Saturday, March 10, 2007

QotW6: Bonus Mission #1: Are you watching me watching you?

Bonus Mission #1: Are you watching me watching you?

Earn an additional week’s grades by creating blog post on the following:
  1. Staying clear of danger, capture your own video or photos of Singaporeans doing anything interesting.
  2. Alternatively, if you don’t have a camera, search for a relevant video / photo online to participate.
  3. Document the context of the video / photo (Who, What, When, Where, Why).
  4. Explain what you think about the it using key concepts from any of the readings from QotW6.



This photo were taken during COM 242 on January 18 and it shows the meaning of Sousveillance.

Defined by Wikipedia as the recording of an activity from the perspective of a participant in the activity (i.e. personal experience capture), the term also refers to the recording or monitoring of real or apparent authority figures by others, particularly those who are generally the subject of surveillance. Steve Mann, who coined the term, describes it as "watchful vigilance from underneath" ("Sousveillance" , 2007).

Such an incident is a form of personal Sousveillance, as I used a mobile phone camera to snap a picture of this. So while Mr Lim is recording us to see how attentive we are, I'm taking a photo of him recording us. It is also known as Inverse surveillance, where people with power (those at the top of the hierarchy) are now being watched by the lower ranks.


Reference

Sousveillance. (2007, February 7). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved March 10, 2007, from http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sousveillance&oldid=106389703

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