Sousveillance: Inventing and Using Wearable Computing Devices to Challenge Surveillance

This paper explores using wearable computing devices to perform \sousveillance" (inverse surveillance) as a counter to organizational surveillance. A series of performances are used to question social norms of surveillance. A variety of wearable computing inventions generated different kinds of responses. Visible sousveillance often evoked counterperformances by front-line surveillance workers. The juxtaposition of sousveillance with surveillance generates participatory awareness of the ubiquitous presence and acceptance of surveillance in society.

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