Wide Area Motion Imagery and the Colonial Antecedents of Surveillance

Dados Bibliográficos

ID12980948
AutoresDinesh Napal (Washington College, autor correspondente)
Ano2023
Volume16
Fascículo3
Páginas116-127
Data de publicação2023-10-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoJournal of Strategic Security (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1944-0464 • E-ISSN: 1944-0472
EditoraUniversity of South Florida Libraries (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.5038/1944-0472.16.3.2140
OpenAlexW4387267645
IdiomaEN
Referências citadas18

Wide area motion imagery (WAMI) technologies are procured by federal and state security institutions across the United States, due to their capacity to surveil at an extraordinary scale. Innovation in WAMI development seeks to make them more compact or convenient to use and employ in a variety of situations. The increased use of WAMI, particularly through uncrewed aerial combat vehicle (UCAV) systems and operations, is able to render visible people, communities, and behaviors at an unprecedented level. This has implications for individuals’ and communities’ perception of surveillance and the ontology of security. The experience of being secured or kept safe is brought about through the surveillance apparatus, which imposes an unending gaze upon the secured population. This article argues that WAMI technology replicates the totalizing gaze of colonial surveillance architecture, and its deployment in areas such as Baltimore and Dayton, reifies disciplinary boundaries around legitimate behavior in law enforcement and warfare

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