[-empyre-] contesting the netopticon

[Simon Biggs]

I'm not sure what the topic is for February. I expect that Renate or Tim
will be emailing us all about this shortly.

However, although I have signed off the discussion for this month, it
doesn't mean the netopticon discussion must cease. I think it can continue
until the new theme is announced. There are some tantalising threads still
left hanging...

Best

Simon


On 31/01/2011 16:15, "davin heckman" <davinheckman at gmail.com> wrote:

> Yes, thank you for having me as a part of this discussion.  It is
> always a good group.  If anyone wants to pick anything up off list, I
> am always happy to talk.
> 
> Davin
> 
> On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 8:29 AM, marc garrett
> <marc.garrett at furtherfield.org> wrote:
>> Simon & all,
>> 
>> Thank you for inviting me to be part of this discussion. I enjoyed it
>> immensely...
>> 
>> Unfortunately, I was unable to jump back into the discussion last week due
>> to being too busy.
>> 
>> I will reread all contributions & rethink my own assumptions :-)
>> 
>> wishing you all well.
>> 
>> marc
>> 
>> www.furtherfield.org
>> 
>>> So, we come to the end of the month of January and our discussion on the
>>> theme of the Netopticon.
>>> 
>>> To remind us where we began, abstracted from the original post setting out
>>> the theme:
>>> The Panoptic structures innate in social space are often cited in relation
>>> to the internet and its governance. The term "Netopticon" suggests a
>>> mesh-work structure of how a socially networked Panoptic apparatus can
>>> operate. Malkit Shoshan describes how the social technologies that
>>> characterise Web 2.0 facilitate the emergence of the internet as a
>>> Panoptic
>>> space, where individuals are complicit in their own surveillance. The
>>> internet is pervasive in how people construct their social lives. If we
>>> accept that "people" are emergent, through social activities that are a
>>> process of becoming, issues around net neutrality, Web 2.0 and
>>> surveillance
>>> have implications reaching into the psycho-social. Within a Foucauldian
>>> appreciation of the social, where the Panopticon (nee: super-ego) is
>>> manifest at the heart of our social relations, the Netopticon engages our
>>> entwined individual and social ontologies. How will the codification of
>>> individual and collective relations develop?
>>> 
>>> Over the past month invited guests and members of empyre have addressed
>>> this
>>> theme from a range of perspectives. I am not going to summarise the
>>> various
>>> viewpoints here as I fear my attempt would be inadequate. The empyre
>>> archive
>>> is accessible and makes an excellent read, organised by date, thread and
>>> author.
>>> https://lists.cofa.unsw.edu.au/pipermail/empyre/
>>> 
>>> I would like to thank everybody who contributed to the discussion; our
>>> guest
>>> discussants Joseph Delappe, Marc Garrett, Davin Heckman, Patrick Lichty,
>>> Heidi May, Christina Spiesel, Jon Thompson and Alison Craighead, all of
>>> whom
>>> gave generously of their time to post provocative and inspiring texts. I
>>> would like to thank Renate Ferro and Tim Murray for inviting me to
>>> moderate
>>> the discussion and for continuing to host and maintain empyre. We can
>>> present the netoptic as automatic social formation but sites for debate
>>> like
>>> empyre are precious and survive because of the efforts of individuals. I
>>> would also like to thank all those members of empyre who contributed to
>>> the
>>> discussion and also all those members who participated silently. Whilst
>>> lurking should be seen as a "public good" it is perhaps this silent
>>> "reading", the nitrogen (as distinct to the oxygen) of listservs, which
>>> presents the most appropriate image for the netopticon. By having our
>>> conversations in public we can render our inter-subjectivities as a
>>> performative instance of the netopticon in play.
>>> 
>>> Best
>>> 
>>> Simon
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Simon Biggs
>>> simon at littlepig.org.uk
>>> http://www.littlepig.org.uk/
>>> 
>>> s.biggs at eca.ac.uk
>>> http://www.elmcip.net/
>>> http://www.eca.ac.uk/circle/
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
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>> 
>> 
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