Spaces of Security : : Ethnographies of Securityscapes, Surveillance, and Control / / ed. by Setha Low, Mark Maguire.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter New York University Press Complete eBook-Package 2019
• MitwirkendeR: Bird-David, Nurit,; Glück, Zoltán,; Graham, Stephen,; Grimson, Alejandro,; Kirsch, Thomas G.,; Low, Setha,; Lutz, Catherine,; Maguire, Mark,; Rao, Ursula,; Renoldi, Brígida,; Rial, Carmen,; Shapiro, Matan,; Verdery, Katherine,
• HerausgeberIn: Low, Setha,; Maguire, Mark,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2019]; ©2019
• Year of Publication: 2019
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource :; 10 black and white illustrations
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Introduction --; 1. Security Urbanism and the Counterterror State in Kenya --; 2. Comparative Surveillance Regimes --; 3. Borderization and Public Security in Argentina --; 4. From Panopticon to Panasonic --; 5. Securing Security --; 6. Domesticating Security --; 7. Domesticating Spaces of Security in Israel --; 8. The Political Economy and Political Aesthetics of Military Maps --; 9. Enigmatic Presence --; 10. Re- Spatializing Social Security in India --; About the Editors --; About the Contributors --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781479805778; 9783110722727
• DOI: 10.18574/nyu/9781479863013.001.0001
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: ed. by Setha Low, Mark Maguire.

An ethnographic investigation into the dynamics between space and security in countries around the world It is difficult to imagine two contexts as different as a soccer stadium and a panic room. Yet, they both demonstrate dynamics of the interplay between security and space. This book focuses on the infrastructures of security, considering locations as varied as public entertainment venues to border walls to blast-proof bedrooms. Around the world, experts, organizations, and governments are managing societies in the name of security, while scholars and commentators are writing about surveillance, state violence, and new technologies. Yet in spite of the growing emphasis on security, few truly consider the spatial dimensions of security, and particularly how the relationship between space and security varies across cultures. This volume explores spaces of security not only by attending to how security is produced by and in spaces, but also by emphasizing the ways in which it is constructed in the contemporary landscape. The book explores diverse contexts ranging from biometrics in India to counterterrorism in East Africa to border security in Argentina. The ethnographic studies demonstrate the power of a spatial lens to highlight aspects of security that otherwise remain hidden, while also adding clarity to an elusive and dangerous way of managing the world.