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Biometric identification and registration systems are being proposed by governments and businesses across the world. Surprisingly they are under most rapid, and
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In the context of a global biometric turn, this book investigates processes of legal identification in Africa ‘from below,’ asking what this means for the r
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Since the 1960s, a significant effort has been underway to program computers to “see” the human face—to develop automated systems for identifying faces an
Biometric State
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A groundbreaking study of South Africa's role as a site for global experiments in biometric identification throughout the twentieth century.