Introduction to Special Theme Veillance and transparency: A critical examination of mutual watching in the post-Snowden, Big Data era
Introducing the Special Theme on Veillance and Transparency: A Critical Examination of Mutual Watching in the Post-Snowden, Big Data Era, this article presents a series of provocations and practices on veillance and transparency in the context of Big Data in a post-Snowden period. In introducing the...
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doaj-c0672c4765264aa4aabce4e24d55abe52020-11-25T03:00:24ZengSAGE PublishingBig Data & Society2053-95172017-03-01410.1177/205395171769899610.1177_2053951717698996Introduction to Special Theme Veillance and transparency: A critical examination of mutual watching in the post-Snowden, Big Data eraVian Bakir0Martina Feilzer1Andrew McStay2School of Creative Studies and Media, Bangor University, Bangor, UKSchool of Social Sciences, Bangor University, Bangor, UKSchool of Creative Studies and Media, Bangor University, Bangor, UKIntroducing the Special Theme on Veillance and Transparency: A Critical Examination of Mutual Watching in the Post-Snowden, Big Data Era, this article presents a series of provocations and practices on veillance and transparency in the context of Big Data in a post-Snowden period. In introducing the theoretical and empirical research papers, artistic, activist and educational provocations and commentaries in this Special Theme, it highlights three central debates. Firstly, concerning theory/practice, it queries how useful theories of veillance and transparency are in explaining mutual watching in the post-Snowden, Big Data era. Secondly, it presents a range of questions concerning norms, ethics, regulation, resistance and social change around veillance and transparency. Thirdly, it interrogates the upsurge in veillance and transparency discourses and practices post-Snowden, and asks whether they are adequate to the task of educating and engaging people on abstract and secretive surveillance practices, as well as on the possibilities and pitfalls of sousveillance.https://doi.org/10.1177/2053951717698996 |
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Introduction to Special Theme Veillance and transparency: A critical examination of mutual watching in the post-Snowden, Big Data era |
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Introduction to Special Theme Veillance and transparency: A critical examination of mutual watching in the post-Snowden, Big Data era |
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Introducing the Special Theme on Veillance and Transparency: A Critical Examination of Mutual Watching in the Post-Snowden, Big Data Era, this article presents a series of provocations and practices on veillance and transparency in the context of Big Data in a post-Snowden period. In introducing the theoretical and empirical research papers, artistic, activist and educational provocations and commentaries in this Special Theme, it highlights three central debates. Firstly, concerning theory/practice, it queries how useful theories of veillance and transparency are in explaining mutual watching in the post-Snowden, Big Data era. Secondly, it presents a range of questions concerning norms, ethics, regulation, resistance and social change around veillance and transparency. Thirdly, it interrogates the upsurge in veillance and transparency discourses and practices post-Snowden, and asks whether they are adequate to the task of educating and engaging people on abstract and secretive surveillance practices, as well as on the possibilities and pitfalls of sousveillance. |
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