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Surveillance and/in Everyday Life Conference 20 to 21 February 2012

Surveillance and/in Everyday Life Conference 20 to 21 February 2012. Monitoring Pasts, Presents and Futures . Dr Jann Karp PhD(Uni Syd )( SocPol ). NO ELECTRONIC RECORDING.... THANK YOU. Research Questions?

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Surveillance and/in Everyday Life Conference 20 to 21 February 2012

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  1. Surveillance and/in Everyday Life Conference 20 to 21 February 2012 Monitoring Pasts, Presents and Futures. Dr Jann Karp PhD(Uni Syd)(SocPol). NO ELECTRONIC RECORDING.... THANK YOU.

  2. Research Questions? • Why has global tracking been recruited as an important tool in the work place specifically • the Australian interstate trucking industry? • 2. Do tracking devices effectively regulate traffic breaches and criminality within the trucking industry?

  3. Methodology Longitudal Study: Aims included giving a voice to long haul drivers and a commitment to provide outcomes that would not only broaden our knowledge but contribute to social policy. Definition of Interstate driving 500km and or away from home overnight. Long period of engagement in the field (as a passenger not a driver); Limitation: Interstate male drivers within Australian Eastern Seaboard. Protocol: maintaining boundaries when engagement in the industry included possible knowledge of or physical proximity to criminal activity; and advising all participants that the researcher has a mandatory requirement to report serious offences;

  4. Methodology............cont.... Subjects: 21 taped interviews/3 hand note interviews. Total subjects 24 male interstate drivers. Ages 40 to 70 years of age all were professional drivers. Transcribing:- work place cultural language nuances i.e. technical terms, work place colloquialisms. Outcomes: Acknowledging and providing feedback to the trucking industry and indigenous communities; Text: Conversations with Truckies Looking at Life Through Glass. Time Frame:2008-2011 Publication due 2012.

  5. Surveillance, Democracy and Everydaylife: A truck driver and a ‘B Double’.

  6. Australian Interstate Trucking and Surveillance Technology I want to put two photos here on of the dark of night. And this one.

  7. MINIMUM DISTANCES & HOURS UNDER SURVEILLANCE : GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEMS .......................OPERATING..............

  8. Why has global tracking been recruited as an important tool in the work place specifically the Australian interstate trucking industry? RESULTS:Responding to regulatory demands. Drivers believe it does have a purpose. Receipt of goods. Proves that they are were they say they are Proves the speed that they are doing. Companies can substantiate that they are complying logistically. The boss wants to know I have not gone to see the girlfriend or gone shopping or gone home? Now they know what I am doing. The government has introduced the fatigue regulations and now they can check if we are driving safely. They say there are not enough operators to watch the screens anyway.

  9. Do tracking devices effectively regulate traffic breaches and criminality within the trucking industry? • RESULTS • Insert movie • Case study movement of illegal drugs

  10. Surveillance, democracy and everyday life: a Leunig comment

  11. Discussion and ConclusionsDriver’s need & have a right to be included in the future design of technology assisted management practices. Regulatory practices concerning the use of surveillance equipment urgently needs to be introduced.

  12. Thank you for attending this presentation and questions?

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