‘Outlines of a World Coming into Existence’: Pervasive Computing and the Ethics of Forgetting
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- Martin Dodge
- Geography, School of Environment and Development, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, England
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- Rob Kitchin
- NIRSA and the Department of Geography, National University of Ireland, Maynooth, County Kildare, Ireland
Description
<jats:p> In this paper we examine the potential of pervasive computing to create widespread sousveillance, which will complement surveillance, through the development of life-logs—sociospatial archives that document every action, every event, every conversation, and every material expression of an individual's life. Reflecting on emerging technologies, life-log projects, and artistic critiques of sousveillance, we explore the potential social, political, and ethical implications of machines that never forget. We suggest, given that life-logs have the potential to convert exterior generated oligopticons to an interior panopticon, that an ethics of forgetting needs to be developed and built into the development of life-logging technologies. Rather than seeing forgetting as a weakness or a fallibility, we argue that it is an emancipatory process that will free pervasive computing from burdensome and pernicious disciplinary effects. </jats:p>
Journal
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- Environment and Planning B: Planning and Design
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Environment and Planning B: Planning and Design 34 (3), 431-445, 2007-06
SAGE Publications
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Details 詳細情報について
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- CRID
- 1360292621590619136
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- DOI
- 10.1068/b32041t
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- ISSN
- 14723417
- 02658135
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- Data Source
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- Crossref