Date: Thu, 17 Nov 1994 17:13:59 -0400 (EDT) From: Stephen Katz <SKATZ-AT-TrentU.ca> To: foucault-AT-world.std.com Subject: Re: panopticons; not just in Glasgow As a lateral thought on the subject of filming, taping and "catching out" one's public existence, are those interactions where one is disciplined precisely by seeing the tape as it happens. Walking by a shop, being in a sports arena (like Toronto's SkyDome), being plucked out of a crowd, and being allowed to catch oneself "in the act" has the disconcerting effect of presenting conditions of self-management as a shopper, an audience member, a good citizen of the consumer realm, someone who fits in and "looks" part of the subject one is supposed to be. In other words, it might be interesting to consider those scenes where we are invited to partake in our own identity-shaping via the disciplinary reflections of tape that records our doings. S. Katz, Trent University
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