From birth registers to passports to court systems and prisons, states have mobilized technology to survey their citizens and subjects. Today, such capacity is increasingly wielded by private corporations, at times in concert with or at the behest of states. This research field concerns the use of technology—by states or by corporations—to track populations.
Brian Jefferson highlights key concepts and discussions on information technology, surveillance, carceral governance, and border patrol. Specifically, this field review explores the evolution of information communication technology and racial surveillance from the late nineteenth century until the present.
Amelia Gibson and Rua Williams explore academic scholarship and public discussion around disability access and accessibility and problematize the idea that disabled people truly have access to technology in contexts where they do not control technology.
