The Dossierveillance Project
The Dossierveillance Project
The Dossierveillance Project was started in 2019, at the beginning of the Covid 19 pandemic, by Cristina Plamadeala, PhD. The aim of this project is to increase awareness of this phenomenon and foster research on this subject with public policy implications. ​The mission of this initiative is to create a world where the implications of dossierveillance are understood and tackled through improving awareness of this phenomenon and developing policies at the national level aiming to protect people from its repercussions.​ Dossierveillance is a type of surveillance wherein the file (or a series of files), paper-based or virtual, lies at the center of what makes a person afraid or reluctant to act in a particular manner or to disclose information that, once placed in the file, has the potentiality to be interpreted in a way deemed or perceived as harmful for the respective person.
Our work
We are looking to explore how dossierveillance impacts humans' lives, both historically and currently.
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We seek answers to the following questions: How does dossierveillance affect how one discloses information and interacts with those who produce such dossiers and the institutions that serve as guardians of files and are involved in record keeping? How is dossierveillance felt?
What roles do new media and other information technology play in carrying it out? How do people in various contexts (e.g., workplaces, hospitals, police stations) experience it, and what are the intersectional dimensions of such experiences?
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Our next project is to explore institutional dossierveillance in hospitals, workplace, and other professional environments. ​
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