{"id":284,"date":"2019-08-02T16:23:04","date_gmt":"2019-08-02T20:23:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/privacy-technology-center\/?page_id=284"},"modified":"2025-05-12T11:09:00","modified_gmt":"2025-05-12T15:09:00","slug":"color-of-surveillance-2019","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/privacy-technology-center\/the-color-of-surveillance\/color-of-surveillance-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"The Color of Surveillance: Monitoring of Poor and Working People (2019)"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Powerful Have Long Agreed: Poor and Working People Must Be Watched.<\/h2>\n

With the proliferation of digital monitoring and algorithmic management of gig economy and blue collar workers, it might seem like the expansion of workplace surveillance is a new trend. In reality, it is a centuries-old phenomenon that has shaped core aspects of modern privacy debates. From English Poor Laws, to the monitoring of 19th century coal miners and 20th century farmworker advocates, to contemporary efforts to track workers in the digital economy, this conference will follow the surveillance of poor and working people and those who advocate for them.<\/p>\n

How has the myth of the untrustworthy pauper or worker transformed over time? What role has race and ethnicity played in justifying surveillance? Has this surveillance proven effective or not? How has technology normalized and propagated this surveillance? Finally, how are local communities, advocates, and artists responding to these challenges?<\/p>\n

The Color of Surveillance addresses these questions and more, elevating the voices of working people, labor advocates, artists, and historians. The conference will take place on Thursday, November 7<\/strong> in Hart Auditorium at Georgetown University Law Center, and is presented in partnership with Free Press<\/a> and MediaJustice<\/a>, with support from The Center on Poverty and Inequality Economic Security and Opportunity Initiative<\/a>, the Workers’ Rights Institute<\/a>, and The Institute for Technology Law and Policy<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Click here for a reading list featuring the speakers and subject matter of the conference<\/span>(This link opens in a new tab)<\/span><\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Watch videos from the conference here.<\/a><\/p>\n

Schedule:<\/h3>\n

9 – 9:20 AM: Introduction to The Color of Surveillance: Monitoring of Poor and Working People<\/i><\/b><\/strong><\/p>\n

Alvaro Bedoya, Center on Privacy & Technology at Georgetown Law
\nGabrielle Rejouis, Center on Privacy & Technology at Georgetown Law<\/p>\n

9:20 – 9:35: \u201cFriendly Visitors\u201d<\/b><\/p>\n

Michael Reisch, University of Maryland<\/p>\n

9:35 – 9:50: Transaction Denied<\/b><\/p>\n

Xena Ni, Independent Artist<\/p>\n

9:50 – 10:05: Poor People and Privacy<\/b><\/p>\n

Mary Madden, Data & Society Research Institute<\/p>\n

10:05 – 10:40: Unhoused, Watched<\/b><\/p>\n

Tristia Bauman, National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty
\nKelly Miller
\nIndi Dutta-Gupta (moderator), Center on Poverty & Inequality at Georgetown Law<\/p>\n

10:40 – 11: <\/b>Break<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

11 – 11:15: Housed, Watched<\/b><\/p>\n

Schyla Pondexter-Moore<\/p>\n

11:15 – 11:30: The Class Differential in Privacy Law<\/b><\/p>\n

Michele Gilman, University of Baltimore School of Law, Data & Society<\/p>\n

11:30 – 11:45: The Digital Poor House<\/b><\/p>\n

Virginia Eubanks<\/p>\n

11:45 – 12 PM: Reflections from the MediaJustice Network Delegation<\/b><\/p>\n

Laila Nur, Coworker.org
\nGabriela Sandoval, TURN<\/p>\n

12 – 12:50: <\/b>Lunch\u00a0<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

12:50 – 1: <\/b>Interlude<\/i><\/b>: What is Money?<\/b><\/p>\n

Circle Time: Episode 1 Babak Radboy, What is Money? <\/i>2018 By DIS<\/p>\n

1 – 1:05: Welcome Back<\/b><\/p>\n

Sandra Fulton, Free Press Action Fund<\/p>\n

1:05 – 1:20: The Eyes of King Coal<\/b><\/p>\n

Mark Bulik, The New York Times<\/i><\/p>\n

1:20 – 2:00: Surveillance in the Fields<\/b><\/p>\n

Victor D\u00edaz, Migrant Justice \/ Justicia Migrante
\nWill Lambek, Migrant Justice \/ Justicia Migrante
\nChris Ramsaroop, Justice for Migrant Workers
\nAllison McDonald (moderator), Center on Privacy & Technology at Georgetown Law<\/p>\n

2:00 – 2:35: Surveillance of Truckers<\/b><\/p>\n

Anne Balay, Independent Scholar
\nKaren Levy, Cornell University
\nJameson Spivack (moderator), Center on Privacy & Technology at Georgetown Law<\/p>\n

2:35 – 2:55: <\/b>Break<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

2:55 – 3:10: (In Range) (Out of Range) (Connecting)<\/b><\/p>\n

Rodrigo Toscano, Labor Institute<\/p>\n

3:10 – 3:45: Beyond Automation<\/b><\/p>\n

Marley Pulido, Coworker.org
\nBrishen Rogers, Temple Law, Georgetown Law (Visiting Fall 2019)
\nMark Gaston Pearce (moderator), Workers\u2019 Rights Institute at Georgetown Law<\/p>\n

3:45 – 4:00: Surveillance Ain’t Safety<\/b><\/p>\n

Tawana Petty, Detroit Community Technology Project<\/p>\n

4:00 – 4:40: From Decarceration to E-Carceration<\/b><\/p>\n

Chaz Arnett, University of Pittsburgh School of Law
\nMyaisha Hayes, MediaJustice
\nTopeka K. Sam, The Ladies of Hope Ministries
\nAlexandra Givens (moderator), Institute for Technology Law & Policy at Georgetown Law<\/p>\n

4:40 – 4:55: Consumer Privacy, Worker Privacy<\/b><\/p>\n

Gabrielle Rejouis, Center on Privacy & Technology at Georgetown Law<\/p>\n

4:55 – 5:00: Closing Remarks<\/b><\/p>\n

Alvaro Bedoya, Center on Privacy & Technology at Georgetown Law<\/p>\n

Reception to follow on the 12th floor of Gewirz Student Center<\/em><\/p>\n

Speaker List:<\/b><\/h3>\n