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Rhythm and Vigilance
Ethnographies of Surveillance and Time
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Edited by:
Vita Peacock
Language:
English
Published/Copyright:
2025
About this book
Available open access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. Studies of surveillance have emphasised how technology is used to control space. This innovative collection examines how new monitoring technologies are also affecting the experience of time. Drawing on Henri Lefebvre’s concept of rhythm, the book brings together ethnographic research from Europe, China and the US, to show how digital monitoring is transforming spatio-temporal relations across the Global North. As digital technologies continue to reshape the rhythms of life, this book makes a valuable contribution to both anthropology and surveillance studies.
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Front Matter
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Contents
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List of Figures
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Notes on Contributors
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Introduction: Rhythm and Vigilance
1 - Care and Wellbeing
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Watching Our Selves: Fitness and Mindfulness as Practices of Self-Monitoring in Britain
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‘I Don’t Have Time to Watch Everybody’: Location-Based Monitoring, Timescapes, and Family Life in Germany
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Tinkering with Time and Technologies in Dementia Care
61 - Real-Time Monitoring
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Divergent Temporal Dynamics and Time Work Among Delivery Workers in Denmark and Malta
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Uncertain Times: Citizen App and Temporalities of Personalized Security in New York City
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Synchronizing Orbits and Deep Learning Algorithms: Satellite Surveillance and Civil Sea Rescue Missions in the Mediterranean
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Surveillance in Small Acts: Health Code Rituals during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Xiamen, China
137 - Systems Past, Present, and Future
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Privacy as Unfolding: German Netzpolitik and the Legacy of Colonial Registration
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Playtime: Monitoring and Surveillance in NFT Sociality
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Growth’s Imagination: Startups and the Cruel Intimacy of the Internet’s Business Model
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Afterword: Watching, Waiting, Speculating
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Index
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eBook published on:
April 28, 2025
eBook ISBN:
9781529246544
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240
eBook ISBN:
9781529246544
Audience(s) for this book
For universities and colleges of further and higher education
