| ID | 167397 |
| Title Proper | Surveillance, Spying and Disciplining the University |
| Other Title Information | Deployment of State Security Agents on Campus in Zimbabwe |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Gukurume, Simbarashe |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | This article examines the deployment of government spies and state security agents on a university campus in Zimbabwe and the implications this has on knowledge production at the university. The campus is presented as a socio-political space in which everyday political struggles are fought. I argue that surveillance is an intractable part of the rhythms of everyday life on campus, and a very specific form of ‘bio-power’, ‘biopolitics’ and violence meant to discipline students and lecturers, as well as the ways in which knowledge is produced and sedimented. Habitualisation of surveillance and fear of surveillance generate Foucauldian ‘panopticon’: producing ‘self-censorship’ on campus. |
| `In' analytical Note | Journal of Asian and African Studies Vol. 54, No.5; Aug 2019: p.763-779 |
| Journal Source | Journal of Asian and African Studies 2019-07 54, 5 |
| Key Words | Surveillance ; Militarisation ; Academic freedom ; State Violence ; Student Politics ; Government Spies |