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STRICTLY SPEAKING | SOUSVEILLANCE
The ever-increasing use of technology to monitor our daily activities – from CCTV cameras on every street to social media platforms such as Facebook and TikTok acquiring user data for marketing ( or more sinister ) purposes – has bred in us a distrust of surveillance . This word ( from the French , literally ‘ watching over ’) has connotations of a malevolent , all-seeing Big Brother impinging on our personal freedoms . In response to this threat , the Canadian inventor and engineer , Steve Mann , coined the word sousveillance in 2002 . Sous , in French , is the opposite to sur (‘ below ’ rather than ‘ above ’), so the term was designed to enshrine a sense of resistance , the downtrodden individual turning the tables by using their personal devices to record the activities of figures in authority such as members of the government or the police . Sousveillance has also come to be used more generally by people recording themselves or other people . It ’ s ironic that police have used a combination of footage from CCTV and social media provided by the public to identify participants at the recent anti-lockdown protests across Australia . The sousveillers have once more become the surveilled .
Written by Dr Adam Smith , convenor of the Editing and Electronic Publishing Program at Macquarie University .
YOUNG INNOVATOR AT USC
Professor Ross Young has joined USC as its new deputy vicechancellor ( Research and Innovation ).
Young was previously the executive dean of the Faculty of Health at QUT .
He said he was keen to amplify the impact of USC ’ s key research in areas like forestry , oceans , human heath , sports science and sustainability .
One of the factors in him joining USC was its “ eagerness to partner with industry and the community that we serve to create opportunities ”.
“ USC has really embraced this . It resonates with my values and is something that we must continue to advance .”
WEBB RUNS BACK Alec Webb has been appointed the new executive director of the Regional Universities Network .
Webb is a graduate of QUT , ANU and UQ and comes to the position with extensive higher education experience , most recently as the head of policy and member engagement at London Higher .
“ As someone who was schooled in regional Australia , I have a personal understanding of the importance of regional education , and the pivotal role regional universities have in their communities , and to the broader Australian economy and higher education landscape ,” Webb said .
NEW EXECS AT UOW
The University of Wollongong ( UOW ) has appointed professor David Currow to the new portfolio of deputy vice-chancellor ( Health and Sustainable Futures ).
Currow has held senior positions as the foundation CEO of Cancer Australia and is currently the chief cancer officer and the chief executive officer of the Cancer Institute , NSW . He is also a former president of the Clinical Oncological Society of Australia .
“ I look forward to realising the great opportunities and vision that will come from working with industry , government , and the people living in the Illawarra and beyond ,” Currow said . He will join UOW in November 2021 . Currow will follow professor Eileen McLaughlin who arrives at UOW from Western Sydney University in the role of executive dean , Science , Medicine and Health in September .
The reproductive and developmental biologist said she was “ very pleased to be joining a community of worldclass researchers and teachers in STEM and health … to support the education , employability , and wellbeing of people in the Illawarra and beyond ”.
McLaughlin was previously executive dean , Science and Technology at the University of Canberra , and director of the School of Biological Sciences at University of Auckland .
CURTIN OPENS FOR MAGUIRE
Respiratory medicine physician and regional and remote health services researcher , Professor Graeme Maguire , has been appointed associate dean of Medicine at Curtin University .
“ The school ’ s innovative undergraduate program and strong links with our community will ensure we are well positioned to provide the next generation of doctors for Western Australia and our region ,” Maguire said .
Maguire comes to the role from Western Health in Melbourne where he was the head of General Internal Medicine .
CDU MAKES WRONSKI CALL
Charles Darwin University has appointed Emeritus Professor Ian Wronski AO to the newly created position of deputy vice-chancellor Northern Australia Medical and Health Development .
Wronski will be responsible for developing ways for CDU to take a bigger role in meeting the Territory ’ s health and medical workforce needs .
“ In the Territory , the health system is strangulated by a lack of workforce supply … If you don ’ t build health workforce capacity it means that the health system can ’ t grow in size and quality ,” he said .
Professor Wronski has 40 years ’ experience in regional health and was previously deputy vice-chancellor of the Division of Tropical Health and Medicine at James Cook University .
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