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55:24 Identity and Identification
You may know who you are, but how do I know? Professor Caplan examines the knotty problem of identity verification through history: http://www.gresham.ac.uk/lectures-and...
You may know who you are, but how do I know? Looking at how this question has been answered in the past will focus on the emergence of modern ID. The concepts of identity and identification, will be defined in terms who we are to ourselves, subjectively; and who we are to others, objectively. Conventional elements of identity documents will be considered, to see how they have been regulated and used.
1:00:38 What's in a Name? More than You Might Think
How important is a name to a personal identity?: http://www.gresham.ac.uk/lectures-and...
Why start with the personal name? Because we all have one: the personal name is the universal accompaniment to living in human society. Our name encapsulates our identity for ourselves and others; it is the bedrock of almost all forms of ID. Although we probably feel that our name 'belongs' to us, names have also been the target of considerable legal regulation in certain times and places. The regulation of names in Nazi Germany will be included.
54:54 Your Hand: Signatures and Handwriting
Signing your name is now such an automatic way of proving identity and validating a document that we forget that the signature has its own history: http://www.gresham.ac.uk/lectures-and...
Signing your name is now such an automatic way of proving identity and validating a document that we forget that the signature has its own history. This presentation will explore the challenge of forged and fraudulent handwriting and the cultivation of professional expertise in its detection. The closely related field of graphology (interpretation of character from handwriting) will also be considered.
1:02:40 Speaking Scars: The Tattoo
Tattoos are one of the 'distinguishing marks' recorded by police and have also often been seen as a form of writing on the body that conveys deeper messages about the bearer's identity, especially for criminals: http://www.gresham.ac.uk/lectures-and...
Tattoos are one of the 'distinguishing marks' specified in police descriptions, and long recorded on British passports. They have also often been seen as a form of writing on the body that conveys deeper messages about the bearer's identity, especially for criminals. This lecture will discuss the original debates about the tattoo as a sign of criminal identity among 19th century European police and criminal anthropologists. It will conclude the series with some final reflections on the subjective and objective dimensions of identity and identification covered by these lectures.
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