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Bodies as Evidence - Security, Knowledge, and Power (Hardcover)
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Bodies as Evidence - Security, Knowledge, and Power (Hardcover)
Series: Global Insecurities
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From biometrics to predictive policing, contemporary security
relies on sophisticated scientific evidence-gathering and
knowledge-making focused on the human body. Bringing together new
anthropological perspectives on the complexities of security in the
present moment, the contributors to Bodies as Evidence reveal how
bodies have become critical sources of evidence that is organized
and deployed to classify, recognize, and manage human life. Through
global case studies that explore biometric identification, border
control, forensics, predictive policing, and counterterrorism, the
contributors show how security discourses and practices that target
the body contribute to new configurations of knowledge and power.
At the same time, margins of error, unreliable technologies, and a
growing suspicion of scientific evidence in a "post-truth" era
contribute to growing insecurity, especially among marginalized
populations. Contributors. Carolina Alonso-Bejarano, Gregory
Feldman, Francisco J. Ferrandiz, Daniel M. Goldstein, Ieva
Jusionyte, Amade M'charek, Mark Maguire, Joseph P. Masco, Ursula
Rao, Antonius C. G. M. Robben, Joseba Zulaika, Nils Zurawski
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