Freitag 10. of August 2007

Don't use the G-Word: Criminalization of critical academic research in Germany

A library? (Copyright: Nothing Less) We learned last week that two of our friends and colleagues, Andrej H. and Mathias B., are charged with “membership in a terrorist association according to § 129a StGB” (German Penal Code, section 7 on ‘Crimes against Public...
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Don't use the G-Word: Criminalization of critical academic research in Germany


Category: Repression

Freitag 23. of März 2007

Eric Töpfer, Frank Helten (2005): CCTV surveillance in France: Marianne and her Big Brothers

Copyright loopzilla Since the late 1980s France is experiencing a rise of CCTV which puts an increasing number of cities under visual surveillance. In 2005 nearly 300 municipalities were operating an open street CCTV system. Eric Töpfer and Frank...
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Eric Töpfer, Frank Helten (2005): CCTV surveillance in France: Marianne and her Big Brothers


Category: Security, Abstracts & Papers, Presentations

Sonntag 06. of August 2006

Eric Töpfer:Unleashed: The World Cup 2006 as Catalyst

Copyright: darkwing2204 Public area CCTV has become an essential strategy of space control and criminal justice in the post-Fordist entrepreneurial city and the neoliberal competitive state: In symbolic terms it is used to appease revanchist middle...
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Eric Töpfer:Unleashed: The World Cup 2006 as Catalyst


Category: Presentations