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The signal haunted Cold War: the persistence of the SIGINT ontology

The signal haunted Cold War: the persistence of the SIGINT ontology
The signal haunted Cold War: the persistence of the SIGINT ontology
This chapter focuses on "signal intelligence" as it pertains to the continuity of surveillance from the Cold War to the current NSA-related leaks. With a focus on the Teufelsberg surveillance station in Berlin, the chapter is a media archaeological take on the architectural remnants of signal interception and hence also investigates some media theoretical questions concerning this technological culture of signal-based transmission.
media archaeology, media theory, technology, surveillance, aesthetics, art theory
167-187
Edinburgh University Press
Parikka, Jussi
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Beck, John
Bishop, Ryan
Parikka, Jussi
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Beck, John
Bishop, Ryan

Parikka, Jussi (2016) The signal haunted Cold War: the persistence of the SIGINT ontology. In, Beck, John and Bishop, Ryan (eds.) Cold War legacies: systems, theory, aesthetics. (Technicities) Edinburgh. Edinburgh University Press, pp. 167-187.

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This chapter focuses on "signal intelligence" as it pertains to the continuity of surveillance from the Cold War to the current NSA-related leaks. With a focus on the Teufelsberg surveillance station in Berlin, the chapter is a media archaeological take on the architectural remnants of signal interception and hence also investigates some media theoretical questions concerning this technological culture of signal-based transmission.

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Published date: 2016
Keywords: media archaeology, media theory, technology, surveillance, aesthetics, art theory

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Local EPrints ID: 412387
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/412387
PURE UUID: acb68d9a-3194-4d0f-93e7-9362048e373b
ORCID for Jussi Parikka: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-2248-6377

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Date deposited: 17 Jul 2017 13:34
Last modified: 16 Mar 2024 04:07

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Author: Jussi Parikka ORCID iD
Editor: John Beck
Editor: Ryan Bishop

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