The Affective Atmospheres of Surveillance
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Ellis, D., Tucker, I. and Harper, D. 2013. The Affective Atmospheres of Surveillance. Theory & Psychology. 23 (6), pp. 716-731.
Authors | Ellis, D., Tucker, I. and Harper, D. |
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Abstract | The spaces that surveillance produces can be thought of as ambiguous, entailing elements that are ethereal yet material, geographical yet trans-geographical. Contemporary surveillance systems form numerous connections that involve multiple times, spaces, and bodies. Owing to their ubiquity, normalization, and yet clandestine characteristics, they seem to produce an almost unnoticed aspect of everyday life. The impacts, then, of contemporary surveillance systems appear to be particularly experienced on the margins of consciousness. Thus we find that an empirical analysis of this realm of experience is possible but requires one to look for such things as disruption, disfluency, and hesitation in the text of speech acts rather than clear representation. Through empirical analysis of narratives concerning everyday experiences of living with contemporary surveillance systems, this paper focuses on their possible affective impacts. In turn, we find it more fitting to think about the so-called “surveillance society” in terms of producing “atmospheres” rather than “cultures or assemblages,” and “affects” rather than “emotions.” |
Keywords | Affect; Atmosphere; Assemblage; Emotion; Surveillance |
Journal | Theory & Psychology |
Journal citation | 23 (6), pp. 716-731 |
ISSN | 1461-7447 |
0959-3543 | |
Year | 2013 |
Publisher | SAGE |
Accepted author manuscript | License CC BY-ND |
Web address (URL) | http://tap.sagepub.com/content/23/6/716 |
Publication dates | |
13 Oct 2013 | |
Publication process dates | |
Deposited | 22 Oct 2013 |
Copyright information | (c) The authors. The published version of the article is available in SAGE Journals (http://online.sagepub.com). |
https://repository.uel.ac.uk/item/85w17
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