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Surveillance as cultural practice.

Torin Monahan¹

¹Vanderbilt University.

The Sociological Quarterly

|December 17, 2011

Summary

This study examines surveillance as a cultural practice, integrating popular culture and social engagement. It emphasizes understanding surveillance from individuals' perspectives for richer insights into surveillance studies.

Area of Science:

Sociology
Cultural Studies
Media Studies

Background:

Surveillance studies traditionally focus on institutional or state-level analysis.
A gap exists in understanding the everyday, cultural dimensions of surveillance.

Observation:

This research explores "surveillance as cultural practice."
It incorporates popular culture, media, art, and narrative into the analysis.
The approach prioritizes emic (insider) perspectives over etic (outsider) viewpoints.

Findings:

Surveillance is deeply embedded within and shaped by specific cultural contexts.
People's engagement with surveillance is understood on their own terms.
This perspective generates new forms of knowledge about surveillance practices.

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Implications:

Broadens the scope of surveillance studies beyond traditional security paradigms.
Highlights the generative role of surveillance in creating social practices.
Encourages interdisciplinary approaches to understanding contemporary surveillance.