{"id":1228,"date":"2008-07-25T17:24:51","date_gmt":"2008-07-25T21:24:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/?p=1228"},"modified":"2008-07-23T17:28:43","modified_gmt":"2008-07-23T21:28:43","slug":"sousveillance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/2008\/07\/25\/sousveillance\/","title":{"rendered":"Sousveillance"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is encouraging<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Now a countervailing storyline is starting to get some traction in real life: the increasing citizen use of technology to \u201cwatch from below.\u201d The practice has been called \u201csousveillance,\u201d a word that comes the French word \u201csous\u201d (from below) with the word \u201cviller\u201d (to watch). Instead of Big Brother using a panopticon of surveillance to exercise total, unquestioned control, the commoners are using cheap, portable technologies to monitor and publicize the behavior of Power. The commons is sprouting its own eyes \u2013 and its own means of self-defense, political organizing and reclamation of democracy.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

In contrast to the usual abuses of government authority and surveillance I usually write about here, this is like a breath of fresh air – and something I think is very good. If a government can monitor its people, the people aught to be able to monitor the government.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This is encouraging: Now a countervailing storyline is starting to get some traction in real life: the increasing citizen use of technology to \u201cwatch from below.\u201d The practice has been called \u201csousveillance,\u201d a word that comes the French word \u201csous\u201d (from below) with the word \u201cviller\u201d (to watch). Instead of Big Brother using a panopticon… Continue reading Sousveillance<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"webmentions_disabled_pings":false,"webmentions_disabled":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"activitypub_content_warning":"","activitypub_content_visibility":"","activitypub_max_image_attachments":3,"activitypub_interaction_policy_quote":"anyone","activitypub_status":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[2,17],"tags":[156,19,128],"class_list":["post-1228","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","category-society","tag-big-brother","tag-government","tag-surveillance","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pimUj-jO","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3107,"url":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/2010\/06\/03\/citizen-surveillance\/","url_meta":{"origin":1228,"position":0},"title":"Citizen Surveillance","author":"Keith Survell","date":"June 3, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"Thoughtful comments on the idea of citizens keeping tabs on their police & government, instead of only the other way around.","rel":"","context":"In "politics"","block_context":{"text":"politics","link":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/category\/politics\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1065,"url":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/2008\/03\/16\/on-surveillance\/","url_meta":{"origin":1228,"position":1},"title":"On Surveillance","author":"Keith Survell","date":"March 16, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"Surveillance is power. 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