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= Surveillance is all about when people in authority know a lot about you. Instrumentation is when you know a lot about the world. And it allows you have more agency. When people know a lot about you it takes away your agency. [1]

Description

Tische Shute:

"Instrumenting the World requires new models of data sharing. Last year, Cory Doctorow described to me an instrumentation model of data.

An Instrumentation model for data differs from a surveillance model of data sharing. Instrumentation is “when you know a lot about the world,” in contrast to surveillance - “when people in authority know a lot about you”." (http://www.ugotrade.com/2008/11/25/web-meets-world-participatory-culture-and-sustainable-living/)

More Information

1. http://www.ugotrade.com/2008/11/2007/10/31/cory-doctorow-a-reverse-surveillance-society/
2. http://www.ugotrade.com/2008/11/02/tim-oreilly-instrumenting-the-world/

See also: Sousveillance