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"Austerity surveillance" in Greece under the Austerity regime (2010-2014)
No full textIn this article we have tried to analyze "austerity surveillance" (AS), its features, and its functions under the extreme austerity regime in Greece during 2010-2014, before the election of the leftist government. AS is a specific kind of coercive neoliberal surveillance, which in the name of fighting tax evasion and corruption is targeting the middle and lower economic strata and not the rich upper classes. It is based mainly on "coveillance", i.e. citizen-informers' grassing, public naming, and shaming. Functioning as a domination and disciplinary control mechanism of the entire population, it works within a post-democratic setting without accountability or democratic control. We provide empirical evidence of these features and functions, including some indicative personal testimonies of austerity surveillance subjects. After presenting some cases of electronic surveillance as an indispensable supplement to AS, we then briefly underline the negative personal, and socio-political impact of this surveillance. In conclusion, a tentative assessment is made of AS' efficiency in the Greek case, comparing it with other types of past and present authoritarian surveillance in Greece and in other current surveillance societies, considering also the prospects for its abolition or its reproduction by the new leftist government
Surveillance in Athens 2004 and Beijing 2008: A Comparison of the Olympic Surveillance Modalities and Legacies in Two Different Olympic Host Regimes
No full textAll post-9/11 Olympic Games and sport mega events deploy super-surveillance systems, as a future security investment, albeit at the expense of rights and freedoms. This paper compares the Athens 2004 and Beijing 2008 Olympic Games' surveillance systems, to assess their authoritarian effects and legacies in democratic and authoritarian Olympic host regimes. In democratic Greece, memories of the dictatorship have caused reaction and resistance to the perpetuation of the Olympic surveillance systems. In China, the police state has used these systems for Olympic and regime security, reinforcing population and Internet control. Drawing on these two cases, it is demonstrated that post-9/11 Olympic security and surveillance have authoritarian effects, which are dependent on global factors like anti-terrorist and neo-liberal policies, and local factors such as the type of host regime, culture and society. It is also argued that these surveillance systems have an emerging anti-democratic legacy which stretches beyond the hosting of the Olympics.
Studying Surveillance in Greece: Methodological and Other Problems Related to an Authoritarian Surveillance Culture
No full textUsing the example of Greek society this paper documents how the pragmatics and practicalities of \u27doing surveillance studies\u27 can itself be shaped by the unique political and social history of the society being studied. The legacy of authoritarian surveillance poses unique challenges to the practice of studying surveillance in Greece and in other post-authoritarian societies. This point is accentuated with reference to how the history of authoritarian surveillance continues to shape the types of methodologies that are possible for studying surveillance and the analytical orientation of such studies. It also informs us how we might interpret the prospect for resisting surveillance and can have implications for the personal biography of researchers, who have experienced such surveillance
From thought control to traffic control: CCTV politics of expansion and resistance in post-Olympics Greece
No full textSurveillance in Athens 2004 and Beijing 2008
No full text All post-9/11 Olympic Games and sport mega events deploy super-surveillance systems, as a future security investment, albeit at the expense of rights and freedoms. This paper compares the Athens 2004 and Beijing 2008 Olympic Games’ surveillance systems, to assess their authoritarian effects and legacies in democratic and authoritarian Olympic host regimes. In democratic Greece, memories of the dictatorship have caused reaction and resistance to the perpetuation of the Olympic surveillance systems. In China, the police state has used these systems for Olympic and regime security, reinforcing population and Internet control. Drawing on these two cases, it is demonstrated that post-9/11 Olympic security and surveillance have authoritarian effects, which are dependent on global factors like anti-terrorist and neo-liberal policies, and local factors such as the type of host regime, culture and society. It is also argued that these surveillance systems have an emerging anti-democratic legacy which stretches beyond the hosting of the Olympics. </jats:p
Chapter 3 - Surveilling the 2004 Athens Olympics in the aftermath of 9/11: International pressures and domestic implications
No full textO zoneamento morfológico funcional de Pará de Minas – MG, Brasil / Morpho-functional zoning of Pará de Minas – MG, Brazil
No full textAs cidades médias se tornaram importantes centros intermediários desempenhando funções como a retenção de população, prestação de serviços essenciais, oferta de estabelecimentos comerciais e de produção. No presente artigo analisa-se o zoneamento morfológico funcional da cidade de Pará de Minas (MG), tendo como base analítica o modelo proposto por Amorim Filho (2005), no qual o autor identifica quatro zonas no espaço intraurbano das cidades médias mineiras e explica a organização de cada uma delas descrevendo as funções urbanas nelas desempenhadas. Para tanto foram realizados trabalhos de campos no município, complementados por dados secundários referentes à condição sociodemográfica de Pará de Minas. Com isso foi possível elaborar um quadro do zoneamento morfológico-funcional de Pará de Minas, que se apresentou bastante afinado com os postulados de Amorim Filho (2005), embora sejam necessárias algumas ressalvas. Palavras–chave: Cidades médias; Zoneamento morfológico-funcional; Espaço intraurbano Abstract Mid-sized cities became important centers which present intermediate functions such as retention of population, provision of essential services, shopping centers and productive sectors. In this article the authors analyze the morphological functional zoning of Pará de Minas (MG) based on the model proposed by Amorim Filho (2005). In his analysis the author identifies the organization and compartmentalization of the intraurban space of mid sized mining cities pointing to the functions and forms of these areas as well as their influences. In this paper one could found that the model was well consistent with the reality of Pará de Minas, although some adjust are necessary.Keywords: Mid-sized cities; morpho-functional zoning; Intraurban space
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Associação entre valor cênico, turismo, religião e cultura na paisagem do Quadrilátero Ferrífero, Minas Gerais / Association between scenic value, tourism, religion and culture on the landscape (...)
No full textA ideia para elaboração do presente trabalho surgiu a partir do convite da Sociedade Brasileira de Espeleologia para elaboração de um capítulo sobre o valor cênico, turismo e religião em regiões que apresentam cavernas desenvolvidas em formações ferríferas. A partir da ideia inicial, decidiu-se ampliar o tema para que pudéssemos incluir, também, aspectos culturais da paisagem em uma região específica como a do Quadrilátero Ferrífero (QF), em Minas Gerais. Assim, tem-se como objetivo principal da pesquisa demonstrar a possibilidade de associação entre o valor cênico, turismo, religião e cultura no QF por meio da indicação de exemplos selecionados. Palavras-chave: Valor cênico, turismo, religião, cultura, Quadrilátero Ferrífero ABSTRACTThe idea of this paper emerged after the invitation by the Brazilian Society of Speleology for preparation of a chapter on the scenic value, tourism and religion in regions with caves developed in banded iron formations. From the initial idea, the author decided to expand the theme here so one could include the cultural aspects of the landscape in a specific region such as the Iron Quadrangle (Quadrilátero Ferrífero), in Minas Gerais. Thus, the main objective of this study is to demonstrate the possible association between the scenic value of a landscape together with tourism, religion and culture by indicating selected examples, especially in the QF. Keywords: scenic value, tourism, religion, culture, Quadrilátero Ferrífero</jats:p
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