activity Visit the prototype observatory at: https://aftersurveillance.net/observatory/ Explore the stories and coverage collected on the site Contribute a story or a piece of relevant coverage you’ve seen Finally, participants will be invited to use a prototype to submit a report to the Higher Education Surveillance Observatory, and discuss the potential uses for such a resource […]

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“…we are gesturing toward a future that involves a deeper understanding of the role surveillance has played and continues to play in universities and tactics and strategies for interrupting and perhaps reducing or reconfiguring its impacts…” Collier, A., Ross, J. Higher Education After Surveillance?. Postdigit Sci Educ 2, 275–279 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s42438-019-00098-z Some possible elements of the Higher Education […]

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“find a way to gather more of this information in an organised and centralised place. With more data, new forms of analysis, research and activism might become possible.” Initial Thoughts – AfterSurveillance.net examples The International Observatory on the Societal Impacts of AI and Digital Technology Digital Platform Observatory Observatory for Political Conflict and Democracy in […]

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We do not claim that data has no place in higher education. We are interested in the wider consequences of surveillance practices and the often uncritical ways they have been adopted into higher education. Risks learners and learning relationships academics and professional staff reinforcing the extractive economy increasing inequalities Examples Students Are Pushing Back Against […]

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