STAHL Roger

Sousveilling the 'Global War on Terror'/ Roger Stahl and Sebastian Kaempf - 2019

This article theorises what it means to challenge official regimes of surveillance in the War on Terror by further developing the notion of 'sousveillance'. In particular, we focus on the performative dimension of surveillance by attending to its sites of struggle, particularly where alternative and counter-performances work to disrupt and dislodge official regimes of vision. The article begins by considering what it means to call surveillance 'performative' and how such official performances have had a documented chilling effect on free expression and democratic deliberation.


WAR ON TERROR
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SURVEILLANCE