Making design safe for citizens: A hidden history of humanitarian experimentation

Citizenship Studies

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 89-103

  Jacobsen, Katja Lindskov ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Circulation; Citizenship; Experimentation; Humanitarianism; Iris recognition; Refugees

Indexed keywords

BIOMETRY; BORDER REGION; CITIZENSHIP; DATABASE; ETHICS; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; REFUGEE; SAFETY;

EID: 76949087432     PISSN: 13621025     EISSN: 14693593     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13621020903466399     Document Type: Article

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