| ID | 124456 |
| Title Proper | Politics of disappearance |
| Other Title Information | Scanners and (unobserved) bodies as mediators of security practices |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Bellanova, Rocco ; Fuster, Gloria González |
| Publication | 2013. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | In 2008, debates over the deployment of body scanners in EU airports gave rise to imbroglios of technologies, bodies, law, and policies. Eventually, these entanglements appeared to be undone and resolved by the concealment of bodies from the screens of the machines-which had, meanwhile, been renamed security scanners. Using the concept of setting, this article describes the processes of disappearance operating among a vivid multiplicity of actants and connections and identifies three main paradoxical features characterizing them. Based on this analysis, the article advances the notion of the politics of disappearance, where heterogeneous elements-both material and immaterial, visible as well as invisible-actively contribute to the making of a security practice and, potentially, to the opening of political landscapes. |
| `In' analytical Note | International Political Sociology Vol.7, No.2; June 2013: p.188-209 |
| Journal Source | International Political Sociology Vol.7, No.2; June 2013: p.188-209 |
| Key Words | Politics ; Security Practices ; European Union ; EU ; European Commission 2008 ; European Parliament 2008 ; Politics of disappearance ; Body Scanners |