This book is a study of cultures of surveillance, from CCTV to genetic data-gathering and the new forms of subjectivity and citizenship that are forged in such cultures. It studies data, bodies and space as domains within which this subjectivity of the vulnerable individual emerges. The book also proposes that we can see a shift within cultures of surveillance where, from active participation in the process of surveilling, a witness-citizen emerges. The book therefore seeks to alter surveillance as a mere top-down system, instead arguing that surveillance is also a mode of engagement with the world enabling trust, accountability and eventually a responsible humanitarianism.
- ISBN10 1336051620
- ISBN13 9781336051621
- Publish Date 1 January 2015
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 18 March 2015
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Cambridge University Press
- Format eBook
- Pages 226
- Language English