Winter 2020 - 2021

Service or surveillance, what is the future of our common space? By 2020, China plans to give all its 1.4. billion citizens a personal score based on how they behave. “The Social Credit Score” gives people rankings based on their trustworthiness, spending habits, and social interactions. People with high score are rewarded with privileges like faster hotel check-ins, and more matches on dating apps. Lower scores are punished, with slow internet, and travel restrictions. See explainer video here:

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What does this smart camera future mean for The West? Europeans? or even Amsterdammers? What does this mean for project partners Smart Taipei who are at the doorstep of China?

We conducted this big brother experiment in cooperation with The Makerversity and the Marineterrien from 20-24 June 2019 in the parking lot in front of the entrance to Building 027E. The experiment took place for and during the ‘We Make the City’ festival to measure the public’s reaction to controversial privacy issues relating to public surveillance policies.