Comments on: Surveillance technologies and the electronic panopticon http://lightbucket.wordpress.com/2008/03/02/surveillance-technologies-and-the-electronic-panopticon/ a science blog Tue, 10 Nov 2009 22:29:58 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Drafting Scheme 1 | My Architecture Thesis http://lightbucket.wordpress.com/2008/03/02/surveillance-technologies-and-the-electronic-panopticon/#comment-1071 Drafting Scheme 1 | My Architecture Thesis Tue, 23 Jun 2009 06:06:37 +0000 http://lightbucket.wordpress.com/?p=69#comment-1071 [...] that central corridor with dwelling units on both side. The thought behind this borrows the idea of Jeremy Bentham’s “Panopticon” prison tower where one would be able to look into each individual units from a single focal point. [...] [...] that central corridor with dwelling units on both side. The thought behind this borrows the idea of Jeremy Bentham’s “Panopticon” prison tower where one would be able to look into each individual units from a single focal point. [...]

]]> By: Dodgypress http://lightbucket.wordpress.com/2008/03/02/surveillance-technologies-and-the-electronic-panopticon/#comment-76 Dodgypress Mon, 17 Mar 2008 07:10:54 +0000 http://lightbucket.wordpress.com/?p=69#comment-76 Awesome Article! To my mind, the Uk is a Lost Cause,...here in Australia, we need to start, really examining this issues.. Awesome Article!

To my mind, the Uk is a Lost Cause,…here in Australia, we need to start, really examining this issues..

]]> By: Google Street View Panopticon | social media and green horses http://lightbucket.wordpress.com/2008/03/02/surveillance-technologies-and-the-electronic-panopticon/#comment-22 Google Street View Panopticon | social media and green horses Wed, 05 Mar 2008 16:14:59 +0000 http://lightbucket.wordpress.com/?p=69#comment-22 [...] The panopticon was a model prison proposal of Jeremy Bentham in 1785. The idea was that the prisoners could not see the guards observing them. Although the concept was never realized, Bentham pointed out that the prison could employ very few guards, since the prisoners could not know when they were being watched. The project’s key concept, however, wasn’t about architecture or economics; it was about the psychology of control. [...] [...] The panopticon was a model prison proposal of Jeremy Bentham in 1785. The idea was that the prisoners could not see the guards observing them. Although the concept was never realized, Bentham pointed out that the prison could employ very few guards, since the prisoners could not know when they were being watched. The project’s key concept, however, wasn’t about architecture or economics; it was about the psychology of control. [...]

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