Dear colleagues:
i would like to introduce a new copy to the list: the design of
equipment for surveillance and data capture, sorting, and
organization. I am interested in exploring the history of a host of
devices that have been invented for producing and organizing data:
these include
credit card machines,
fingerprinting machines
facial technology machines
credit cards
swipe cards
toll booth machines that register swipe cards
chip implants
identity cards
airport scanning machines
I'd be interested to know of any other machines that anyone can think
of and where one might find information about them. Along with the
machines, I'd like to begin to chronicle the history of software
programs that relate to data capture, data protection etc. This would
include the history of cookies, spyware, firewalls, and in general
the whole world of electronic data security. Any books or articles on
this subject would be helpful. My long term project is a complex
diagram of data production and data use, including ways that data is
bought and sold and then reused for commercial or surveillance
purposes. I'd like to suggest that the design of data devices and
data collection, documentation, and storage systems is a useful
product for design researchers. Is anyone interested in this topic?
Victor Margolin
University of Illinois, Chicago
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Victor Margolin
Professor of Design History
Department of Art History
University of Illinois at Chicago
935 W. Harrison St.
Chicago, IL 60607-7039
Tel. 1-312-413-2463
Fax 1-312-413-2460
www.uic.edu/~victor
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