Papers by Pendar Nabipour
Surveillance & Society
Smart cities are commonly seen as places that are defined by surveillance because of their relian... more Smart cities are commonly seen as places that are defined by surveillance because of their reliance on vast amounts of digital data to improve urban management challenges. Although the infrastructures and technologies that enable smart city surveillance pervade multitudinous urban spaces and everyday practices, they are often “hiding in plain sight,” going unnoticed in the bustle of everyday life. Hence, fostering research settings where citizens can productively reflect on their everyday surveillance constitutes a major challenge for the interrelated projects of doing empirical research about subjective experiences of smart city surveillance and the inclusion of citizens in smart city discussions. Drawing on walking as a method, this study attempts to meet this challenge by developing and empirically testing a methodology of purposive “data walking.” Situating the research in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, participants are instructed to identify data points for public safety purposes ...
Counter arguments to why Zwarte Piet is not a racist notion. And arguments in support of terminat... more Counter arguments to why Zwarte Piet is not a racist notion. And arguments in support of terminating this post-colonial controversial tradition, which is easily seen as racist, but not visible to all of the Dutch community, because of their personal attachments to this tradition.
Titles are important parts of every piece of art work. By choosing exotic titles for works that d... more Titles are important parts of every piece of art work. By choosing exotic titles for works that discuss oriental topics, one may attract the western audience, but is indirectly hurting the basis on which they have created their work upon.
A note on identity and destruction, 2015
Heritage and physical artifacts are fragile and subject to annihilation. How then shall we refer ... more Heritage and physical artifacts are fragile and subject to annihilation. How then shall we refer to our identity, and more importantly how much important this referral is.
Every individual carries with themselves memories, which give shape and foundation to their ident... more Every individual carries with themselves memories, which give shape and foundation to their identity, behaviour, and perspective; but what happens when memories and experiences are recognised not only by one person, but also by many? When instead of an individual, a group of people with a collective consciousness recall and recount the same memories they all have in common? And, during the process of recollection, what other phenomena occur, and -perhaps most importantly -why and how does such widespread collective recollection come about?
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