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Root number
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469566 |
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Semester
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FS2021 |
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Type of course
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Exercise |
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Allocation to subject
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Social Anthropology |
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Type of exam
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not defined |
| Title |
BA (MA) Sachbereichs-Regionalübung: «Surveillance to the Maximum» – of surveillance societies and states |
| Description |
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We live in the age of Big Data, meaning massive data collection, where our data is the focus of ubiquitous digital surveillance. This has been known to us at least since the revelations of former CIA employee Edward Snowden in 2013. Nowadays, surveillance takes place mainly in digital space. Traditional forms of systematic surveillance, such as video and telephone monitoring, still belong to the standard repertoire. However, both governments and corporations are increasingly using the new technologies to track, collect and analyse our digital footprints and predict our behaviour. In the wake of the Corona pandemic, the global use of digital surveillance mechanisms is once again being highlighted: In the fight against the pandemic, several countries are aiming to use contact tracing apps as a powerful tool to contain the spread of the virus.
The political, legal and ethical issues and challenges facing the world with the deployment of ever new monitoring mechanisms are numerous. The narrative of state authorities has always been that the use of surveillance mechanisms serves as a means of ensuring national security, i.e. preventing crime and acts of terrorism. Human rights activists and data protectionists, on the other hand, see these developments as a violation of our right to privacy and an increasing restriction of other civil and political rights and freedoms.
This exercise focuses on the analysis of governmental digital surveillance and the relationship between government and civil society in this context. Together, we will explore the following questions, among others: What influence do surveillance mechanisms have on the everyday lives of individuals and social groups? What efforts are there to control, limit or resist surveillance? What is the genuine anthropological contribution to this phenomenon, which is omnipresent today? |
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ILIAS-Link (Learning resource for course)
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Registrations are transmitted from CTS to ILIAS (no admission in ILIAS possible).
ILIAS
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Link to another web site
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| Lecturers |
Rahel Nina Anna Jud, Institute of Social Anthropology ✉
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ECTS
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5 |
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Recognition as optional course possible
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Yes |
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Grading
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1 to 6 |
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| Dates |
Tuesday 14:15-16:00 Weekly
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| Rooms |
Seminarraum F 012, Hörraumgebäude Unitobler
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