Surveillance and Privacy

Relevance:

Relevance:

- Prompts discussion of the ways human behavior has historically been and continues to be recorded toward a number of ends - surveillance, control, power, security, etc.

- Investigates the ways viewers of all visual media can be implicated in the act of surveillance and voyeurism (and how those acts are often gendered and racialized)

- Questions the power dynamics between artist/subject and subject/viewer

- Enhances visual literacy and observation skills, providing students with skills needed to grasp all available information and form well-rounded conclusions

- Demonstrates importance of concision and clarity in written and spoken language through exercises in describing what students see, preparing students to effectively communicate ideas and research findings

Subthemes:

- Viewer as Voyeur

- Surveillance & Racial Profiling

- Intimacy & Privacy