Btihaj Ajana
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 486504 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Btihaj Ajana |
| PRENOMES | Btihaj |
| SOBRENOME | Ajana |
| ASSINATURA | AJANA B |
| AFILIAÇÕES | King's College London |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9866-3288 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 13 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 65 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 12 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 1 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2006 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2024 |
| ÍNDICE H | 5 |
“It Could Have Been Us”
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 forced millions of Ukrainians to flee their homes and seek refuge in other countries, resulting in one of Europe’s largest refugee crises in decades. Many countries were quick to mobilise and provide the needed assistance to Ukrainians refugees. In contrast to the usual responses to asylum seekers coming from outside Europe, EU countries as well as the UK were uncharacteristically welcoming. Similarly…
Risk consciousness and public perceptions of Covid-19 vaccine passports
In response to the global outbreak of COVID-19 in early 2020, many countries around the world have rushed to develop and implement various mechanisms, including vaccination passports, to contain the spread of the virus and manage its significant impact on heath and society. COVID-19 passports have been promoted as a way of speeding society's return to 'normal' life while protecting public health and safety. These passports, however, are not witho…
The Immunopolitics of Covid-19 Technologies
Since the World Health Organization declared the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) a pandemic in early 2020, many countries around the world have rushed to find and develop solutions to manage and contain the spread of coronavirus. These include mobile tracking applications, AI-driven solutions and biometric mechanisms which have quickly been adopted by many countries around the world as a way of containing the spread of the virus and detecting case…
Immunitarianism
As witnessed over the last year, immunity emerged as one of most highly debated topics in the current Covid-19 pandemic. Countries around the globe have been debating whether herd immunity or lockdown is the best response, as the race continues for the development and rollout of effective vaccines against coronavirus and as the economic costs of implementing strict containment measures are weighed against public health costs. What became evident …
Personal metrics
Self-tracking is becoming a prominent and ubiquitous feature in contemporary practices of health and wellness management. Over the last few years, we have witnessed a rapid development in digital tracking devices, apps and platforms, together with the emergence of health movements such as the Quantified Self. As the world is becoming increasingly ruled by metrics and data, we are becoming ever more reliant on technologies of tracking and measurem…
Metric Culture
We live in a "metric culture" where data, algorithms, and numbers play an unmistakably powerful role in defining, shaping and ruling the world we inhabit. Increasingly, governments across the globe are turning towards metric technologies to find solutions for managing various social domains such as healthcare and education. While private corporations are becoming more and more interested in the collection and analysis of data and metrics for prof…
Digital health and the biopolitics of the Quantified Self
Recent years have witnessed an intensive growth of systems of measurement and an increasing integration of data processes into various spheres of everyday life. From smartphone apps that measure our activity and sleep, to digital devices that monitor our health and performance at the workplace, the culture of measurement is currently on the rise. Encouraged by movements such as the Quantified Self, whose motto is ‘self knowledge through numbers’,…
Branding, legitimation and the power of museums
Museums and cultural developments are on the rise in the Gulf region. The United Arab Emirates is home to some of the most ambitious and extravagant museum projects in the world. In this article, I consider the example of the Louvre Abu Dhabi, exploring some of its underlying dynamics and context. I focus mainly on the relationship between branding and legitimation while placing my analysis within a wider critical debate, which includes discussio…
Governing through Biometrics
Managing identity through biometric technology has become a routine and ubiquitous practice in recent years. This book interrogates what is at stake in the merging of the body and technology for surve
Asylum, Identity Management and Biometric Control
The article addresses a particular aspect of the relationship between asylum issues and information and communication technologies (ICTs), namely the deployment and ‘function creep’ of biometrics within the field of asylum management. Current debates on this issue have been largely restricted to a technologically determinist approach that reduces the focus to problems of data misuse and privacy, precluding other pertinent ethical and political co…
Biometric citizenship
