The temperature at the border – System of Systems
During the first lockdown of the Covid-19 pandemic, all symposia, lectures and events were moved online. This was my video contribution to the online program …
Airborne violence: Passengers stop deportation of a Nigerian man from The Netherlands
Yesterday a man was violently removed from a United Airlines flight in the US. The video is deeply unsettling to watch. The man is dehumanized …
Machine learned cruelty and border control
The news about immigration control in the US are a daily display of cruelty. Children separated from their families, held in cages, detained in conditions …
Private space, public space, personal space
Just a few reflections scribbled in haste for future reference. Re-reading Jurgen Habermas’ “The Structural Transformation of the Public Sphere” (a text I gotta confess …
A few observations about Amazon being urged not to sell facial recognition tool to police
From AP News: Amazon’s decision to market a powerful face recognition tool to police is alarming privacy advocates, who say the tech giant’s reach could …
Germany to roll out mass holding centres for asylum seekers, using voice recognition software
via The Guardian “Germany to roll out mass holding centres for asylum seekers” “It is like a prison,” said Lucky Raphael, 24, from Nigeria, who …
Demarcations, limits, borders
“No” as a border, a demarcation. Consent, then as a negotiation of borders and lines across the interpersonal. (A possibility of radical consent: border negotiation …
Big Data and the ethics of community surveillance
Big Data and the ethics of community surveillance In the previous essay of this ongoing series about Big Data, I discussed how the emotional states …
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When white fears become Big Data: racist emotions and the populists who love them
When white fears become Big Data: racist emotions and the populists who love them At the end of last year I started exploring issues surrounding Big …
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Surveys, vigilance and the myth of neutral data
Surveys, vigilance and the myth of neutral data In mid December I started a series of explorations on Big Data. I hoped to touch on often …