Technologies of Biosurveillance: Bodily Regulation through the Lens of Ordinary Affection

Kate Henne, Emily Troshynski

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    Abstract

    There is a growing academic literature that scrutinises the effects of technologies deployed to surveil the physical bodies of citizens. Here, we consider the role of affect - that is, the visceral and emotive forces underpinning conscious forms of knowing that can drive one's thoughts, feelings and movements. Drawing from research on two distinctly different groups of surveilled subjects, paroled sex offenders and elite athletes, this paper examines the mundane practices of biosurveillance in their lives and how their reflections reveal unique insight into how subjectivity, citizenship, harm and deviance become constructed in intimate and public ways vis-a-vis technologies of bodily regulation. 'Ordinary affects', we argue, reveal cultural conditions of biosurveillance, particularly how risk becomes embodied and internalised in subjective ways. This paper describes affective responses to biosurveillance as a mode of exploring the complexities of these regulatory tactics, which current debates, particularly in relation to civil liberties and social democracy, often negate.
    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationCrime, justice and social democracy: Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference, 2013, Volume 1
    EditorsKelly Richards, Juan Tauri
    Place of PublicationBrisbane
    PublisherQueensland University of Technology
    Pages84-91
    Volume1
    ISBN (Print)978‐0‐9874678‐4‐3
    Publication statusPublished - 2013
    EventCrime, Justice and Social Democracy: the 2nd International Conference of the Crime and Justice Research Centre QUT - Crime and Justice Research Centre, Faculty of Law, QUT, Brisbane, Australia
    Duration: 8 Jul 201311 Jul 2013
    http://eprints.qut.edu.au/65886/1/Conference-Proceedings-Vol-1_2013-1.pdf
    http://crimejusticeconference.com

    Conference

    ConferenceCrime, Justice and Social Democracy: the 2nd International Conference of the Crime and Justice Research Centre QUT
    Country/TerritoryAustralia
    CityBrisbane
    Period8/07/1311/07/13
    OtherThe refereed papers contained in this set of conference proceedings were presented at the 2nd International Conference on Crime, Justice and Social Democracy, hosted by the Crime and Justice Research Centre, Faculty of Law, QUT. The conference attracted an impressive list of internationally distinguished keynote and panel speakers from the United Kingdom, United States, Australia, New Zealand, Canada and this time Latin America, as well as high quality paper submissions.
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