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Surveillance and space / Francisco Klauser.

By: Material type: TextPublisher: Thousand Oaks, CA : SAGE Inc, 2016Edition: First editionDescription: 1 online resource (198 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781473983281 (ebook) :
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version :: No title; Print version :: No titleLOC classification:
  • TK7882.E2 K53 2016
Online resources:
Contents:
Part I. Conceptual foundations -- Part II. Spatial logics of surveillance -- Part III. The functioning of surveillance in its relation to space.
Summary: The digital age is also a surveillance age. Today, computerized systems protect and manage our everyday life; the increasing number of surveillance cameras in public places, the computerized loyalty systems of the retail sector, geo-localized smart--phone applications, or smart traffic and navigation systems. Surveillance is nothing fundamentally new, and yet more and more questions are being asked:. Who monitors whom, and how and why?. How do surveillance techniques affect socio-spatial practices and relationships?. How do they shape the fabrics of our cities, our mobilities, the spaces of the everyday?. And what are the implications in terms of border control and the exercise of political power? Surveillance and Space responds to these modern questions by exploring the complex and varied interactions between ...
Item type: List(s) this item appears in: Titluri cărți electronice Sage Geographic & Environment 2020 (102 titluri)
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Part I. Conceptual foundations -- Part II. Spatial logics of surveillance -- Part III. The functioning of surveillance in its relation to space.

The digital age is also a surveillance age. Today, computerized systems protect and manage our everyday life; the increasing number of surveillance cameras in public places, the computerized loyalty systems of the retail sector, geo-localized smart--phone applications, or smart traffic and navigation systems. Surveillance is nothing fundamentally new, and yet more and more questions are being asked:. Who monitors whom, and how and why?. How do surveillance techniques affect socio-spatial practices and relationships?. How do they shape the fabrics of our cities, our mobilities, the spaces of the everyday?. And what are the implications in terms of border control and the exercise of political power? Surveillance and Space responds to these modern questions by exploring the complex and varied interactions between ...

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