Anne Flynn, Barbara
(2012)
The surveillance gaze : women's perceptions and
experiences within urban space.
PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.
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Abstract
This thesis is concerned with exploring women's experiences of formal and informal surveillance practices within the specific context of urban space. The focus of the research is to address two questions: What impact do surveillance practices have on women's perceptions and experiences of their inclusion within urban space? How is the socio spatial ordering aspect of surveillance mediated by gender? In order to begin this process of exploration, - the thesis considers normative ~', =. assumptions about surveillance practices within the UK which are informed by a 'nothing to hide, nothing to fear' ethos.. This justification fails to acknowledge or explore the social ordering capacity enabled by one of the worlds most technologically advanced surveillance systems. This thesis explores gender as a primary social ordering category and explores how the power dynamics inherent in gender relations are played out within the context of urban space. The thesis explores how the changing nature of 'public' and 'private' impacts on the experience of equal ,t' access within the arena of 'public' space. The influences of surveillance practices and existing gender relations on the processes involved in developing regenerated urban space are explored, alongside constantly shifting boundaries of 'public' /' private' enabled by surveillance technologies.
| Item Type: | Thesis (PhD) |
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| Depositing User: | Symplectic Admin |
| Date Deposited: | 19 Oct 2023 17:53 |
| Last Modified: | 19 Oct 2023 18:02 |
| DOI: | 10.17638/03174242 |
| Copyright Statement: | Copyright © and Moral Rights for this thesis and any accompanying data (where applicable) are retained by the author and/or other copyright owners. A copy can be downloaded for personal non-commercial research or study, without prior permission or charge |
| URI: | https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3174242 |
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