1. Today’s Line Up
1. Throat Clearing!
2. Systems & Patterns
3. Blueprints &
Psychology
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2. 1. Would You Rather . . .
a. be a professional athlete or a reality
show celebrity? Why?
b. be able to fly or read minds? Why?
2. Confess: How well are you keeping up
with classes?
3. Retrieval Practice: List synonyms &
words associated with “surveillance.”
W/O looking at your notes!
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3. To monitor To police Surveil
To observe To watch To observe
To examine To investigate To supervise
Surveillance: Synonyms & Associated Words
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5. Panoptic Surveillance System 5
Penitentiary
Centrally placed watch tower
Guards can see into private cells
Inmates cannot see guards
Inmates aware of being monitored.
Inmates cannot see nor interact with each other
Isolation stops inmates from influencing each other.
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Penitentiary HospitalWard
Centrally placed watch tower Centrally placed nurses station
Guards can see into private cells Nurses can see into private rooms
Inmates cannot see guards Patients cannot see guards
Inmates aware of being monitored. Patient aware of being monitored
Inmates prevented from seeing and
interacting with each other
Patients prevented from seeing and
interacting with each other
Isolation stops inmates from influencing
each other.
Isolation stops patients from infecting each
other.
Panoptic “Blueprint” of Two Social Systems
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System: Prison Hospital Ward Education/Class Factory
Watcher: Guard Nurse/Doctor Teacher Manager
Watched: Inmates Patient Students Workers
Setting: Jail/Prison Hospital Classroom Factory Floor
“Atomized”
Space:
Cell Ward Desk Work Station
Institution’s
Purpose
Maintain, Order/prevent
spread of crime for
greater safety
Heal, Prevent
transmission of disease
for health purposes
Teach, socialize and
educate next generation
to keep society running
Effective time on task for
greater production for
profit
Why Isolate
“watched”?
Prevent inmates from
rioting, negatively
influencing each other.
Prevent patients from
infecting each other.
Prevent students from
distracting from teachers’
control, from being unruly.
Prevent unruly behavior
that hinders productivity
and managers’ authority.
Analogous (Similar) Patterns & Roles Across Social Systems
8. Panoptic “Blueprint” Across Social Systems 8
Prison Hospital Ward Education/Class Workplace/Factory Social Media
Centrally placed watch tower Centrally placed nurses
station
Teacher at front of class -
standing above seated
students.
Supervisor’s office on upper
floor, encased in glass.
Moderators and users on
opposite sides of the screen.
Guards can see into private
cells
Nurses can see into private
rooms
Teachers can see individual
students at their desks.
Managers can see everyone
at their work stations.
Users and moderator see
each other on other side of
screen.
Inmates cannot see guards Patients cannot see guards Students can see teacher. Workers cannot see into
bosses office.
Folks physically can’t see
each other, but they can
“like” or “heart” each other.
Inmates aware of being
monitored.
Patient aware of being
monitored
Students know they are being
watched.
Workers know they are being
watched
We are being watched,
“Liked” “hearted” “followed”
Inmates prevented from
seeing and interacting with
each other
Patients prevented from
seeing and interacting with
each other
Students ability to work
together is controlled by
teacher.
Workers are “atomized,” kept
isolated on their particular
task.
Who is watching, examining,
judging who?
Isolation stops inmates from
influencing each other.
Isolation stops patients from
infecting each other.
Isolation promotes directing
attention toward authority,
maximizing learning or
training.
Isolation maximize
productivity & profit, reduces
interaction w/c could lead to
“unionizing”
Isolated experience . . .
creates what?
9. All seeing supervisor, high and central to the system
can monitor over all with its superior vision.
Superior watcher examines, investigates, tests, and
ranks subjects.
Judgments create hierarchy (high/low):
● Inmates: Ruly/Unruly
● Patients: Healthy/Ill;
● Students: Learned/Unable or Unwilling to Learn
● Workers: Productive/Lazy
“Atomized” individuals buy into ranking mechanism,
taking their position in the “watchtower”.
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Panoptic Structure? Children’s Games?
Centrally placed “Watcher” Presence of a “watcher”?
Privatized experience
Those being watched experience
monitored privately, by themselves.
“Watcher” is secret/hidden “Watcher” is hidden? Secretive?
Awareness of constant
monitoring
Players aware of constant monitoring?
Purpose? Penalty?
13. 1 The most compelling or interesting idea we talked about today
was . . . because . . .
2 Today’s convo reminded be of . . . (Movie? Song, Personal
experience? Other subject? Other class?) because . . .
3 A lingering question I have about our topic so far is . . .
Final Reflections: Check In so we can all . . . check out!
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