Supervision
On Motherhood and Surveillance
$67.70
- Hardcover
208 pages
- Release Date
23 May 2023
Summary
A wide-ranging, first-of-its-kind anthology of art and writing exploring how surveillance impacts contemporary motherhood.
The tracking of our personal information, activities, and medical data through our digital devices is an increasingly recognizable field in which the lines between caretaking and control have blurred. In this age of surveillance, mothers’ behaviors and bodies are observed, made public, exposed, scrutinized, and policed like never before. Supervision—On Motherh…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262047814 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0262047810 |
| Author: | Sophie Hamacher, Jessica Hankey |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 208 |
| Release Date: | 23 May 2023 |
| Weight: | 567g |
| Dimensions: | 254mm x 203mm |
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Critics Review
“The relevance of the book cannot be overstated… . Thoughtfully unpacks the layered experiences of motherhood under surveillance, strategically combining genuine heart-touching narratives with scholarly insights… . [and] opens up crucial conversations.”—Surveillance & Society“Supervision’s most compelling tract is its piecing together the legacies of technological mothering surveillance’s promise of total watchfulness… . Perhaps through this studied observation, we begin to understand the hierarchies of power that monitor and even surveil our care.”—Hyperallergic
About The Author
Sophie Hamacher
Sophie Hamacher is an artist, filmmaker, and curator whose work concerns media, technology, and the archive. She is Assistant Professor of Film and Media at the Maine College of Art and Design.
Jessica Hankey is an artist and the publisher of Orbis Editions, an artist-run platform for publications and performance. She has held editorial and curatorial positions at the Museum of Modern Art, NY; the Los Angeles County Museum of Art; and the Museum of Jurassic Technology, Los Angeles.
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