Surveillance, power and everyday life fundacja panoptykon. David lyon is queens research chair in surveillance studies at queens university, canada and is director. A report on the surveillance society public discussion. Surveillance society david lyon, queens university, canada talk for festival del diritto, piacenza, italia. It is split into three sections which cover the essential material in the. Every time we make a telephone call, send an email, browse the internet, or even walk down our local high street, our actions may be monitored and recorded. It is geared to collecting information on the environment of our organisation or ourselves, with a view to assessing a possible aggression or simply to. The book seems to presuppose only authoritarian invasions with. Rather, the nationstate now draws upon an augmented surveillant assemblage for its own purposes. David lyon, an english sociologist now teaching at queens university in kingston, has written extensively on the information society and the increasing surveillance inherent in the information age. Encountering camera surveillance and accountability at work case study of the swedish police. Facebook, social networking sites, political economy, privacy, surveillance, capitalism journal name. A report on the surveillance society public discussion document. As most of us are already aware, personal data is collected from us all the time, whether we know it or not and, often, whether we like it or not.
Surveillance after snowden is crucial reading for anyone interested in politics, technology and society. Social sorting involves the key task of separating one group from the other. Surveillance as social sorting proposes that surveillance is not simply a contemporary threat to individual freedom, but that, more insidiously, it is a powerful means of creating and reinforcing longterm social differences. Against the background of perceived security threats and a shrinking welfare state, senior police officers have. Privacy lecture series david lyon terrorism and surveillance. Surveillance and countersurveillance for human rights defenders and their organisations 15 chapter 3.
As practiced today, it is actually a form of social sorting a means of verifying identities but also of assessing. In the context of dissident citizenship, surveillance is the ongoing observation of and collection of information about a person or group suspected of being involved in radical political activity. On the contrary, surveillance is an integral part of u. Surveillance, privacy, and the globalization of personal information. Jun 04, 2007 in this overview, david lyon, one of the pioneers of surveillance studies, fuses with aplomb classical debates and contemporary examples to provide the most accessible and uptodate introduction to surveillance available.
Zygmunt bauman to surveillance studies1 david lyon queens university liquid surveillance describes well todays regimes of in. Personal data is collected from us all the time, whether we know it or not, through identity numbers, camera images, or increasingly by other. Our concern in this study will be with how intellectuals and artists have addressed surveillance not so much as an abstract metaphor but as an elusive yet concrete social reality. Surveillance and countersurveillance protection international. The fast growth of the field of surveillance studies reflects both the urgency of civil liberties and privacy questions in the war on terror era and the classical social science debates over the power of watching and classification, from bentham to. Moreover, the development of digital surveillance technology means that the nature of surveillance has changed dramatically.
The national surveillance state is a special case of the information statea state. We ask david about technology, ethical questions and his views on the snowden affair. In 2004, the information commissioner, richard thomas, the officer empowered by parliament to act as a watchdog on the use of our personal data, warned that we were sleepwalking into a surveillance society10. The book takes in surveillance studies in all its breadth, from local facetoface oversight through technical developments. This text takes a postprivacy approach to surveillance with a. However, the great virtue of zygmunt baumans work for surveillance studies is that he. Surveillance and counter surveillance for human rights defenders and their organisations 15 chapter 3. Surveillance, power and everyday life david lyon a chapter for the oxford handbook of information and communication technologies abstract surveillance has become a crucial component of all environments informed or enabled by icts. Social sorting is understood as the breakdown and categorization of group or personrelated raw data into various categories and segments by data manipulators and data brokers.
Surveillance is an inescapable part of life in the uk. The predominant analysis of privacy on facebook focuses on personal information revelation. In this overview, david lyon, one of the pioneers of surveillance studies, fuses with aplomb classical debates and contemporary examples to provide the most accessible and uptodate introduction to surveillance available. David lyon speaks on contemporary surveillance youtube. David lyon directs the surveillance studies centre, is a professor of sociology, holds a queens research chair and is crossappointed as a professor in the faculty of law at queens university in kingston, ontario born in edinburgh, scotland, lyon received a b.
This is the text of chapter four of david lyon s the electronic eye. It is used here with the permission of the author and the publisher. Professor david lyon queens university, kingston, canada discusses surveillance in the age of new communication and information technologies for. Download the call for papers pdf conference flyer pdf poster pdf chartres is a beautiful medieval town located upon the eure river, between paris and the loire valley. From big brother to electronic panopticon david lyon this is the text of chapter four of david lyons the electronic eye. Its cathedral is among the most famous ones in france, with 800 year old stainglasses and sculptures. The study of surveillance is more relevant than ever.
