IS 319 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Terrorist Threats, Nationstates, Registered Traveler
2 Apr 2018
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Identification and tracking were strengthened by the rise of nation-states as the political figure of the citizen (person"s rights and assigned duties within the nation) Effects of post 9/11 security programs on mobility within the united states. Spreading out of border-like inspections from boundaries to the rest of society. Think transportation systems like airports, train stations, schools. Differential treatment of travelers as they move within these checkpoints. Through security techniques -- can categorize travelers and goods in order to concentrate on certain cases. Sorting: producing coded categories of through which persons or groups of persons may be sorted. Allows for faster processing of data and flatten differences in favour of ordering society. Panoptic sort how categorization of individuals into groups, proceeds from surveillance obtained knowledge of details (focus on lifestyle & consumption patterns) However, sorting may be useful in airports (for terrorist threats) it leads to unequal treatment, of individuals who fall in these categories.
