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Colleagues, For those of you who teach surveillance-related courses, I wanted to let you know about a new edited volume that will be available for Fall course adoption. I'll post a description and the table of contents below, but please let me know if you'd like any additional information. Surveillance and Security: Technological Politics and Power in Everyday Life Edited by Torin Monahan (Routledge, 2006) ISBN: 0415953936 This book critically investigates the politics of surveillance technologies in everyday life. From biometric technologies at airports and borders, to video surveillance in schools, to radio frequency identification (RFID) tags in hospitals, to magnetic-strips on welfare food cards – surveillance technologies integrate into all aspects of modern life, but with varied effects for different populations. By focusing on everyday examples, this collection reveals how power is mobilized and contested through surveillance technologies. The result is a fresh and empirically grounded look at surveillance and security. Contributors include: Peter Adey, Heather Cameron, Nancy Campbell, Simon Cole, Lane DeNicola, Aaron Doyle, Virginia Eubanks, Jill Fisher, Laura Huey, Institute for Applied Autonomy, Cindi Katz, Andrew Lakoff, David Lyon, Gary Marx, Torin Monahan, Henry Pontell, Irma van der Ploeg, Kevin Walby, and Langdon Winner. TABLE OF CONTENTS Preface 1. Questioning Surveillance and Security, Torin Monahan 2. The State Goes Home: Local Hypervigilance of Children and the Global Retreat from Social Reproduction, Cindi Katz 3. Soft Surveillance: The Growth of Mandatory Volunteerism in Collecting Personal Information -- “Hey Buddy Can You Spare a DNA?”, Gary T. Marx 4. Everyday Insecurities: The Microbehavioral Politics of Intrusive Surveillance, Nancy D. Campbell 5. Indoor Positioning and Digital Management: Emerging Surveillance Regimes in Hospitals, Jill A. Fisher 6. Technologies of Citizenship: Surveillance and Political Learning in the Welfare System, Virginia Eubanks 7. The Surveillance Curriculum: Risk Management and Social Control in the Neoliberal School, Torin Monahan 8. “Don’t Be Low Hanging Fruit”: Identity Theft as Moral Panic, Simon A. Cole and Henry N. Pontell 9. Cop Watching in the Downtown Eastside: Exploring the Use of (Counter) Surveillance as a Tool of Resistance, Laura Huey, Kevin Walby, and Aaron Doyle 10. Defensive Surveillance: Lessons from the Republican National Convention, Institute for Applied Autonomy 11. Borderline Identities: The Enrollment of Bodies in the Technological Reconstruction of Borders, Irma van der Ploeg 12. “Divided We Move”: The Dromologics of Airport Security and Surveillance, Peter Adey 13. Why Where You Are Matters: Mundane Mobilities, Transparent Technologies, and Digital Discrimination, David Lyon 14. Using Intelligent Transport Systems to Track Buses and Passengers, Heather Cameron 15. The Bundling of Geospatial Information with Everyday Experience, Lane DeNicola 16. Techniques of Preparedness, Andrew Lakoff 17. Technology Studies for Terrorists: A Short Course, Langdon Winner Contributors References Torin Monahan Assistant Professor Arizona State University School of Justice & Social Inquiry [log in to unmask] | www.torinmonahan.com