The article considers the issue of citizenship in light of the recent developments in biometric identification techniques. It aims to answer the question as to what kind of citizenship is the 'biometric citizenship'. Drawing on several empirical examples including the Iris Recognition Immigration System scheme, identity cards and current citizenship reform plans in the UK, I argue that biometric citizenship is at once a 'neoliberal citizenship' a…
Rethinking Community through Literature
Jean-Luc Nancy’s The Inoperative Community is now one of the most celebrated interventions in rethinking community beyond the traditional substantialist discourses of unity and essence. It challengingly counters contemporary articulations of both communitarianism and liberalism in order to rescue the concept of community from forms of immanentism (Nancy’s term for totalitarianism) and absolute individualism. Writing and literature feature quite p…
Immigration Interrupted
The article aims to provide an extended reflection on Michael Howard’s (former Leader of the British Conservative Party) 2005 pre-election speech on immigra- tion, in order to expose the violence and ethical corruption embedded within the political discourse and policies of immigration in Britain and elsewhere. It does so by referring to the work of Jean-Luc Nancy regarding figures of immanentism which, in the case of immigration control, functio…
Asylum, Identity Management and Biometric Control
The article addresses a particular aspect of the relationship between asylum issues and information and communication technologies (ICTs), namely the deployment and ‘function creep’ of biometrics within the field of asylum management. Current debates on this issue have been largely restricted to a technologically determinist approach that reduces the focus to problems of data misuse and privacy, precluding other pertinent ethical and political co…
Biometric citizenship
The article considers the issue of citizenship in light of the recent developments in biometric identification techniques. It aims to answer the question as to what kind of citizenship is the 'biometric citizenship'. Drawing on several empirical examples including the Iris Recognition Immigration System scheme, identity cards and current citizenship reform plans in the UK, I argue that biometric citizenship is at once a 'neoliberal citizenship' a…
Immunitarianism
As witnessed over the last year, immunity emerged as one of most highly debated topics in the current Covid-19 pandemic. Countries around the globe have been debating whether herd immunity or lockdown is the best response, as the race continues for the development and rollout of effective vaccines against coronavirus and as the economic costs of implementing strict containment measures are weighed against public health costs. What became evident …
Branding, legitimation and the power of museums
Museums and cultural developments are on the rise in the Gulf region. The United Arab Emirates is home to some of the most ambitious and extravagant museum projects in the world. In this article, I consider the example of the Louvre Abu Dhabi, exploring some of its underlying dynamics and context. I focus mainly on the relationship between branding and legitimation while placing my analysis within a wider critical debate, which includes discussio…
Metric Culture
We live in a "metric culture" where data, algorithms, and numbers play an unmistakably powerful role in defining, shaping and ruling the world we inhabit. Increasingly, governments across the globe are turning towards metric technologies to find solutions for managing various social domains such as healthcare and education. While private corporations are becoming more and more interested in the collection and analysis of data and metrics for prof…
Personal metrics
Self-tracking is becoming a prominent and ubiquitous feature in contemporary practices of health and wellness management. Over the last few years, we have witnessed a rapid development in digital tracking devices, apps and platforms, together with the emergence of health movements such as the Quantified Self. As the world is becoming increasingly ruled by metrics and data, we are becoming ever more reliant on technologies of tracking and measurem…
The Immunopolitics of Covid-19 Technologies
Since the World Health Organization declared the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) a pandemic in early 2020, many countries around the world have rushed to find and develop solutions to manage and contain the spread of coronavirus. These include mobile tracking applications, AI-driven solutions and biometric mechanisms which have quickly been adopted by many countries around the world as a way of containing the spread of the virus and detecting case…
Immigration Interrupted
The article aims to provide an extended reflection on Michael Howard’s (former Leader of the British Conservative Party) 2005 pre-election speech on immigra- tion, in order to expose the violence and ethical corruption embedded within the political discourse and policies of immigration in Britain and elsewhere. It does so by referring to the work of Jean-Luc Nancy regarding figures of immanentism which, in the case of immigration control, functio…
Rethinking Community through Literature
Jean-Luc Nancy’s The Inoperative Community is now one of the most celebrated interventions in rethinking community beyond the traditional substantialist discourses of unity and essence. It challengingly counters contemporary articulations of both communitarianism and liberalism in order to rescue the concept of community from forms of immanentism (Nancy’s term for totalitarianism) and absolute individualism. Writing and literature feature quite p…
