just in time to the sheffield conference the mute magazine launched an issue
on (in)visibilities. actually it was already in february but i've only
discovered it recently. however, it looks promising: articles on britain's
national health data base, bird flu politics etc.
eric
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http://www.metamute.org/en/Mute-Vol2-7-Show-Invisibles-migration-data-work
We are living through an intensification of citizens', and non-citizens',
visibility to capital. Database convergence, states of emergency and
points-based immigration systems destroy the legal and informational grey
zones in which the poor shelter and organise. As black economies and shadow
sectors are exposed to the light of networked information in the interests
of population management, border enforcement, welfare clamp-downs and, above
all, profit, what are the risks and advantages of visibility? What do
(political and artistic) representation and rights have to offer the illegal
and 'invisible'?
Articles by: Damian Abbott, Camille Barbagallo & Nic Beuret, Leutha
Blissett, Javier, Jaya Klara Brekke, Seemab Gul, Pil and Galia Kollectiv,
Elizabeth Povinelli, C. L-Stavrides, Jennifer Thatcher and Unterschreber
Artwork by: Sam Gul, Harrison, Lee Galpin, Pil & Galia Kollectiv and
Benedict Seymour
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