Open AccessComputer ScienceSociology

Steve Mann, Jason Nolan, B. Wellman

2002.9.1Surveillance & Society

DOI: 10.24908/ss.v1i3.3344

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Using wearable computing devices to perform "sousveillance" (inverse surveillance) as a counter to organizational surveillance generates new kinds of information in a social surveillance situation.

Abstract

This paper describes using wearable computing devices to perform "sousveillance" (inverse surveillance) as a counter to organizational surveillance. A variety of wearable computing devices generated different kinds of responses, and allowed for the collection of data in different situations. Visible sousveillance often evoked counter-performances by front-line surveillance workers. The juxtaposition of sousveillance with surveillance generates new kinds of information in a social surveillance situation.

Citation format

MANN, Steve; NOLAN, Jason; WELLMAN, B. Sousveillance: Inventing and using wearable computing devices for data collection in surveillance environments. Surveillance & Society, 2002, 1: 331–355.