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| dc.contributor.author | DiSchiavo, Kayla | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2020-09-10T18:15:58Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2020-09-10T18:15:58Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2020-09-10 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10429/2059 | |
| dc.description | What does it mean to be constantly watched? This ambiguous idea of seeing and being seen, and how people have come to understand its obscurity has dramatically changed over the past several years. From Jane Jacob’s Eyes on the Street theory to current surveillant technologies such as facial recognition and data collection systems, humans are subject to the gaze in ways once thought to be unimaginable. Initially, surveillance was interpreted as an aid to enforce security and prevent criminal behaviour from occurring; nothing more than a camera monitoring a business, or a wire-tapped phone. While that remains true, it has grown to encompass an entirely new and immeasurable meaning. Big Brother and panoptic dystopic theories of mass surveillance and control exist in the contemporary world. Now, surveillance is obscure and virtually invisible due to its omnipresence. It is no longer a question of if or when someone is watching, rather a question of who is watching, and what they are doing with the data collected. Society is controlled by technology to the extent that it can exploit our daily lives. Humans now manifest themselves as both real and digital. Crucial concerns for humanity regarding the negative implications of surveillance practices have dominated research and conversation thus far. These concerns include the effects on human liberties and civil rights, lack of privacy and freedom, and behavioural and psychological implications. While these variables of concern continue to remain important and relevant, this thesis will combat the narrow idea of watching and being watched by considering opportunities for resistance. How we, as humans can subvert the one-sided surveillance paradigm to promote human agency and allow those with less power to make choices and participate. By offering people within the community the ability to use surveillant technology for their purpose; it relieves stigma about the inevitable while continuing to allow local governments to patrol streets. Project Green Light (PGL) Detroit is a public-private-community partnership between local businesses and the Detroit Police Department (DPD) that aims to promote safety and prevent crime in Detroit. Currently, the DPD monitors roughly six hundred local businesses across the city through real-time camera connections. By utilizing PGL's existing infrastructure as a tool to activate urban space, it can aid in the revitalization of Detroit while mitigating the controversies that concern Detroiters (or any city). A signal that once labelled areas as ‘high crime’, can be transformed into a beacon of hope. People must understand the dampening impact technology has already brought to society, and how it will continue to shape us well into the future. Therefore, rather than work against it and try to prevent the inevitable, we must work with it and make the best out of the current panoptic situation we live in. | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | Surveillance + Voyeurism exploits the surveillant paradigm by promoting human agency through contemporary panoptic issues. Surveillance currently has a powerful, yet negative connotation behind it, leaving unnerving questions regarding civil liberty and privacy unanswered. Society has become a contemporary rendition of the Panopticon, with new and evolving ways of seeing and being seen. What once was regarded as a techno dystopian way of life has become a reality. While these concerns may persist, the population is left to comply as a result of the rapid growth and dependence on surveillant technology and artificial intelligence. It is nearly impossible to escape the technological gaze, where privacy is compromised. This thesis offers a speculative design proposal as a potential solution to combat the existing stigma that surrounds surveillance technology. The aim is to subvert the surveillant paradigm by altering existing surveillance infrastructure. Project Green Light Detroit can be reconstructed into a voyeuristic tool to promote human agency through active participation and interaction by community members. Permitting both the public and authority to access the data, information, and real-time footage collected will facilitate cohesion between both parties. | en_US |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
| dc.subject | theory | en_US |
| dc.subject | surveillance | en_US |
| dc.subject | voyeurism | en_US |
| dc.subject | technology | en_US |
| dc.subject | big brother | en_US |
| dc.subject | data collection | en_US |
| dc.subject | facial recognition | en_US |
| dc.subject | privacy | en_US |
| dc.subject | project green light | en_US |
| dc.subject | resistance | en_US |
| dc.subject | panopticon | en_US |
| dc.title | Surveillance + Voyeurism | en_US |
| dc.title.alternative | Promoting Human Agency Through Contemporary Panoptic Issues As A Form of Resistance | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |
