http://geeksandglobaljustice.com Researching tech activism in the global justice movement Fri, 13 Aug 2010 23:53:34 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en As part of my postdoc at U of T's Faculty of Information, I'm helping organize an international workshop entitled Cyber-surveillance in Everyday Life. It's part of a series of workshops organized by the New Transparency: Surveillance and Social Sorting. I attended the Surveillance Games, held in ... http://geeksandglobaljustice.com/?p=275&owa_from=feed&owa_sid=861953394 Reports are coming in fast and furious to the Alternative Media Centre about house raids and pre-emptive arrests of key organizers in the G20 resistance. It appears as if the Integrated Security Unit is deploying a pre-planned sweep of known activists. Police visited two houses in Toronto's westend early this morning. ... http://geeksandglobaljustice.com/?p=251&owa_from=feed&owa_sid=861953394 If I can't dance with crossdressing Harper I want no part of your revolution. If there’s one thing the corporate mainstream media love, it’s a good story. And by good story I mean sensational. And by sensational, I mean fear ... http://geeksandglobaljustice.com/?p=248&owa_from=feed&owa_sid=861953394 [caption id="attachment_202" align="aligncenter" width="478" caption="Submedia's Escape the Freedom Fence"][/caption] Day 2 in the Alternative Media Centre saw more media making and collaborating activity, with AMCistas sharing tips, sources and story ideas, working out tech problems and forming affinity crews to cover events based on interest and need. There have been a ... http://geeksandglobaljustice.com/?p=197&owa_from=feed&owa_sid=861953394 [caption id="attachment_190" align="aligncenter" width="493" caption="TCMN's Syed Hussan meets the scrum, handles journos nicely."][/caption] I've been at the AMC all day - arriving just before the press conference at 10 this morning. You can read my story on the media scrum here. The mainstream media never cease to amaze me with their myopia ... http://geeksandglobaljustice.com/?p=188&owa_from=feed&owa_sid=861953394 It has been a ridiculously busy last bit, but I thought I'd try to get a few things down. My research on social justice activists' experience of and response to cybersurveillance in the lead up to the G20 is proceeding apace - I'm slowly gathering the stories of ... http://geeksandglobaljustice.com/?p=182&owa_from=feed&owa_sid=861953394 Today the Privacy Commissioner of Canada is hosting a one-day public consultation about the various new privacy challenges citizens face when navigating the online world. The motivation for the consultation, which is the first in a series of three events across Canada, was the upcoming review process for the Personal ... http://geeksandglobaljustice.com/?p=156&owa_from=feed&owa_sid=861953394 I went to a panel entitled Overdue Update or Big Brother? Lawful Access and Cyber Surveillance at U of T's Faculty of Law yesterday. It was moderated by Graeme Norton, director of the Canadian Civil Liberties Association’s Public Safety Project. The panel included David Murakami-Wood, a member of the New ... http://geeksandglobaljustice.com/?p=143&owa_from=feed&owa_sid=861953394 It took me almost five and a half years, from the first class to my final defense, but here it is: my dissertation. Maybe one day I'll write about the emotional and personal cost of a PhD but for now, I'll try to revel in the relief of completion. Comments, ... http://geeksandglobaljustice.com/?p=136&owa_from=feed&owa_sid=861953394 [caption id="attachment_125" align="aligncenter" width="392" caption="What's in your wallet? (photo by Smith)"][/caption] I attended the opening for Sorting Daemons: Art, Surveillance and Social Control, which is being held in conjunction with the Surveillance Camera workshop I'm attending. Information-gathering systems increasingly affect our lives, tracking our movement and consumer preferences. Such "sorting daemons" reinforce ... http://geeksandglobaljustice.com/?p=122&owa_from=feed&owa_sid=861953394