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Security and social ‘sorting’

Security and social ‘sorting’ The discourses of surveillance are central to international tourism, itself concernedwith mobilities and flows between inter-modal facilities such as train stations,ferry ports and airports – where the most diverse forms of surveillanceare found. This article puts surveillance under scrutiny, discussing the‘new surveillance’ and (through an exploration of the nature ofairport surveillance) reviewing the implications of the ‘panopticsort’ for tourism experiences, practices, and studies. The articleconcludes that there is an opportunity to locate tourism studies in the vanguard ofsocial science explorations of the ethical and socio-cultural relationships thatcharacterize the dynamics between surveillance and the body. In suggesting an agendafor study of the surveillance–tourism dialectic, it also contends thatsuch examinations could further broaden the theorization of the gaze(s) in tourism studies. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Tourist Studies: An International Journal SAGE

Security and social ‘sorting’

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1468-7976
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Abstract

The discourses of surveillance are central to international tourism, itself concernedwith mobilities and flows between inter-modal facilities such as train stations,ferry ports and airports – where the most diverse forms of surveillanceare found. This article puts surveillance under scrutiny, discussing the‘new surveillance’ and (through an exploration of the nature ofairport surveillance) reviewing the implications of the ‘panopticsort’ for tourism experiences, practices, and studies. The articleconcludes that there is an opportunity to locate tourism studies in the vanguard ofsocial science explorations of the ethical and socio-cultural relationships thatcharacterize the dynamics between surveillance and the body. In suggesting an agendafor study of the surveillance–tourism dialectic, it also contends thatsuch examinations could further broaden the theorization of the gaze(s) in tourism studies.

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Tourist Studies: An International Journal – SAGE

Published: Aug 1, 2005

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