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29.6.12
Surveillance and Identity. Discourse, Subjectivity and the State (Introduction) - David Barnard-Wills (Ashgate, Uk, January 2012)
"In many ways this book is the story of three iconic technological artefacts. Or
more accurately, the story of a story told about these artefacts.
The first artefact is no longer in existence. On 10 February 2011 the hard drives containing the uK’s national identity register were physically destroyed, putting an end to a scheme which had its roots at the start of the previous decade. it was brought to an end by a change in government, with the May 2010 elections bringing to power a coalition of conservative and liberal democrat parties with shared opposition to the scheme. the national identity card might have been the artefact of concern for many but the database and the political infrastructure that supported it are in many ways more important. this scheme was an attempt to provide an authoritative statement of individual identity in response to a range of social problems that were seen as undermining identity.
the second artefact is the personal document shredder. this device, formerly limited to the office and associated with the disposal of incriminating documents in many a political thriller, is now a common sight in UK homes. It is used to make the paperwork that surrounds modern life unreadable and as such is a tool for physically destroying information. The shredder is put to work to help dispose of the flood of junk mail that has been turning up at the house ever since you signed up to that website. it is also a protection against the identity thieves imagined to be raiding your paper recycling every alternate week. It is relatively inexpensive, you can get one for a little over £20, and they are not difficult to use, but they do represent a change in our information handling behavior.
The third artefact is the credit file. Unlike the other two, this one isn’t really physical. you can have a copy of it printed out and sent to you (and this is your right). But this is just a representation, a snapshot of a moving thing at a moment in time. It is a digital record of selected elements of an individual’s financial history, used to make judgements about their suitability for financial services and to enter into relationship with financial organisations. It is also something monitored by the individual, and an increasingly important part of our identity that we are told we need to protect. The credit file, acting as our representative or an image of us, can have great impacts upon our life experiences and chances.
these three items are in many ways paradigmatic; they represent a particular paradigm, a way of thinking about information, identity and forms of political, economic and social life in the UK in the first decade of the 21st century. They are different types of information technology, each with different patterns of ownership, different uses and different ways that they can be controlled and manipulated.
To a particular way of thinking they were all necessary (even the now destroyed identity register). They are also linked. The shredder is supposed to protect from threats to the credit file. The identity card registration process was to draw upon the electronic verification methods developed in the private sector, of which credit histories were a part. the identity card was also pitched by government as a protection from identity theft. they are all ‘humble and mundane’ mechanisms of government through which political rationalities and programmes of government become deployed (Miller and rose 2008:32).
This book is not just about these technologies however. It is much more about the things that link them together. These three technologies are all examples of a nexus of surveillance, identity and language. this is nexus also draws in technology, risk, authority and the contested role of the state." (...)
Read the whole introduction
The first artefact is no longer in existence. On 10 February 2011 the hard drives containing the uK’s national identity register were physically destroyed, putting an end to a scheme which had its roots at the start of the previous decade. it was brought to an end by a change in government, with the May 2010 elections bringing to power a coalition of conservative and liberal democrat parties with shared opposition to the scheme. the national identity card might have been the artefact of concern for many but the database and the political infrastructure that supported it are in many ways more important. this scheme was an attempt to provide an authoritative statement of individual identity in response to a range of social problems that were seen as undermining identity.
the second artefact is the personal document shredder. this device, formerly limited to the office and associated with the disposal of incriminating documents in many a political thriller, is now a common sight in UK homes. It is used to make the paperwork that surrounds modern life unreadable and as such is a tool for physically destroying information. The shredder is put to work to help dispose of the flood of junk mail that has been turning up at the house ever since you signed up to that website. it is also a protection against the identity thieves imagined to be raiding your paper recycling every alternate week. It is relatively inexpensive, you can get one for a little over £20, and they are not difficult to use, but they do represent a change in our information handling behavior.
The third artefact is the credit file. Unlike the other two, this one isn’t really physical. you can have a copy of it printed out and sent to you (and this is your right). But this is just a representation, a snapshot of a moving thing at a moment in time. It is a digital record of selected elements of an individual’s financial history, used to make judgements about their suitability for financial services and to enter into relationship with financial organisations. It is also something monitored by the individual, and an increasingly important part of our identity that we are told we need to protect. The credit file, acting as our representative or an image of us, can have great impacts upon our life experiences and chances.
these three items are in many ways paradigmatic; they represent a particular paradigm, a way of thinking about information, identity and forms of political, economic and social life in the UK in the first decade of the 21st century. They are different types of information technology, each with different patterns of ownership, different uses and different ways that they can be controlled and manipulated.
