Gemma Galdón Clavell
Biographic Data
| ID | 4154744 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Gemma Galdón Clavell |
| GIVEN NAMES | Gemma Galdón |
| FAMILY NAME | Clavell |
| SIGNATURE | CLAVELL G G |
| AFFILIATIONS | Universitat Autonòma de Barcelona |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6481-0833 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 7 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Surveillance: Ambiguities and Asymmetries
The sixth meeting of biannual Surveillance & Society conference, "Surveillance: Ambiguities and Asymmetries" was held in Barcelona, Spain during 24-26 April 2014. It was the first time that it was celebrated outside of the United Kingdom. The conference was a great success: about 170 experts from all over the world gathered in Barcelona for three days and 45 parallel sessions. 130 members joined or renewed their Surveillance Studies Network membe…
Situating surveillance: History, technology, culture
CCTV in Spain: An empirical account of the deployment of video-surveillance in a Southern-European country
Over the last two decades the use of video surveillance has grown in scope and numbers. However, research on the national contexts that have driven such developments tends to concentrate on Northern and Western Europe. This article explores the situation of CCTV in Spain, its legal framework, perceived shortcomings, public perceptions and specificity – such as a pre-9/11 concern for terrorism but its minimal impact on the justification for CCTV, …
The political economy of surveillance in the (wannabe) global city
Many authors have highlighted the need to look at the political economy of surveillance in order to provide a comprehensive picture of our increasingly surveilled societies. However, an analysis that stressed only the material interaction between public and private actors, or the formal relationships between markets, technologies, policy and politics would leave out a broader understanding of the motives and expectations that are taking shape alo…
Local surveillance in a global world: Zooming in on the proliferation of CCTV in Catalonia
Closed-circuit television (CCTV) systems are a growing phenomenon in most Western countries and a fixed item on security agendas in urban environments around the world. But while several authors have studied the proliferation of CCTV from a comparative perspective, in most cases the analysis is focused at the national level, assuming that local processes are no more than the locus of implementation of national agendas. Moreover, issues related to…
CCTV in Spain: An empirical account of the deployment of video-surveillance in a Southern-European country
Over the last two decades the use of video surveillance has grown in scope and numbers. However, research on the national contexts that have driven such developments tends to concentrate on Northern and Western Europe. This article explores the situation of CCTV in Spain, its legal framework, perceived shortcomings, public perceptions and specificity – such as a pre-9/11 concern for terrorism but its minimal impact on the justification for CCTV, …
Local surveillance in a global world: Zooming in on the proliferation of CCTV in Catalonia
Closed-circuit television (CCTV) systems are a growing phenomenon in most Western countries and a fixed item on security agendas in urban environments around the world. But while several authors have studied the proliferation of CCTV from a comparative perspective, in most cases the analysis is focused at the national level, assuming that local processes are no more than the locus of implementation of national agendas. Moreover, issues related to…
The political economy of surveillance in the (wannabe) global city
Many authors have highlighted the need to look at the political economy of surveillance in order to provide a comprehensive picture of our increasingly surveilled societies. However, an analysis that stressed only the material interaction between public and private actors, or the formal relationships between markets, technologies, policy and politics would leave out a broader understanding of the motives and expectations that are taking shape alo…
The political economy of surveillance in the (wannabe) global city
Many authors have highlighted the need to look at the political economy of surveillance in order to provide a comprehensive picture of our increasingly surveilled societies. However, an analysis that stressed only the material interaction between public and private actors, or the formal relationships between markets, technologies, policy and politics would leave out a broader understanding of the motives and expectations that are taking shape alo…
Local surveillance in a global world: Zooming in on the proliferation of CCTV in Catalonia
Closed-circuit television (CCTV) systems are a growing phenomenon in most Western countries and a fixed item on security agendas in urban environments around the world. But while several authors have studied the proliferation of CCTV from a comparative perspective, in most cases the analysis is focused at the national level, assuming that local processes are no more than the locus of implementation of national agendas. Moreover, issues related to…
CCTV in Spain: An empirical account of the deployment of video-surveillance in a Southern-European country
Over the last two decades the use of video surveillance has grown in scope and numbers. However, research on the national contexts that have driven such developments tends to concentrate on Northern and Western Europe. This article explores the situation of CCTV in Spain, its legal framework, perceived shortcomings, public perceptions and specificity – such as a pre-9/11 concern for terrorism but its minimal impact on the justification for CCTV, …
Situating surveillance: History, technology, culture
Surveillance: Ambiguities and Asymmetries
The sixth meeting of biannual Surveillance & Society conference, "Surveillance: Ambiguities and Asymmetries" was held in Barcelona, Spain during 24-26 April 2014. It was the first time that it was celebrated outside of the United Kingdom. The conference was a great success: about 170 experts from all over the world gathered in Barcelona for three days and 45 parallel sessions. 130 members joined or renewed their Surveillance Studies Network membe…
Political science (4 works) · Law (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Media Studies and Communication (2 works) · Political economy (2 works) · Politics (2 works) · Privacy, Security, and Data Protection (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Big Data Technologies and Applications (1 works) · Business (1 works)