The Witnessential Network for the protection of Human Rights workers,and others who may be subjected to violence,is achieved through a new kind of imaging and hierarchical architecture having special properties ideal for defense against unaccountability of attackers. Incidentalist video capture and self-demotion are introduced as new collegial f rms f defense against unac- countability.Results of various experiments conducted worldwide ver the past 20 years, on the inventing,designing,building,and using of wearable photographic apparatus having these special properties are also described.Other fundamental concepts with respect to a Personal Safety Device suitable for Human Rights workers are introduced.
Index Terms:
Protection of human rights,Accountability,Self demotion,Self bureaucratization,Personal Imaging,Augmented Reality (AR),Mediated Reality, Human Rights,Witnessential Network.
Citation:
Steve Mann, Robert Guerra, "The Witnessential Net," iswc, pp.47, Fifth International Symposium on Wearable Computers (ISWC'01), 2001