Surveillance, Persuasion, and Panopticon

Jespersen, Julie Leth; Albrechtslund, Anders; Øhrstrøm, Peter; Hasle, Per; Albretsen, Jørgen

doi:10.1007/978-3-540-77006-0_15

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“…The constant threat of the invisible supervisor creates an atmosphere in which prisoners behave appropriately even without being supervised. As Jespersen (2007) argues, the Panopticon operates on the supposed omnipresence of the constant gaze of the supervisor that works to discourage inmates from doing evil and also effectively diminishes the motivation to contemplate any evil doing. This ideal penitentiary structure in which social deviance could be controlled with minimum force and manpower was a design that Foucault felt could also work with similar effectiveness in all other organization which bring so many people together such as factories, hospitals and even schools.…”

Section: Panopticismmentioning

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‘Surveillance and cultural Panopticism’: situating Foucault in African modernities

Mungwini¹

2012

South African Journal of Philosophy

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In philosophical terms, the African encounter with Western modernity defines the context within which much of what unfolds in postcolonial Africa can be understood, including even its ethical and social problems. This work utilizes Foucault's theory of panopticism to reflect on the challenges of social control and harmony in contemporary African society. It establishes the link between panopticism and indigenous African cultures from the fact that indigenous societies deployed mechanisms of instituting social control and harmony similar to the phenomena of panoticism and the technologies of control that it symbolizes today. African metaphysical thought, its beliefs, and mythological paraphernalia played the important role of providing an overarching framework within which questions of social control, relations, ethics and even harmony with nature were defined and understood in the past. Modern institutions and technologies of surveillance, whilst crucial to social control, may need to be supported by re-strengthening indigenous interpretive and normative cultural frameworks that promoted elements of self-surveillance and responsible being in traditional communities. IntroductionFoucault's 'Discipline and Punish: the Birth of the Prison' remains an important text for theorizing discourses of surveillance and social control in modern societies. The question of how indigenous African cultures that were without modern technologies of surveillance managed to institute control of the individual and achieve social order and harmony in society inspires much of this discussion. This work utilizes Foucault's theory of panopticism and juxtaposes it with African indigenous cultures in order to reflect on the challenges of social control and harmony confronting contemporary society in Africa. It establishes the link between panopticism and indigenous African cultures from the realization that indigenous societies deployed mechanisms of instituting social control and harmony similar to the phenomena of panoticism and the technologies of control that it symbolizes today. The work suggests that indigenous African culture, through its metaphysics, was vested with a considerable amount of panoptical

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Section: Panopticismmentioning

confidence: 98%

‘Surveillance and cultural Panopticism’: situating Foucault in African modernities

Mungwini¹

2012

South African Journal of Philosophy

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“…The researchers must present valid arguments that this level of surveillance is in the best interest of the teenagers, is not harmful, and does not violate the basic rights of the individuals in question. Such arguments should be established before the surveillance software is implemented (Jespersen et al, 2007).…”

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Helping autism-diagnosed teenagers navigate and develop socially using e-learning based on mobile persuasion

Øhrstrøm

2011

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<p>The HANDS (Helping Autism-diagnosed teenagers Navigate and Develop Socially) research project involves the creation of an e-learning toolset that can be used to develop individualized tools to support the social development of teenagers with an autism diagnosis. The e-learning toolset is based on ideas from persuasive technology. This paper addresses the system design of the HANDS toolset as seen from the user’s perspective. The results of the evaluation of prototype 1 of the toolset and the needs for further development are discussed. In addition, questions regarding credibility and reflections on ethical issues related to the project are considered.</p>

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“…En este marco, hay acuerdo sobre la importancia de la información en la gestión de la organización y de la tecnología avanzada en sistemas y aplicaciones de negocio que permiten a las empresas decidir (tomar decisiones) con más conocimientos, y establecer una alta eficiencia, en un mundo altamente competitivo y cada vez más incierto, donde la calidad y la oportunidad de la vigilancia tecnológica (VT) de la organización puede significar no sólo la diferencia entre pérdidas y ganancias, sino también la diferencia entre la supervivencia y la quiebra, (Bahrami, et al, 2012) además, uno de los factores determinantes para el éxito de la innovación en una organización es una adecuada vigilancia (Machin, et al, 2011), (Jespersen, et al, 2007), (Lievrouw, 2012) y (Kim et al, 2011).…”

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Vigilancia Tecnológica para Estudiantes Universitarios: El Caso de la Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Sede Manizales

2016

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ResumenEste artículo presenta los resultados de una investigación que tiene como objetivo establecer la percepción de la vigilancia tecnológica de los estudiantes de pregrado de la Universidad Nacional de Colombia sede Manizales. La vigilancia tecnológica entendida como la captación permanente del exterior y de la propia organización sobre ciencia y tecnología para convertirla en conocimiento, no está siendo bien aprovechada por los estudiantes. Para el estudio se utilizaron métodos de observación, análisis y síntesis y un tipo de estudio descriptivo exploratorio y correlacional. Los resultados evidencian que la universidad está haciendo esfuerzos importantes desde la adquisición de herramientas y la inversión de recursos en medios de divulgación. Sin embargo, los estudiantes no lo perciben en forma adecuada y no aplican los avances. Por ejemplo, los estudiantes no están usando en forma masiva el recurso más popular disponible hoy en día como son los teléfonos móviles para hacer una adecuada vigilancia tecnológica. Este estudio aporta a la comunidad académica para la definición de una línea base que permita futuras actuaciones para potenciar la apropiación de herramientas de vigilancia tecnológica en procesos de aprendizaje. Palabras clave: vigilancia tecnológica, tecnologías digitales, educación universitaria Technology Surveillance for University Students. The Case of the National University of Colombia, Manizales Campus AbstractThis article presents the results of a research that aims to establish the perception of technological surveillance of undergraduate students at the Manizales Campus of the National University of Colombia. Technological surveillance, viewed as the permanent gathering of information about science and technology to convert it into knowledge, is not being well utilized by students. For the study, methods of observation, analysis and synthesis and a type of exploratory and correlational descriptive approach were used. The results show that the university is making significant efforts by the acquisition of technological tools and investing resources in mass media diffusion. However, students do not perceive these advances in an appropriate way and are not applying the available systems. For instance, the students are not massively using one of the most popular resources such as the mobile phones to make adequate technological surveillance. This study contributes to the academic community to define a baseline to future actions to enhance the use of technological surveillance tools in learning processes.

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Surveillance, Persuasion, and Panopticon

Cited by 25 publications

References 5 publications

‘Surveillance and cultural Panopticism’: situating Foucault in African modernities

‘Surveillance and cultural Panopticism’: situating Foucault in African modernities

Helping autism-diagnosed teenagers navigate and develop socially using e-learning based on mobile persuasion

Vigilancia Tecnológica para Estudiantes Universitarios: El Caso de la Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Sede Manizales

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