Sean hier and josh greenbergs the surveillance studies reader, and david lyons surveillance studies. In particular, this section seeks to explore research on surveillance as cultural practice, which indicates an orientation to surveillance that views it as embedded within, brought about by, and generative of social practices in. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Mit press, forthcoming 2002 23 see the influential work by lawrence lessig, code, and other laws of cyberspace, new york.
In 2004, the information commissioner, richard thomas, the officer empowered by parliament to act as a watchdog on the use of our personal data, warned that we. Professor of sociology and law at queens university in kingston, ontario where he holds a research chair in surveillance studies, david lyons work on surveillance is internationally known. David lyon is queens research chair in surveillance studies at queens university, canada and is. Jul 30, 2007 in this overview, david lyon, one of the pioneers of surveillance studies, fuses with aplomb classical debates and contemporary examples to provide the most accessible and uptodate introduction to surveillance available. Jul 28, 2014 we ask david about technology, ethical questions and his views on the snowden affair. Focused on the same scope, this conference is devoted to all topics related to acoustical and vibration methods development and applications for surveillance and diagnostics. In this overview, david lyon, one of the pioneers of surveillance studies, fuses with aplomb classical debates and contemporary examples to provide the most. Personal data is collected from us all the time, whether we know it or not, through identity numbers, camera images, or increasingly by other means such as fingerprint and retinal scans. The international conference surveillance 7 was held on october 2930, 20 at the institute of technology of chartres, france some 80 participants from 20 countries around the world participated to the conference. The study of surveillance is more relevant than ever before. Social networking sites in the surveillance society l. Surveillance society takes a postprivacy approach to surveillance with a fresh look at the relations between technology and society. View surveillance studies research papers on academia. The level of surveillance of public spaces has increased rapidly over recent years, and continues to grow.
The arrival of surveillance society is no longer in the future tense. Not all surveillance is conducted for nefarious purposes, however. These groups can be based on income, education, race, ethnicity, profiling, gender, occupation, social status, derived power social and. The aftermath of terrorist attacks on september 11 2001 includes widespread tightening of surveillance. Mar 27, 2008 surveillance studies by david lyon, 9780745635927, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. David lyon directs the surveillance studies centre, is a professor of sociology, holds a queens research chair and is crossappointed as a professor in the faculty of law at queens university in kingston, ontario. In 20, edward snowden revealed that the nsa and its par. Social sorting has called into account issues that primarily involve equity and fairness. Surveillance obviously goes back even further, but our concern will be with surveillance as a modern and postmodern phenomenon. In this compelling account, surveillance expert david lyon guides the reader through snowdens ongoing disclosures. Digital surveillance means that there is no barrier to storing all footage indefinitely and ever. The responses are a prism that puts several things in perspective. Surveillance studies, as this subfield is increasingly known see lyon. Public discussion document 3 this imagined 2016 is not that far away.
Dilemmas of privacy cover royal academy of engineering. September 28 2008 what is the surveillance society. The constitution in the national surveillance state. Part one theorizing surveillance and visibility consists of four articles, that are devoted to basic questions and themes emerging in surveillance studies over the past years.
Surveillance after snowden david lyon publication date. Surveillance studies by david lyon, 9780745635927, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. The old streets and little stone bridges offer nice walks through. Pdf on jul 1, 2008, lippert randy and others published david lyon, surveillance studies. As lyon notes, surveillance studies reson ate with studies influenced by the concept of governmentality and my own view is there may be a bit more future work required to show why the former cannot be subsumed within the latters broader umbrella. Summary report 1 introduction in june 2006 the surveillance studies network was commissioned, by the united kingdom information commissioner, to write a report on the surveillance society.
In the united states, the surveillance of dissident citizens is carried. The fast growth of the field of surveillance studies reflects both the urgency of civil liberties and privacy questions in the lsquo. David lyon the study of surveillance is more relevant than ever before. An overview find, read and cite all the research you need on researchgate. Surveillance surveillance is carried out through many means and always has a goal. In surveillance society, david lyon takes a closer look at the level of surveillance we are really under as individuals, and takes a fresh look at the relationship between technology and society. In the national surveillance state, the government uses surveillance, data collection, collation, and analysis to identify problems, to head off potential threats, to govern populations, and to deliver valuable social services. Byproducts of social sorting are isolation, segregation and marginalization. This text takes a postprivacy approach to surveillance with a fresh look at the relations between technology and society. Maritime security and surveillance case study section. David lyon insinuates that social sorting through surveillance is a modern threat to freedom. The fast growth of the field of surveillance studies reflects both the urgency of civil liberties and privacy questions in the war on. Equally, almost all surveillance practices in technologically. One, it is premature to see decentralised and commercial surveillance simply supplanting nationstate power.
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