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David Goldblatt's kind, calm photographs of South Africa exist in a morality minefield

  • Written by: Prudence Gibson, Art writer and Tutor, UNSW
David Goldblatt's kind, calm photographs of South Africa exist in a morality minefieldInstallation view, David Goldblatt: Photographs 1948–2018, Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, Sydney, 2018, image courtesy Museum of Contemporary Art Australia. © The David Goldblatt Legacy Trust, photograph: Anna Kučera

Review: David Goldblatt: Photographs 1948 – 2018, MCA Sydney.

Upon entering one of the smaller gallery...

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Nauru's life on the frontlines

  • Written by: Anja Kanngieser, Vice Chancellor's Research Fellow, University of Wollongong
Nauru's life on the frontlinesNauru's people are struggling in the face of environmental change.Anja Kanngieser, Author provided

International perceptions of the Pacific Island nation of Nauru are dominated by two interrelated stories. Until the turn of the century, it was the dramatic boom and bust of Nauru’s phosphate mine, and the mismanagement of its considerable...

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Some cybersecurity apps could be worse for privacy than nothing at all

  • Written by: Suranga Seneviratne, Lecturer - Security, University of Sydney
Some cybersecurity apps could be worse for privacy than nothing at allApple has removed several security tools from the Mac app store after they were found to be collecting unnecessary personal data.Shutterstock

It’s been a busy few weeks for cybersecurity researchers and reporters. There was the Facebook hack, the Google plus data breach, and allegations that the Chinese government implanted spying chips in...

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Turning 'big brother' surveillance into a helping hand to the homeless

  • Written by: Andrew Clarke, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, School of Social Science, The University of Queensland
Turning 'big brother' surveillance into a helping hand to the homelessCairns has an extensive CCTV network, which as well as keeping homeless people under surveillance is sometimes used to help them.Andreina Schoeberlein/Flickr, CC BY-NC

Surveillance evokes fear of a “big brother” state watching our every move. The proliferation of closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras in our cities and the emergence...

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