Asexual citizenship makes the case for a negative biological citizenship wherein the community of the asexual orientation forms through the rejection of medicalisation and pathologisation of a lack of sexual attraction.
In India, access to welfare benefits is increasingly being entangled with extensive documentation, household profiling, and citizenship-related verification, which is disproportionately affecting minorities and redefining the meaning of democracy.
Annapurna Bhandar and Its Politics of Discontents Read More »
Memes are not merely publishable content, but a constantly evolving space of resistance, and thus the last remaining form of freedom in a time when the Palestinian cause is being silently erased.
Communal bonds that once sustained Eritrean society have been eroded by a surveillance system that promotes suspicion over trust.
Eritrea: From Communal Solidarity to a State of Surveillance Read More »
The state surveillance of both refugees arriving in Greece and the journalists covering their stories obscures the Greek states dehumanisation of the refugees, reducing their plight to security statistics rather than genuine humanitarian concerns.
The police state, as demonstrated in the U.S., reflected a redefinition of Muslims and people from the Arab World as the “New Blacks.” What happened to the old Blacks, however?
The situation for Indian migrants in Nepal is increasingly becoming perilous. But wherever there is alienation, there is also resistance.
From Alienation to Resonance: A Migrant’s Path to Resistance in Nepal Read More »
The clerical regime in Iran continues to cling to power by making use of a vast surveillance network.
A Surveillance State of Mind: Iran and its Dissident Population Read More »
The problem isn’t surveillance in itself, which can and does have helpful sides, but whether or not it is done with respect for human rights, and what recourse exists for abuse and prevention of it.
The Two Faces of Surveillance: Human Rights, Crime and Criminalisation Read More »
Modern forms of surveillance have medieval Christian roots. Medieval surveillance practices were grafted into other plants — military, industrial, individualist, rationalist, technological and so on — that transformed them, giving rise to modern forms of surveillance.
Surveillance and the Eye of God: Medieval Europe and Modern Views Read More »
Authentication technologies used in higher education and government agencies have a track record of being discriminatory and violating privacy. Addressing this problem requires developing a human-centered approach to programming.
The Ethics of Surveillance and Identity Authentication Read More »
