Sousveillance
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CORE DEFINITION
Sousveillance (soo-VAY-lənss) is the recording of an activity by a member of the public, rather than a person or organisation in authority, typically by way of small wearable or portable personal technologies. The term, coined by Steve Mann, stems from the contrasting French words sur, meaning "above", and sous, meaning "below", i.e. "surveillance" denotes the "eye in the sky" watching from above.
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Sousveillance (soo-VAY-lənss) is the recording of an activity by a member of the public, rather than a person or organisation in authority, typically by way of small wearable or portable personal technologies.
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Refers to the hierarchical nesting where the supervisor is also supervised, preventing abuse of supervisory power and forming mutual checks and balances.
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