Street mirrors, surveillance, and urban communities in early modern Finland
Dados Bibliográficos
| AUTOR(ES) | |
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| AFILIAÇÃO(ÕES) | University of Oulu, Indiana University School of Social Work, Department of Anthropology, School of Social Science, University of Aberdeen, Scotland, Amsterdam UMC - University of Amsterdam |
| ANO | 2014 |
| TIPO | Artigo |
| PERIÓDICO | Journal of Material Culture |
| ISSN | 1359-1835 |
| E-ISSN | 1460-3586 |
| EDITORA | Annual Reviews (United States) |
| DOI | 10.1177/1359183514521923 |
| ADICIONADO EM | 2025-08-18 |
| MD5 |
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Resumo
This article discusses street mirrors or 'gossip mirrors', in terms of urban social relations and surveillance. Street mirrors were introduced to coastal towns in Sweden and Finland in the 18th and early 19th centuries and may still be found in well-preserved towns with historic wooden centres. The authors argue that the introduction of monitoring and spying devices, such as street mirrors, occurred in the 18th century due to increased urban populations and feelings of insecurity caused by greater regional and transnational mobility. Mirrors, in this sense, were one material mechanism in the process of modernization and the development of individuality.