Courses :: Module, ANTHROPOLOGY OF SECURITY

	Overview
	This seminar involves critical overviews of surveillance and security studies, historically and in the contemporary moment. We will discuss the work of some of the key thinkers in these areas today. We shall also look closely at the contributions of Michel Foucault, which remains central to the ways in which securitization and surveillance are approached in the social sciences. And we will discuss the extension of Foucauldian insights in the work of key interlocutors such as Didier Bigo and Paul Rabinow. Seminar participants will become familiar with processes of securitization in a variety of contexts, from nineteenth-century colonial government to US national security, war, and counterterrorism. We will examine processes such as gatedness, risk, preparedness and, of course, the cultural production of fear. From biometric technologies to refugee displacement and from migration control to bioterror, this seminar involves close attention to contemporary examples with the aim of staking out an anthropological position in relation to security.

Overview

This seminar involves critical overviews of surveillance and security studies, historically and in the contemporary moment. We will discuss the work of some of the key thinkers in these areas today. We shall also look closely at the contributions of Michel Foucault, which remains central to the ways in which securitization and surveillance are approached in the social sciences. And we will discuss the extension of Foucauldian insights in the work of key interlocutors such as Didier Bigo and Paul Rabinow. Seminar participants will become familiar with processes of securitization in a variety of contexts, from nineteenth-century colonial government to US national security, war, and counterterrorism. We will examine processes such as gatedness, risk, preparedness and, of course, the cultural production of fear. From biometric technologies to refugee displacement and from migration control to bioterror, this seminar involves close attention to contemporary examples with the aim of staking out an anthropological position in relation to security.

	Learning Outcomes
	On successful completion of the module, students should be able to: Understand how securitization and surveillance are situated in the social sciences Learn of key historical developments in securitization and surveillance Understand processes of securitization in a variety of historical and geopolitical contexts Distinguish between specific conditions and features of security and surveillance such as US national security, war or counterterrorism Understand processes such as gatedness, risk, preparedness and the cultural production of fear Explore contemporary examples of anthropological studies of biometric technologies, refugee displacement, migration control or bioterror in relation to security

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	Autumn Supplementals/Resits
	Are supplemental/resit registrations permitted? Yes Autumn resit students may submit continuous assessment work by a date before the Autumn examination, which will be specified by the department. Students are responsible for familiarising themselves with this deadline. If students do not submit by the deadline, the existing continuous assessment mark will be carried forward to the Autumn. No continuous assessment work will be accepted after this date. T Is Supplemental Continuous Assessment registration permitted? Yes Is Supplemental Continuous Assessment capped? No

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