“Fortress Britain”: High Security, Insecurity and the Challenge of Preventing Harm

Minton, Anna; Aked, Jody; Simpson, Deane; Jensen, Vibeke; Rubing, Anders

doi:10.1515/9783035607611-009

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“…Despite work on resistance to surveillance in general (Minton 2013), and the experience of minority youth under conditions of proactive policing (Brunson and Miller 2006), we still lack data on what it feels like to be targeted by surveillance, the degree to which it induces anxiety and stress, and if there are significant differences based on age, socio‐economic status, ethnicity, gender, or sexual orientation. As detailed in Browne (2015), there is a long history of the tracking of Blackness and Black bodies via branding and biometrics, or the measurement of “parts and pieces and performances of the human body, to function as identification” (Browne 2015, 91).…”

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Surveillance, trust, and policing at music festivals

Hoover¹,

Crampton

Smith

et al. 2021

Canadian Geographies / Géographies canadiennes

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Music festivals are often the highlight of summertime, but they are also spaces increasingly policed for drugs, pickpockets, sexual assault, and terrorist attacks. The pop‐up nature of festival spaces creates a tension between organizers ensuring safe environments and festival‐goers seeking community and fun. We conducted an online survey of festival‐goers to determine their safety concerns and feelings about security measures. The biggest safety concern was authorities, including police, private security, and surveillance. We found significant differences between males and females. Females had more concerns about personal safety and males had negative attitudes about surveillance and security—perhaps reflecting a male privilege. The negative attitude towards surveillance and police was common across demographic groups but stronger in males. A striking finding is that 87% of our participants felt that the ethos of a festival best creates a feeling of safety, while surveillance changes the nature of these public spaces—56% of our respondents felt it creates a bad vibe and 44% said it causes anxiety. We speculate that this sentiment parallels the Defund the Police movement following the Black Lives Matter protests in the United States—community is key to a safe city and surveillance is viewed as creating negative spaces.

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confidence: 99%