3.18.2006
surveillance, panopticon
Here is some essential reading for an understanding of the Panopticon in its relationship to Enlightenment and Modernity, and its roots in architectural thought:
Immanuel Kant: 'What is Enlightenment?' - Michel Foucault, "Panopticism" [from Discipline & Punish: The Birth of the Prison (NY: Vintage Books 1995) pp. 195-228] - Jeremy Bentham, Panopticon [also see the wikipedia entry] - Felix Stalder, 'Privacy is not the Antidote to Surveillance' (Surveillance and Society 1:1 Autumn 2002) - CECUT Project - PBS Documentation of Krzysztof Wodiczki - Anacam - Jennicam archive - Gilles Deleuze. "Postscript on the Societies of Control"
In addition, of course the high-tech examples from our reading are worth exploring further: IP logging, bluetooth, ID cards, RFID tags, GPS and so forth.
Immanuel Kant: 'What is Enlightenment?' - Michel Foucault, "Panopticism" [from Discipline & Punish: The Birth of the Prison (NY: Vintage Books 1995) pp. 195-228] - Jeremy Bentham, Panopticon [also see the wikipedia entry] - Felix Stalder, 'Privacy is not the Antidote to Surveillance' (Surveillance and Society 1:1 Autumn 2002) - CECUT Project - PBS Documentation of Krzysztof Wodiczki - Anacam - Jennicam archive - Gilles Deleuze. "Postscript on the Societies of Control"
In addition, of course the high-tech examples from our reading are worth exploring further: IP logging, bluetooth, ID cards, RFID tags, GPS and so forth.
