Author Archives: Amar Ashar

Cross posted from Joyce Neys blog Last week on June 10 a range of different disciplines came eye to eye to discuss the changing concepts of privacy and public space at the Hyper-Public symposium. Taking note of the influence of … Continue reading →

We want to express our thanks to all those who attended “Hyper-Public: A Symposium on Designing Privacy and Public Space in the Connected World” at Harvard University on June 9-10th. It was a pleasure meeting and engaging with such a … Continue reading →

In the coming weeks, we will be releasing videos, audio, visualizations, and other outputs from “Hyper-Public: A Symposium on Designing Privacy and Public Space,” which took place on June 10th at Harvard University. Hyper-Public brought together computer scientists, ethnographers, architects, … Continue reading →

David Weinberger & Ethan Zuckerman are liveblogging the symposium. via Ethan: Walls and thresholds – physical metaphors at Hyper-public Latanya Sweeney and rethinking transparency Data, the city and the public object Hubert Burkert – moving beyond the metaphor Charlie Nesson … Continue reading →

Opening Remarks Urs Gasser Let me introduce some of the core themes of symposium by reporting about an April 2011 court decision of the Federal Administrative Court of Switzerland – my home country. In the April ruling, the Swiss Federal … Continue reading →

The Oracle is an installation produced by the metaLAB (at) Harvard that records and exhibits selected tweets previously published by participants in the Hyper-Public conference. The Oracle uses an algorithm that browses the participants’ Twitter archives for their most personal … Continue reading →

For those registered for the symposium, here are some final details before the event starts tomorrow. We very much look forward to your presence in Cambridge, MA for “Hyper-Public: A Symposium on Designing Privacy and Public Space in the Connected … Continue reading →

via Berkmaniac Wendy Seltzer Wendy’s draft paper on “Privacy, Attention, and Political Community” (PDF) Privacy scholarship is expanding its concept of what we’re trying to protect when we protect “privacy.” In the U.S. legal thought, that trend leads from Warren … Continue reading →

Rebooting Library Privacy in the Age of the Network David Weinberger May 19, 2011 self@evident.com Why library privacy matters Without library privacy, individuals might not engage in free and open inquiry for fear that their interactions with the library will … Continue reading →