Biometric citizenship
The article considers the issue of citizenship in light of the recent developments in biometric identification techniques. It aims to answer the question as to what kind of citizenship is the 'biometric citizenship'. Drawing on several empirical examples including the Iris Recognition Immigration System scheme, identity cards and current citizenship reform plans in the UK, I argue that biometric citizenship is at once a 'neoliberal citizenship' a…
Governing through Biometrics
Managing identity through biometric technology has become a routine and ubiquitous practice in recent years. This book interrogates what is at stake in the merging of the body and technology for surve
Asylum, Identity Management and Biometric Control
The article addresses a particular aspect of the relationship between asylum issues and information and communication technologies (ICTs), namely the deployment and ‘function creep’ of biometrics within the field of asylum management. Current debates on this issue have been largely restricted to a technologically determinist approach that reduces the focus to problems of data misuse and privacy, precluding other pertinent ethical and political co…
Branding, legitimation and the power of museums
Museums and cultural developments are on the rise in the Gulf region. The United Arab Emirates is home to some of the most ambitious and extravagant museum projects in the world. In this article, I consider the example of the Louvre Abu Dhabi, exploring some of its underlying dynamics and context. I focus mainly on the relationship between branding and legitimation while placing my analysis within a wider critical debate, which includes discussio…
Digital health and the biopolitics of the Quantified Self
Recent years have witnessed an intensive growth of systems of measurement and an increasing integration of data processes into various spheres of everyday life. From smartphone apps that measure our activity and sleep, to digital devices that monitor our health and performance at the workplace, the culture of measurement is currently on the rise. Encouraged by movements such as the Quantified Self, whose motto is ‘self knowledge through numbers’,…
Metric Culture
We live in a "metric culture" where data, algorithms, and numbers play an unmistakably powerful role in defining, shaping and ruling the world we inhabit. Increasingly, governments across the globe are turning towards metric technologies to find solutions for managing various social domains such as healthcare and education. While private corporations are becoming more and more interested in the collection and analysis of data and metrics for prof…
Personal metrics
Self-tracking is becoming a prominent and ubiquitous feature in contemporary practices of health and wellness management. Over the last few years, we have witnessed a rapid development in digital tracking devices, apps and platforms, together with the emergence of health movements such as the Quantified Self. As the world is becoming increasingly ruled by metrics and data, we are becoming ever more reliant on technologies of tracking and measurem…
Immunitarianism
As witnessed over the last year, immunity emerged as one of most highly debated topics in the current Covid-19 pandemic. Countries around the globe have been debating whether herd immunity or lockdown is the best response, as the race continues for the development and rollout of effective vaccines against coronavirus and as the economic costs of implementing strict containment measures are weighed against public health costs. What became evident …
The Immunopolitics of Covid-19 Technologies
Since the World Health Organization declared the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) a pandemic in early 2020, many countries around the world have rushed to find and develop solutions to manage and contain the spread of coronavirus. These include mobile tracking applications, AI-driven solutions and biometric mechanisms which have quickly been adopted by many countries around the world as a way of containing the spread of the virus and detecting case…
Risk consciousness and public perceptions of Covid-19 vaccine passports
In response to the global outbreak of COVID-19 in early 2020, many countries around the world have rushed to develop and implement various mechanisms, including vaccination passports, to contain the spread of the virus and manage its significant impact on heath and society. COVID-19 passports have been promoted as a way of speeding society's return to 'normal' life while protecting public health and safety. These passports, however, are not witho…
“It Could Have Been Us”
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 forced millions of Ukrainians to flee their homes and seek refuge in other countries, resulting in one of Europe’s largest refugee crises in decades. Many countries were quick to mobilise and provide the needed assistance to Ukrainians refugees. In contrast to the usual responses to asylum seekers coming from outside Europe, EU countries as well as the UK were uncharacteristically welcoming. Similarly…
Sociology (12 obras) · Political science (11 obras) · Law (8 obras) · Politics (6 obras) · Computer Science (5 obras) · Aesthetics (4 obras) · Medicine (4 obras) · Psychology (4 obras) · Biometrics (3 obras) · Computer security (3 obras)