Futureproof
Security Aesthetics and the Management of Life
1st Edition
Published on 31. January 2020
312 pages
978-1-4780-0751-7 (ISBN)
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The contributors to Futureproof examine the affective and aesthetic dimensions of security infrastructures and technology with studies ranging from Jamaica and Jakarta to Colombia and the US-Mexico border.
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D. Asher Ghertner | Hudson McFann | Daniel M. Goldstein
Futureproof
Security Aesthetics and the Management of Life
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01/2020
Duke University Press
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D. Asher Ghertner is Associate Professor of Geography at Rutgers University.
Hudson McFann is a PhD candidate in geography at Rutgers University.
Daniel M. Goldstein is Professor Emeritus of Anthropology at Rutgers University.
Hudson McFann is a PhD candidate in geography at Rutgers University.
Daniel M. Goldstein is Professor Emeritus of Anthropology at Rutgers University.
Content
Foreword / Catherine Lutz vii
Introduction. Security Aesthetics of and beyond the Biopolitical / D. Asher Ghertner, Hudson McFann, and Daniel M. Goldstein 1
1. The Aesthetics of Cyber Insecurity: Displaying the Digital in Three American Museum Exhibits / Victoria Bernal 33
2. Danger Signs: The Aesthetics of Insecurity in Bogotá / Austin Zeiderman 63
3. "We All Have the Same Red Blood": Security Aesthetics and Rescue Ethics on the Arizona-Sonora Border / Ieva Jusionyte 87
4. Fugitive Horizons and the Arts of Security in Honduras / Jon Horne Carter 114
5. Security Aesthetics and Political Community Formation in Kingston, Jamaica / Rivke Jaffe 134
6. Staging Safety in Brooklyn's Real Estate / Zaire Z. Dinzey-Flores and Alexandra Demshock 156
7. Expecting the Worst: Active-Shooter Scenario Play in American Schools / Rachel Hall 175
8. H5N1 and the Aesthetics of Biosecurity: From Danger to Risk / Limor Samimian-Darash 200
9. Securing "Standby" and Urban Space Making in Jakarta: Intensities in Search of Forms / AbdouMaliq Simone 225
10. Securing the Street: Urban Renewal and the Fight against "Informality" in Mexico City / Alejandra Leal Martínez 245
Afterword. The Age of Security / Didier Fassin 271
Acknowledgments 277
Contributors 279
Index 285
Introduction. Security Aesthetics of and beyond the Biopolitical / D. Asher Ghertner, Hudson McFann, and Daniel M. Goldstein 1
1. The Aesthetics of Cyber Insecurity: Displaying the Digital in Three American Museum Exhibits / Victoria Bernal 33
2. Danger Signs: The Aesthetics of Insecurity in Bogotá / Austin Zeiderman 63
3. "We All Have the Same Red Blood": Security Aesthetics and Rescue Ethics on the Arizona-Sonora Border / Ieva Jusionyte 87
4. Fugitive Horizons and the Arts of Security in Honduras / Jon Horne Carter 114
5. Security Aesthetics and Political Community Formation in Kingston, Jamaica / Rivke Jaffe 134
6. Staging Safety in Brooklyn's Real Estate / Zaire Z. Dinzey-Flores and Alexandra Demshock 156
7. Expecting the Worst: Active-Shooter Scenario Play in American Schools / Rachel Hall 175
8. H5N1 and the Aesthetics of Biosecurity: From Danger to Risk / Limor Samimian-Darash 200
9. Securing "Standby" and Urban Space Making in Jakarta: Intensities in Search of Forms / AbdouMaliq Simone 225
10. Securing the Street: Urban Renewal and the Fight against "Informality" in Mexico City / Alejandra Leal Martínez 245
Afterword. The Age of Security / Didier Fassin 271
Acknowledgments 277
Contributors 279
Index 285