To a particular way of thinking they were all necessary (even the now destroyed identity register). They are also linked. The shredder is supposed to protect from threats to the credit file. The identity card registration process was to draw upon the electronic verification methods developed in the private sector, of which credit histories were a part. the identity card was also pitched by government as a protection from identity theft. they are all ‘humble and mundane’ mechanisms of government through which political rationalities and programmes of government become deployed (Miller and rose 2008:32).
This book is not just about these technologies however. It is much more about the things that link them together. These three technologies are all examples of a nexus of surveillance, identity and language. this is nexus also draws in technology, risk, authority and the contested role of the state." (...)
Read the whole introduction
Surveillance and Identity Discourse, Subjectivity and the State - David Barnard-Wills (Ashgate, Uk, January 2012)
- Surveillance and Identity analyses the discourse of surveillance in the contemporary UnitedKingdom, drawing upon public language from central government, governmental agencies,activist movements, and from finance and banking. Examining the logics of these discoursesand revealing the manner in which they construct problems of governance in the light of theinsecurity of identity, this book shows how identity is fundamentally linked to surveillance,as governmental discourses privilege surveillance as a response to social problems.
In drawing links between new technologies and national surveillance projects or concernssurrounding phenomena such as identity fraud, Surveillance and Identity presents a newunderstanding of identity - the model of 'surveillance identity' - demonstrating that this isoften applied to individuals by powerful organisations at the same time as the concept isbeing actively contested in public language.
The first comprehensive study of the discursive politics of surveillance in the UK, this bookmakes significant contributions to surveillance theory, governmentality theory, and topolitical and social identity theories. As such, it will be of interest to social scientists of allkinds working on questions of public discourse and political communication, identity,surveillance and the relationship between the individual and the state. - Contents: Preface; Introduction; Surveillance, governmentality, identity and discourse;Discourse theory and analysis; Representation of surveillance practices; Subjectivity andsubject positions in discourses of surveillance; Identity in discourses of surveillance;Conclusions and implications; Bibliography; Index.
- About the Author: David Barnard-Wills is Research Fellow in the Department of Informatics
and Sensors at Cranfield University, UK - Reviews: 'These carefully selected fascinating case studies allow Barnard-Wills to chart theconnections between emergent forms of identity, new technologies and governmentalprojects. The result is a valuable contribution to our understanding of the contemporary
Mobile Interfaces in Public Spaces Locational Privacy, Control, and Urban Sociability - Adriana de Souza e Silva, Jordan Frith (Routledge, Uk, May 2012)
Mobile phones are no longer what they used to be. Not only can users connect to the Internet anywhere and anytime, they can also use their devices to map their precise geographic coordinates – and access location-specific information like restaurant reviews, historical information, and locations of other people nearby. The proliferation of location-aware mobile technologies calls for a new understanding of how we define public spaces, how we deal with locational privacy, and how networks of power are developed today. In Mobile Interfaces in Public Spaces, Adriana de Souza E. Silva and Jordan Frith examine these social and spatial changes by framing the development of location-aware technology within the context of other mobile and portable technologies such as the book, the Walkman, the iPod, and the mobile phone. These technologies work as interfaces to public spaces – that is, as symbolic systems that not only filter information but also reshape communication relationships and the environment in which social interaction takes place. Yet rather than detaching people from their surroundings, the authors suggest that location-aware technologies may ultimately strengthen our connections to locations.
Adriana de Souza e Silva is Associate Professor in the Department of Communication at North Carolina State University. Her research focuses on how mobile and locative interfaces shape interactions with public spaces and create new forms of sociability. She is the co-editor of Digital Cityscapes: Merging Digital and Urban Playspaces, and co-author of Net-Locality: Why Location Matters in a Networked World,
Jordan Frith is a doctoral candidate in North Carolina State University's Communication, Rhetoric and Digital Media program. His main research interests are locative media and space, particularly how locative media may influence interactions in urban spaces. He has recently been published in the journals Mobilities and Communication, Culture, and Critique.
