This archival theoretic exploration of trust, disinformation, and blockchain delves into how computational information processing is supplanting traditional record keeping. The author considers the potential and limitations of blockchains as the technological embodiment of the moral defense of the record and as a means of restoring societal trust.
This archival theoretic exploration of trust, disinformation, and blockchain delves into how computational information processing is supplanting traditional record keeping. The author considers the potential and limitations of blockchains as the technological embodiment of the moral defense of the record and as a means of restoring societal trust.
Victoria L. Lemieux is Associate Professor of Archival Science at the University of British Columbia's School of Information and Founder of Blockchain@UBC, UBC's blockchain research and education cluster. Her research interests include risks to the availability of trustworthy records and how these risks impact transparency, financial stability, public accountability, and human rights. The numerous awards for her contributions to the field of archives, records management, and cybersecurity include a World Bank's Big Data Innovation Award in 2015, a 2020 Blockchain Ecosystem Leadership Award, and recognition as one of Canada's Top 20 Women in Cyber Security in 2020 by IT World.
Inhaltsangabe
Preface Part I. Introduction: 1. What good is Blockchain? Part II. Trust: 2. Trust and its discontents 3. From 'Trustless Trust' to 'The Great Chain of Certainty' Part III. Disinformation: 4. Mistrust and the rise of disinformation 5. Faking it Part IV. Blockchain and Distributed Ledger Technology: 6. The 'Moral Defence of the Archive' 7. From 'Archival Imaginaries' to archival realities Part V. The Theory of the Future: 8. The 'Life-World' on ledger References Index.
Preface Part I. Introduction: 1. What good is Blockchain? Part II. Trust: 2. Trust and its discontents 3. From 'Trustless Trust' to 'The Great Chain of Certainty' Part III. Disinformation: 4. Mistrust and the rise of disinformation 5. Faking it Part IV. Blockchain and Distributed Ledger Technology: 6. The 'Moral Defence of the Archive' 7. From 'Archival Imaginaries' to archival realities Part V. The Theory of the Future: 8. The 'Life-World' on ledger References Index.
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