‘… pursuing academic and intellectual activities, testing hypothesis and correlating findings in order to create new knowledge.’
As a polymath, I seek as ‘lab rat’ deeper immersion and self reflection at the human | machine | tech meta-cybernetic coalface. My research focus is as skeptic embroiled in debate, not statistical outcome restricted, nor esoteric phenomena investigations bound by institutional ethics clearance.
The Sixth Workshop on the Social Implications of National Security
On the 22nd February 2012 I presented at 'The Sixth Workshop on the Social Implications of National Security: Sousveillance and the Social Implications of Point of View Technologies in the Law Enforcement Sector' ITAMS, Centre for Transnational Crime Prevention (CCTP), The University of Sydney, Sydney Australia.
Surveillance and in Everyday Life
I submitted a paper abstract and was accepted to present at the 'Surveillance and / in Everyday Life: Monitoring Pasts, Presents and Futures' conference that was held at the University of Sydney between 20th - 21st February, 2012.
Research Importance
This research initially set out to prove the importance of considering why research in this area could inform those interested with knowledge gained from a wide source of expertise, however, no manner of inquiry could have prepared the researcher to understand the resultant findings of the research journey.
ACIS 2011 Doctoral Consortium
The ACIS 2011 Doctoral Consortium was held at the University of Wollongong on Wednesday November 30, 2011 through to Friday 2, December 2011. I was required to present my case for inclusion in the UOW Doctoral Higher Degree by Research program and the event and my presentation was filmed by Jordan Brown.
IIBSOR Retreat
In 2006 I attended the IIBSOR Retreat on July 6, 2011 at the Coolangatta Estate, Shoalhaven Heads NSW. This was a requirement of the doctoral program and was held over a three day period during which I recieved some constructive but very critical feedback regarding my research proposal.
The Human Computer
It was also the first point at which I could see definitive links between the technology as no longer a tool of neutrality, rather a powerful intervention in a learning setting and potentially an invasive intrusion if repurposed by corporations run by powerful family cartels for capturing metadata or indeed harvesting raw data.
Analogue Becomes Digital
Long before I had ever owned a mobile phone I had tested my own network of connections via creative artforms that extended the communicable space as an artist into the world wide web.
Gap In Literature
The search for peer reviewed material across a multitude of scholarly databases reveals a huge swing towards the technical application of these technologies with scant resources specifically addressing the social and ethical applications of this innovation.
Streamfolio Launch
After a great deal of fanfare and many, many iterations of the data portfolio Streamfolio was launched in Sydney. We had a small gathering of exisiting clients and we began our humble journey forward through a constant regime of testing, flailing and more testing.
Surveillance
Along with the shift in humanity to a mediated existence through a human computer internet enhanced interaction came a very insidious and aggressive graduated installation of surveillance across all aspects of society.
CLI Connects Conference
On November 2010 I attended the CLI Connects Conference which was held at the Sydney Institute of Technology hosted and facilitated by Stephan Ridgway from TAFE NSW.
Uberveillance
It was apparent later in 2010 as I became more aware of how deeply our digital footprint extends across the Internet that such a concept informs a state of Uberveillance.
MobilizeThis Symposium
‘Mobilizethis 2010’ was the last of a series of symposiums held in 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 (Wade and Hayes 2010) examining the onset of elearning, mobile and body worn computing technologies across the education and arts sectors.
Internet As Lifelog
In essence the transfer of knowledge and experience from reality into a digital space for me meant that I was able to refer others to my online electronic portfolio, my personal electronic lifelog.
National Snapshot: Current Use of POV Technologies
This paper is a compilation of accounts of the use of point-of-view video technologies by Educators from differing educational sectors in Australia.
Open Publication
I acknowledge I heavily invested in using technology to capture and disaggregate content across the web, engaging with others around their reactions to my prolific outpourings across the web.
PhD Research Application
The researcher was directed at this point by the Chief Investigator to access and complete an ‘Application For Approval To Undertake Research Involving Human Participants’ through the University of Wollongong/ Illawarra Shoalhaven Local Health District Human Research Ethics Committee (HREC)
The Application of Location-Enabled Body-Worn Technologies In The Education Sector
On the 10th June, 2010 the Researcher attended and presented at the 5th Workshop on the Social Implications of National Security (RNSA) which was held at the Centre for Transnational Crime Prevention, UOW Campus, Wollongong Australia.