Whistleblowing for Change: Exposing Systems of Power and Injustice
Bielefeld: transcript (2021), 376 pp.
Contains 88 illustrations
Series: Digitale Gesellschaft, 38
ISBN 978-3-8394-5793-1 (pdf); 978-3-8376-5793-7 (print)
"The courageous acts of whistleblowing that inspired the world over the past few years have changed our perception of surveillance and control in today's information society. But what are the wider effects of whistleblowing as an act of dissent on politics, society, and the arts? How does it contribute to new courses of action, digital tools, and contents? This urgent intervention based on the work of Berlin's Disruption Network Lab examines this growing phenomenon, offering interdisciplinary pathways to empower the public by investigating whistleblowing as a developing political practice that has the ability to provoke change from within." (Publisher description)
INTRODUCTION
Whistleblowing for Change: Disruption from Within / Tatiana Bazzichelli, 11
I. WHISTLEBLOWING: THE IMPACT OF SPEAKING OUT, 23
The Case of Reality L. Winner: A Mother's View / Billie Jean Winner-Davis, 27
National Security Whistleblowing: Torture and its Aftermath / John Kiriakou, 37
The Art of War, the Moral Law and the Art of Whistleblowing / Brandon Bryant, 47
The Regulators of Last Resort / Annie Machon, 55
II. ART AS EVIDENCE: WHEN ART MEETS WHISTLEBLOWING, 67
Introducing Art as Evidence: The Artistic Response to Whistleblowing / Tatiana Bazzichelli, 71
The Art of Disclosure (Interview) / Laura Poitras, 85
Turnkey Tyranny, Surveillance and the Terror State / Trevor Paglen, 99
Charting the Invisible (Interview) / Trevor Paglen, 103
Socialised Evidence Production in a Post-Open Source World / Robert Trafford, 111
III. NETWORK EXPOSED: TRACKING SYSTEMS OF CONTROL, 125
The Kill Cloud: Real World Implications of Network Centric Warfare / Lisa Ling & Cian Westmoreland, 129
Sousveillance: Revolutionary Reappropriation of Vigilance by the Networked Polity / Lauri Love, 153
Behind and Beyond: Tracking Narratives and Users' Awareness / Joana Moll, 165
Hacker Ethics in 2021 (Interview) / Denis "Jaromil" Roio, 177
IV. UNCOVERING CORRUPTION: CONFRONTING HIDDEN MONEY & POWER, 189
How the Rich and the Powerful Hide Their Money (Interview) / Frederik Obermaier & Bastian Obermayer, 193
The Paradise Papers Effect in Turkey: No Resignation, No Prosecution, but Punishment for Journalism / Pelin Ünker, 207
Improving Democracy through Digital Whistleblowing · Open-Source Device for Jailing Politicians / Simona Levi, 215
Who Owns Our Cities? Exposing Dirty Money and Undemocratic Wealth in Berlin Real Estate / Christoph Trautvetter, 225
V. EXPOSING INJUSTICE: CHALLENGING DISCRIMINATION & DOMINANT NARRATIVES, 237
Another Type of Whistleblower: Exposing the Public to Overt & Covert Societal Truths / Daryl Davis, 241
Frosted Webs, Feminist Practice / Charlotte Webb, 259
In Our Data-driven Worlds Authoritarian States Know: Art is the Lie That Tells the Truth / Magnus Ag, 273
Justice, Change and Technology: On the Limits of Whistleblowing / Os Keyes, 285
VI. SILENCED BY POWER: REPRESSION, ISOLATION & PERSECUTION, 297
I Believe That It Is Wrong to Kill / Daniel Hale, 301
Difficult Acts of Courage / Suelette Dreyfus with Naomi Colvin, 307
All I Ever Wanted to Know About Whistleblowing / Anna Myers, 323
How to Support Whistleblowers? The Signals Network Experience / Delphine Halgand-Mishra, 335
The War Forward / Barrett Brown, 345
CONCLUSION
Building Networks of Trust / Tatiana Bazzichelli & Lieke Ploeger, 355
AFTERWORD
The World We Think is the World We Get / Theresa Züger, 367
Whistleblowing for Change: Disruption from Within / Tatiana Bazzichelli, 11
I. WHISTLEBLOWING: THE IMPACT OF SPEAKING OUT, 23
The Case of Reality L. Winner: A Mother's View / Billie Jean Winner-Davis, 27
National Security Whistleblowing: Torture and its Aftermath / John Kiriakou, 37
The Art of War, the Moral Law and the Art of Whistleblowing / Brandon Bryant, 47
The Regulators of Last Resort / Annie Machon, 55
II. ART AS EVIDENCE: WHEN ART MEETS WHISTLEBLOWING, 67
Introducing Art as Evidence: The Artistic Response to Whistleblowing / Tatiana Bazzichelli, 71
The Art of Disclosure (Interview) / Laura Poitras, 85
Turnkey Tyranny, Surveillance and the Terror State / Trevor Paglen, 99
Charting the Invisible (Interview) / Trevor Paglen, 103
Socialised Evidence Production in a Post-Open Source World / Robert Trafford, 111
III. NETWORK EXPOSED: TRACKING SYSTEMS OF CONTROL, 125
The Kill Cloud: Real World Implications of Network Centric Warfare / Lisa Ling & Cian Westmoreland, 129
Sousveillance: Revolutionary Reappropriation of Vigilance by the Networked Polity / Lauri Love, 153
Behind and Beyond: Tracking Narratives and Users' Awareness / Joana Moll, 165
Hacker Ethics in 2021 (Interview) / Denis "Jaromil" Roio, 177
IV. UNCOVERING CORRUPTION: CONFRONTING HIDDEN MONEY & POWER, 189
How the Rich and the Powerful Hide Their Money (Interview) / Frederik Obermaier & Bastian Obermayer, 193
The Paradise Papers Effect in Turkey: No Resignation, No Prosecution, but Punishment for Journalism / Pelin Ünker, 207
Improving Democracy through Digital Whistleblowing · Open-Source Device for Jailing Politicians / Simona Levi, 215
Who Owns Our Cities? Exposing Dirty Money and Undemocratic Wealth in Berlin Real Estate / Christoph Trautvetter, 225
V. EXPOSING INJUSTICE: CHALLENGING DISCRIMINATION & DOMINANT NARRATIVES, 237
Another Type of Whistleblower: Exposing the Public to Overt & Covert Societal Truths / Daryl Davis, 241
Frosted Webs, Feminist Practice / Charlotte Webb, 259
In Our Data-driven Worlds Authoritarian States Know: Art is the Lie That Tells the Truth / Magnus Ag, 273
Justice, Change and Technology: On the Limits of Whistleblowing / Os Keyes, 285
VI. SILENCED BY POWER: REPRESSION, ISOLATION & PERSECUTION, 297
I Believe That It Is Wrong to Kill / Daniel Hale, 301
Difficult Acts of Courage / Suelette Dreyfus with Naomi Colvin, 307
All I Ever Wanted to Know About Whistleblowing / Anna Myers, 323
How to Support Whistleblowers? The Signals Network Experience / Delphine Halgand-Mishra, 335
The War Forward / Barrett Brown, 345
CONCLUSION
Building Networks of Trust / Tatiana Bazzichelli & Lieke Ploeger, 355
AFTERWORD
The World We Think is the World We Get / Theresa Züger, 367
