Gary Charles

Infrastructures of Security: Technologies of Risk Management in Johannesburg  by Prof. Martin Murray
 

Mosquito Lightning: Epilogue by Gary Charles & Carla Busuttil

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https://press.umich.edu/Books/T/The-Infrastructures-of-Security2

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We contributed an epilogue in Martin's book covering our Mosquito Lightning project. The book is part of the African Perspectives series from University of Michigan Press and delves into the privatised security landscape in Johannesburg, looking at the intersection of security service providers and the development of technologies aiming to reinforce conditions of surveillance. The book reveals the way in which data gathered from the privatised surveillance infrastructure is sold and used as material for training Artificial Intelligence models embedded in security technology marketed across the globe. Our Mosquito Lightning project looked at the same private security landscape from a viewpoint of how the services and technologies of these companies were marketed and sold, with a critical look at the crude gendered and racialised messaging that underpins the image presented by these firms. It has been a pleasure and a privilege to work with Martin and to be included in his book.