Author Archives: Cassie Findlay
Mosaic theory, universal surveillance and unlimited recordkeeping
‘“Mosaic theory” describes a basic precept of intelligence gathering: Disparate items of information, though individually of limited or no utility to their possessor, can take on added significance when combined with other items of information.’ [1] Mosaic theory was what … Continue reading
Did you have any idea? Video series in support of WikiLeaks and Julian Assange
Award winning Sydney based documentary filmmaker Cathy Vogan has been filming and interviewing Australians about why they support WikiLeaks and Julian Assange. Her subjects have included Australian Greens Senator Scott Ludlam, Media Watch presenter Jonathan Holmes and Australia’s first female … Continue reading
The work of Peter Scott, an overview
By Kate Cumming At the recent Recordkeeping Roundtable event ‘Drawing insight and inspiration from tradition: The Australian Series System and digital recordkeeping’ I spoke about the history of the series system. Referencing Terry Cook (and Shakepeare!), I argued that ‘What is … Continue reading
Digital recordkeeping and the series system
On Friday 25 October, 40 archivists from across Australia and New Zealand attended our workshop, Drawing insight and inspiration from tradition: Digital recordkeeping and the Australian series system. The workshop was inspired by the release of the landmark Australian Society … Continue reading
“El Derecho a Saber” (“The Right to Know”)
How recordkeeping systems can reveal the organisation of oppression “On March 25, Human Rights Ombudsman Sergio Morales’ wife, Gladys Monterroso, was abducted by unknown assailants and released some 15 hours later after she was beaten and raped. Early indications suggested … Continue reading
WikiLeaks and the politics of information
On September 1 Recordkeeping Roundtable co-founder Barbara Reed gave a lecture at Monash University at the invitation of Centre for Organisational and Social Informatics on ‘Wikileaks and the politics of information’. In the talk, Barbara covers a wide range of … Continue reading
Report on ‘Hacking the archives: Archival description in an online world’
How do we ensure that “meaning as well as content lies at the end of the road to discovery?” On Wednesday August 24 we got together to talk about the question of how we can ensure that “meaning as well … Continue reading
Revealing or repressing the archive as a litmus test for a healthy society: An analysis of #WLfind cables + #Archives
We take for granted that there exist, somewhere in society, macro-actors that naturally dominate the scene… The problem is that these entities could not exist at all without the construction of long networks in which numerous faithful records circulate in … Continue reading
Revolutionary walls of memory
This week in Al-Akhbar English, Sayyid Mahmoud reports on the work of artist Ahmad al-Labbad and his efforts to capture the public art which appeared all over Cairo’s Tahrir Square and elsewhere during the January 25 revolution – “the largest … Continue reading
Recordkeeping Roundtable 