Surveillance and Space

Questions of surveillance are always also questions of geography. From the famous disciplinary spaces of Bentham′s panoptic prison projects to today′s control societies based on millions of sensors, cameras and data capture devices spread across the world, perspectives from critical geography offer massive potential for understanding surveillance societies. And yet, remarkably, this pivotal and state-of-the art book is the first to really consider the intersections of geography and surveillance with real depth and clarity. Theoretically cutting-edge, politically astute, technologically informed, athletically multiscaled -- ′Surveillance and Space′ is a remarkable analysis and is a ′must read′ for anyone interested in the fast-moving politics and geographies of surveillance in contemporary societies.

• Introduction: Governing the Everyday in the Digital AgePart I: Conceptual foundationsChapter 1: Surveillance and the EverydayChapter 2: Surveillance and MediationChapter 3: Surveillance and PowerChapter 4: Surveillance and SpacePart II: Spatial Logics of SurveillanceChapter 5: Punctual, Linear and Planar Logics of SurveillanceChapter 6: Surveillance relating to Fixity and Flexibility, Enclosure and OpennessChapter 7: Spherical Attributes of SurveillancePart III: The Functioning of Surveillance in its Relation to SpaceChapter 8: Surveillance, Authority and ExpertiseChapter 9: Policy Mobilities and Exemplification in Surveillance MattersPart IV: The Socio-spatial Implications of SurveillanceChapter 10: Spatial Distancing and SeparationChapter 11: The Orchestration and Automatic Production of SpaceConclusion: Towards a Political Geography of Surveillance