Bodies as Evidence : Security, Knowledge, and Power / Nils Zurawski, Mark Maguire, Ursula Rao.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Zurawski, Nils, 1968- editor.

Maguire, Mark, editor.

Rao, Ursula, editor.

Series:

Global insecurities

Global Insecurities

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social sciences.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (258 pages).

Other Title:

Knowledge Unlatched.

Place of Publication:

Durham, NC : Duke University Press, 2018.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

From biometrics to predictive policing, contemporary security relies on sophisticated scientific evidence-gathering and knowledge-making focused on the human body. Bringing together new anthropological perspectives on the complexities of security in the present moment, the contributors to Bodies as Evidence reveal how bodies have become critical sources of evidence that is organized and deployed to classify, recognize, and manage human life. Through global case studies that explore biometric identification, border control, forensics, predictive policing, and counterterrorism, the contributors show how security discourses and practices that target the body contribute to new configurations of knowledge and power. At the same time, margins of error, unreliable technologies, and a growing suspicion of scientific evidence in a "post-truth" era contribute to growing insecurity, especially among marginalized populations. Contributors. Carolina Alonso-Bejarano, Gregory Feldman, Francisco J. Ferrándiz, Daniel M. Goldstein, Ieva Jusionyte, Amade M'charek, Mark Maguire, Joseph P. Masco, Ursula Rao, Antonius C. G. M. Robben, Joseba Zulaika, Nils Zurawski

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Local Notes:

KU Select 2018: HSS Frontlist Books

BiblioBoard internal publisher id: 102077

ISBN:

9781478091646

Access Restriction:

Open Access Unrestricted online access