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This podcast series is brought to you by the members of SPIN, the Secrecy, power and ignorance research network (www.secrecyresearch.com). As a network, we study issues and ideas related to the challenges and opportunities of secrecy and ignorance in society. Included in this series are talks that summarise our newly published work or works in progress, and feature conversations between members and with visiting researchers, artists and practitioners. New episodes uploaded regularly. We hope you enjoy the series! Language: en Genres: Science, Social Sciences Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it |
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In conversation: Peter Finn and Elspeth Van Veeren on the official government record
Wednesday, 12 February, 2025
In this final episode of the latest series of the SPIN Podcast, Dr Elspeth Van Veeren and Dr Peter Finn discuss how secrecy impacts democracy through an analysis of official government records in countries such as the US, UK, and Canada. Dr. Finn shares research from his recent book including the complexity of official records and how they are not neutral documents, examples of classified information leaking from records, questions around technology's role in both creating and maintaining records going forward, and tensions between transparency and secrecy in government. They also discuss the complexities of balancing individual privacy and national security in the digital age.View Peter's academic profile: https://www.kingston.ac.uk/staff/profile/dr-peter-finn-643/ Browse and purchase Peter's latest book, The official record: oversight, national security and democracy: https://manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526174321/
