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Sousveillance

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Understanding the Panopticon, Surveillance and 'Sousveillance'

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What is SOUSVEILLANCE? What does SOUSVEILLANCE mean? SOUSVEILLANCE meaning & explanation

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SURveillance vs. SOUSveillance / Cameras Everywhere (dis)Orientation

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invisibility is a trap: sousveillance

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SOUSVEILLANCE OF SURVEILLANCE

Sousveillance is the recording of an activity by a participant in the activity, typically by way of small wearable or portable personal technologies. The term "sousveillance", coined by Steve Mann, stems from the contrasting French words sur, meaning "above", and sous, meaning "below", i.e. "surveillance" denotes the "eye-in-the-sky" watching from above, whereas "sousveillance" denotes bringing the camera or other means of observation down to human level, either physically, or hierarchically.
    • Inverse surveillance 

    • Personal sousveillance 

    • Alibi sousveillance 

    • Police use 

    • Sousveillance cultures 

    • In art 

    • In fiction 

    • Sousveillance efficiency or efficacy