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Radical Transparency? (Questioning the Opposition (in defense of narrative…
Radical Transparency?
- Questioning the Opposition
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transparency is not synonymous with the truth, but the other forms of disclosure, by their storytelling nature, have an inherent fictionalizing tendency
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always an element of subjectivity for example in choosing what information to include and even 'raw data' is subject to interpretation and narrative in nature
WikiLeaks merges e-transparency and narrative-interpretive forms of disclose to a political end that leads beyond liberal celebration and neo-liberal logic
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Assange sees the website as a tool for anarchism, rather than liberalism, aiming to build distrust in 'conspirational' nation-states
“radical transparency” signifies an
organization that implements total openness at all levels of operation. But we might want to think about radical transparency in terms of politics rather than scale. “Radical transparency” might then be envisaged as a mechanism able to subvert or at least interrupt dominant attitudes toward disclosure’s limited and prescribed role in the political sphere
“Radical” indicates not more (of the same) transparency,
but transparency rethought through a resistant, critical
methodology
- Cultural Anxiety and Disclosure
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they are speculative and subjective and, therefore, unreliable
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sometimes seen as 'information provision', it is perhaps better described as an attitude: commitment to operating in the open, under the scrutiny of customers, stakeholders, citizens and other interested parties through the publication of internal documents and information within necessary security related limitations
transparency policies are often implemented via ICTs, such as citizen-government interfaces that provide access to infomation and documents
"citizen witnesses" need to have the ability to interpret this information and not be overwhelmed by the amount of data coming through the government or other forms of disclosure
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- Transparency as Ideological Form
Today, it is transparency’s complicity with “a neo-liberal
ethos of governance that promotes individualism, entrepreneurship, voluntary forms of regulation and formalized types of accountability”
transparency
policies can facilitate the flow of free market capital
by making global fiscal transactions easier
It is also the case
that state forms of transparency might position citizens as individually culpable for the data that transparency exposes
E-transparency is perhaps a clear expression
of the control society, because in opening up
government, it ensures that the business of governance is
without boundaries or end
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- The Appeal of Transparency
apparently simple solution to complex problems (corruption, promote trust in government, foster state and corporate accountability)
pan-ideological good: depoliticises what are essentially political decisions; presented as technical rather than political settlement; neutral, systematic, efficient etc.
if secrecy has come to signify state oppression or personal repression, transparency accumulates more positive associations-> cultural and moral capital
normally perceived as an alternative to secrecy, but underexamined appeal lies in its promise to prevent the need for other forms of disclosure. such as scandal gossip and conspiracy theories (narrative-interpretive forms of disclosure)
although we do not yet live in transparent times, we do live in an age of transparency advocacy