Open AccessDisciplinary Power, the Oligopticon and Rhizomatic Surveillance in Elite Sports Academies
Author(s) -
Andrew Manley,
Catherine Palmer,
Martin Roderick
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
surveillance and society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.781
H-Index - 46
ISSN - 1477-7487
DOI - 10.24908/ss.v10i3/4.4281
Subject(s) - elite , panopticon , sociology , institution , context (archaeology) , corporate governance , relevance (law) , biopower , power (physics) , discipline , identity (music) , politics , situated , governmentality , representation (politics) , public relations , political science , social science , aesthetics , law , management , history , computer science , philosophy , physics , archaeology , quantum mechanics , artificial intelligence , economics
This article aims to apply a post-panoptic view of surveillance within the context of elite sport. Latour’s (2005) ‘oligopticon’ and Deleuze and Guttari’s (2003) ‘rhizomatic’ notion of surveillance networks are adopted to question the relevance and significance of Foucault’s (1979) conceptualisation of surveillance within an elite sports academy setting. A contemporary representation of bio-politics (Rose 1999, 2001) is further utilised to discern the mode of governance and control effective within such institutions. In so doing, this article seeks to understand the evolving methods of surveillance technology and governance and how they are situated within the setting of a contemporary institution. Such considerations aim to provoke a line of questioning surrounding the normalisation of intrusive surveillance practices and their impact upon identity construction and an authentic sense of self.