The Digitalisation of Bentham's Panopticon

Student report (2020)

Authors

P.T. Maurer Architecture and the Built Environment

Contributors

B. Hausleitner Urban Design - Architecture and the Built Environment (mentor)
G. Bracken Spatial Planning and Strategy - Architecture and the Built Environment (mentor)
Faculty
Architecture and the Built Environment, Architecture and the Built Environment
Copyright: © 2020 Patrick Maurer
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Published Date

03-11-2020

Language

English

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Architecture and the Built Environment

Abstract

Has the pandemic transformed our working environment into a digital panopticon, and how close is this idea to the one of Bentham's panopticon described in Foucault's book "Discipline and Punish, the birth of the prison"?
This research paper compares the modern smart-working environment and the digitalization of our social interaction with the prison designed by Bentham. Even if most of the similarities can be found on the conceptual level, analyzing and reflecting on analogies in the spatial correspondences became increasingly relevant.

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