Voelcker, Becca. 2024. BBC Radio 4: Thinking Allowed: Sight and Power. [Broadcast]

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Laurie Taylor talks to Becca Voelcker, Lecturer in the Art Department at Goldsmiths, University of London, about her research into the relationship between sight and power. Everyday life is full of moments where we are seen, often without our knowledge, even in the virtual world, where cookie trails and analytics make us visible to profit making companies. Going back in time, Jeremy Bentham's panopticon depended on seeing its occupants to control them. If we cannot control who sees us today are we also being controlled? How does that square with the many moments when being seen is also a means of social recognition?

Item Type:	Broadcast
Departments, Centres and Research Units:	Art
Date:	24 September 2024
Item ID:	38054
Date Deposited:	06 Jan 2025 16:25
Last Modified:	06 Jan 2025 16:25
URI:	https://research.gold.ac.uk/id/eprint/38054

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