in the School of Journalism. His research and teaching interests focus on the intersection of news and social media, misinformation and media literacy, and issues of policy relating to news and social media platforms.
Professor Lucy Williams
School of Law
Professor Lucy Williams is the faculty director for the Center for Public Interest Advocacy and Collaboration (CPIAC), and faculty co-director of the Program on Human Rights and the Global Economy (PHRGE) at the School of Law. Williams is an internationally recognized authority on social welfare law and low-wage labor, as well as international comparative social and economic rights.
Shannon Al-Wakeel
School of Law
Shannon Al-Wakeel is managing director of the Center for Public Interest Advocacy and Collaboration at the School of Law.
Nasser Eledroos
School of Law
Nasser Eledroos is the managing director of the Center for Law, Information, and Creativity at the School of Law.