Sound on the Quiet: Speaker Identification and Auditory Objectivity in Czechoslovak Fonoscopy, 1975-90

Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216208%3A11620%2F23%3A10476047" target="_blank" >RIV/00216208:11620/23:10476047 - isvavai.cz</a>

Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=n9Ip~gMWWP" target="_blank" >https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=n9Ip~gMWWP</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1353/tech.2023.0104" target="_blank" >10.1353/tech.2023.0104</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Sound on the Quiet: Speaker Identification and Auditory Objectivity in Czechoslovak Fonoscopy, 1975-90

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

Audio technologies that allowed eavesdropping on private con-versations were a key tool in Cold War-era surveillance practices. In 1975, in the midst of the Cold War, a criminal police agency called the Fonoscopy Department was established in Czechoslovakia&apos;s capital, Prague, to explore the forensic potential of sound analysis for speaker identification. This article reveals for the first time that, aside from the well-known Czechoslovak secret police&apos;s wiretapping and eavesdropping activities, an independent government agency engaged in forensic fonoscopy, developing sound-based expertise. Examining the department&apos;s practices challenges the notion of mechanical and visually grounded objectivity to show how forensic science negotiated objective knowledge at the intersection of aural analysis and visualization technologies. More generally, the article contributes to debates on utilizing &quot;sonic skills&quot; to produce knowledge and evidence for security and legal purposes.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Sound on the Quiet: Speaker Identification and Auditory Objectivity in Czechoslovak Fonoscopy, 1975-90

Popis výsledku anglicky

Audio technologies that allowed eavesdropping on private con-versations were a key tool in Cold War-era surveillance practices. In 1975, in the midst of the Cold War, a criminal police agency called the Fonoscopy Department was established in Czechoslovakia&apos;s capital, Prague, to explore the forensic potential of sound analysis for speaker identification. This article reveals for the first time that, aside from the well-known Czechoslovak secret police&apos;s wiretapping and eavesdropping activities, an independent government agency engaged in forensic fonoscopy, developing sound-based expertise. Examining the department&apos;s practices challenges the notion of mechanical and visually grounded objectivity to show how forensic science negotiated objective knowledge at the intersection of aural analysis and visualization technologies. More generally, the article contributes to debates on utilizing &quot;sonic skills&quot; to produce knowledge and evidence for security and legal purposes.

Druh

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CEP obor

—

OECD FORD obor

60301 - Philosophy, History and Philosophy of science and technology

Projekt

<a href="/cs/project/GJ20-30516Y" target="_blank" >GJ20-30516Y: Ten druhý smysl: zvuk, sluch a příroda v české modernitě</a><br>

Návaznosti

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Rok uplatnění

2023

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Technology and Culture

ISSN

0040-165X

e-ISSN

1097-3729

Svazek periodika

64

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

2

Stát vydavatele periodika

US - Spojené státy americké

Počet stran výsledku

28

Strana od-do

379-406

Kód UT WoS článku

000994103000004

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85165979008