"Mobile Interfaces in Public Spaces presents an insightful analysis of how mobility affects behavior in public settings, and how public settings affect communication behavior. The authors cast their net broadly, encompassing a range of significant issues including voice and sound, privacy and publicity, and norms and policies." –James E. Katz, Professor of Communication and Director of the Center for Mobile Communication Studies, Rutgers University
"An incredibly clear and useful guide to how mobile technologies are re-shaping our connections to locations and to other people. In considering devices that range from the paperback book to the portable music player to the smartphone as different kinds of "interfaces" with public space, the authors offer great insight into how we filter, control, and manage our relations with spaces and social situations that blur the boundaries between private and public. This is a much-needed contribution to the literature on the new location-based technologies that will become increasingly significant in the coming decade. Consider it an operating manual for the future." – Mimi Sheller, Professor of Sociology and Director of the Mobilities Research and Policy Center at Drexel University
"Mobile Interfaces in Public Spaces is an historically situated and nuanced account of the role interfaces – from books and Walkmans to iPods and mobile phones – play in our relationships to self, others and everyday urban life. Connecting contemporary practice with classic social theory, this evocative and engaging book is a much needed contribution to this cutting edge field of research." – Heather A. Horst, RMIT University, Australia
24.6.12
18.6.12
Deleuze and New Technology - Edited By David Savat and Mark Poster - Edinburgh University Press, Uk, June 2009
Deleuze and New Technology
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Edited By: David Savat and Mark Poster
Explores how Deleuze's philosophy can help us to understand our digital and
biotechnological futures. In a world where our lives are increasingly mediated by technologies, we need to pay more attention to Deleuze's often explicit focus on our reliance on the machine and the technological. These essays are a collective and determined effort to explore the usefulness Deleuze in thinking about our present and future reliance on technology. At the same time, they take seriously a style of thinking that negotiates between philosophy, science and art.
Contributors
William Bogard, Abigail Bray, Ian Buchanan, Verena Conley, Ian Cook, Tauel Harper, Timothy Murray, Saul Newman, Patricia Pisters, Mark Poster, Horst Ruthrof, David Savat, Bent Meier Sorensen and Eugene Thacker.
Control; 1. Deleuze and Machines: A Politics of Technology?, William Bogard; 2. Of Rhizomes, Smooth Space, War Machines and New Media, Verena Conley; 3. Deleuze's Objectile: From Discipline to Modulation, David Savat; 4. How to Surf: Technologies at Work in the Societies of Control. Bent Meier Sorensen; 5. Chemical-Control: From the Cane to the Pill, Abigail Bray; 6. Politics in the Age of Control, Saul Newman; Becoming 7. Smash the Strata! A Program for Techno-Political Evolution, Tauel Harper; 8. Deleuze and the Internet, Ian Buchanan; 9. Swarming: Number vs. Animal?, Eugene Thacker; 10. The Body without Organs and Internet Gaming Addiction, Ian Cook; 11. Deleuze's Concept in the Information-Control Continuum, Horst Ruthrof; 12. Illusionary Perception and Cinema: Experimental Thoughts on Film Theory and Neuroscience, Patricia Pisters; 13. Surface Folds: The Archival Events of New Medialised Art, Tim Murray; Afterword, Mark Poster; Notes on Contributors; Index
Deleuze Connections
Series Editor: Ian Buchanan
'It is not the elements or the sets which define the multiplicity. What defines it is the AND, as something which has its place between the elements or between the sets. AND, AND, AND – stammering.'
– Gilles Deleuze and Claire Parnet, Dialogues
This is the original groundbreaking series of Deleuze-inspired books that has already placed Deleuze's thought in connection with feminist theory, music, space, geography, queer theory, performance, postcolonial studies, contemporary art, and is constantly opening new frontiers in Deleuze Studies.
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26.5.12
Deleuze (On Foucault): Sociedad disciplinaria y Sociedad de Control (Estratto della Conferenza alla Femis, Parigi, 17 marzo 1987)
Extracto de la conferencia "Qué es un acto de creación?" en donde Deleuze desagrega la conceptualización foucaultiana de Sociedad disciplinaria y Sociedad de control
22.11.11
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Un trojan tedesco
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9.10.11
Greg Elmer - Profiling Machines: Mapping the Personal Information Economy
