出版社:Departamento de Engenharia de Produção e Sistemas
摘要:The surveillance of the people is examined by means of some theoretical considerations under
Foucault point of view. These are utilized to study four distinct technological systems. The
aim of this revision is discuss the analytical applicability of Foucault’s Panoptic. The starting
point is a postulate: new technology has the potential to affect the social relationship in some
complex ways. This claim justifies this exploratory essay, that employ some cases afford by
the specialized literature. In three situations the Panoptic is found insufficient or
inappropriate. But in the truck tracking system the metaphor is found good enough. In
conclusion, this could suggest the applicability of the model depends on the sort of the
surveillance system in question. However, despite the fact that in some cases the reality is far
way of the conditions of the model, the Panoptic metaphor can be conveniently and gainfully
applied as illustrated in this paper.