[liberationtech] Sociological studies of covert mass-surveillance organisations

[Luis Felipe R. Murillo]

On 08/30/2013 01:54 PM, Yosem Companys wrote:
> From: Caspar Bowden <lists at casparbowden.net>
> 
>  I realize this is an improbable request (I think), but is anyone aware of
> any Surveillance Studies research on the organisations conducting *
> covert/secret* mass-surveillance (a "securitocracy")
> 
> many thanks any pointers


I am not particularly familiar with this literature, but I know of a few
pointers.

This seminar in Brazil brought together researchers studying
surveillance and social control. They had three panels of interest
('Internet and Surveillance', 'New Technologies of Surveillance', and
'Institutional Surveillance'):

http://www2.pucpr.br/ssscla/

These two references are central in the debate (so Caspar must be super
familiar with them):

- Foucault, Michel. "Discipline and Punish" (redefining the debate on
the nature of power and the nature of state power):

http://www.foucault.info/documents/disciplineandpunish/foucault.disciplineandpunish.panopticism.html

- Deleuze, Gilles. "Society of Control" (updating Foucault's treatment
of surveillance to the contemporary 'society of control'):

http://www.nadir.org/nadir/archiv/netzkritik/societyofcontrol.html

best!
luisfelipe.