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Spectacle and Technology: Examining the Change in Consciousness

Explore the concept of spectacle, its importance, and its influence on society. Analyze Debord's hallmarks of spectacle and Habermas's theory of the public sphere. Discuss the characteristics and implications of the panopticon as a technological fix for punishment.

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Spectacle and Technology: Examining the Change in Consciousness

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  1. Attack of the Superzeroes Or is the change in consciousness brought about by speed really a change in self consciousness?

  2. HUMA 2920 Final Exam Monday, 11 April 2005 9 a.m. - noon Tait MacKenzie Building, Main Gym

  3. Exam format and instructions: • Three short answer and two essay questions • Answer ALL THREE short answer questions • Answer TWO of four available essay questions • Come on time with working pens and some form of photo identification • Do not turn over the exam until instructed to do so

  4. Exam review - module listing: • Module 4 - Technological device and socio-cultural relations • Module 5 - Public sphere, social spaces, politics and IT • Module 6 - Meta/physics of techology

  5. Questions about spectacle that we talked about: • What is spectacle ? • Why is it important? • Whose interests does it serve? • What do we learn from spectacles? How might they influence us? • Why should we be wary of them?

  6. Debord’s hallmarks of spectacle • Hegemony becomes reality through simplicity and repetition • Distraction. Amuse, don’t challenge • Consumption is the only action • Public becomes private

  7. Habermas’s theory of the public sphere: • Open to persons • Free of coercion • A place of free assembly and speech • An outlet for rational discussion and debate

  8. A place where “private persons come together to form a public.”Who is a person? What is a public?

  9. Characteristics of the panopticon • Prisoners are visible to those in charge, but invisible to each other • The constant possibility of surveillance takes the place of actual constant surveillance • Power is visible (represented) and unverifiable (you are being watched, but not sure when)

  10. What technological fix does the panopticon offer for punishment? • First, to punish • Second, to train through disciplining us to participate in the larger panoptic world • Third, to use the panopticon to learn how to do 1 and 2 better • Fourth, by finally creating a mindset that ‘fits’ so that we regulate ourselves

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