CETA 0915 - Surveillance, Performance, and Culture

Institution:

Brown University

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Description:

This course will introduce students to a range of social, political, and artistic applications of surveillance technologies in the 20th and early 21st Centuries. Through a mix of theoretical and practical explorations, students will examine surveillance technologies as tools of socio-political discipline as well as tools of performance in social and artistic frameworks. Beginning with foundational cultural theories of surveillance and discipline in modernity, the course will guide students through substantive changes in the cultural landscape of surveillance in the second half of the 20th century, paying particular attention to the rise of digital information networks and the post-9/11 political climate.

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0.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.brown.edu

Phone Number:

(401) 863-1000

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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