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Spaces of Security - Ethnographies of Securityscapes, Surveillance, and Control (Hardcover)
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Spaces of Security - Ethnographies of Securityscapes, Surveillance, and Control (Hardcover)
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An ethnographic investigation into the dynamics between space and
security in countries around the world It is difficult to imagine
two contexts as different as a soccer stadium and a panic room.
Yet, they both demonstrate dynamics of the interplay between
security and space. This book focuses on the infrastructures of
security, considering locations as varied as public entertainment
venues to border walls to blast-proof bedrooms. Around the world,
experts, organizations, and governments are managing societies in
the name of security, while scholars and commentators are writing
about surveillance, state violence, and new technologies. Yet in
spite of the growing emphasis on security, few truly consider the
spatial dimensions of security, and particularly how the
relationship between space and security varies across cultures.
This volume explores spaces of security not only by attending to
how security is produced by and in spaces, but also by emphasizing
the ways in which it is constructed in the contemporary landscape.
The book explores diverse contexts ranging from biometrics in India
to counterterrorism in East Africa to border security in Argentina.
The ethnographic studies demonstrate the power of a spatial lens to
highlight aspects of security that otherwise remain hidden, while
also adding clarity to an elusive and dangerous way of managing the
world.
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