Jean-Michel Basquiat Jean-Michel Basquiat was a painter and a graffiti artist. His work is mostly composed of graffiti‚ paintings on canvas and other mixed media compositions. Basquiat seemed interesting because‚ even though he did not live a long time‚ his life seemed to be filled with drama. His works seem interesting because they have a story behind them and they are supposed to be very political. Jean-Michel Basquiat was born on December 22‚ 1960‚ in Brooklyn‚ NY. Basquiat ’s mother‚ Matilde
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“Stop and Frisk” “Stop and Frisk” has been a very controversial method of policing over the last few years in New York city because of its associations with racial profiling. It has been used as a tool for the government to attempt to reduce crime in a preemptive way by using reasonable suspicion to stop‚ question‚ search‚ and if necessary‚ detain any citizen the officer chooses. Statistically‚ almost 90% of stop and frisk suspects in New York city were found to have nothing incriminating and were
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Earth" like Foucault’s "Discipline and Punish" question the basic assumptions that underlie society. Both books writers come from vastly different perspectives and this shapes what both authors see as the technologies that keep the populace in line. Foucault coming out of the French intellectual class sees technologies as prisons‚ family‚ mental institutions‚ and other institutions and cultural traits of French society. In contrast Frantz Fanon (1925-1961) born in Martinique into a lower middle class
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Analysis: “Panopticism” and “Our Secret” In Michael Foucault’s reading on “Panopticism” he breaks down the social/economical systems and explains that society’s mentality on the law system. He answers the “why question” in a way certain individuals act and think as they do. Many times his explanation is much branched off into a different level of thinking. In one paragraph in “Panopticism”‚ a disciplinary mechanism is described‚ which is considered the best way for one person to be punished
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Foucault stage of presentation focuses on the strict and powerful structure of society. This includes heavy surveillance‚ strict discipline‚ as well as routine such as role call. All of these things are a part of the quarantine process due to a plague. The point of the stages of presentation is to attempt to create an understanding in regards to power and knowledge‚ as well as how they can relate to one another. It could be said that Foucault’s argument is regarding similarities in our society compared
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foundation for questioning historical accuracy and the idea of objectivity. Can there be truth when the words and language of the “objective” observer is unintentionally dripping in their own personal‚ social‚ and political agendas? Through the works of Foucault and Deerdas‚ who get at the heart of this very question‚ historians are encouraged to reject the Enlightenment project‚ and look deeper into historical evidence to interrogate the structure and organization of the text‚ its vocabulary‚ and hidden
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When people are in a constant state of fear they are subjected to following orders and obey every instruction given to them. As cities become increasingly larger and prisons are constantly filling up‚ policing and monitoring has become more difficult to handle. Also‚ even the innocent locations of common suburbia experience these conditions Numerous concepts trying to address this problem have been published In George Orwell’s popular novel 1984 there is constant mention of an entity that instills
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reality and truth by analysing the particular historical and social context. (Foucault‚ 1972). There are many different types of discourse analysis. One of them is the Foucauldian discourse analysis that has its own assumptions‚ emphasis and methods. Foucauldian discourse analysis is considered to be the most relevant one for contemporary analysis in the social sciences. It is based on the ideas of Foucault. Foucault showed the influence that power relationships have on the shaping of the individual
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Bibliography: Allan‚ S. (1999)‚ ‘News culture’ Open University Press Ahmed‚ A. (1992)‚ ‘Postmodernism And Islam: Predicament And Promise’ Routledge. Foucault‚ M. (1980)‚ ‘Power/knowledge’ Brighton: Harvester. Foucault‚ M Gramsci‚ A. (1975)‚ ‘Prison Notebook’ Columbia University Press. Hall‚ S. (1997)‚ ‘Representation: cultural representations and signifying practices’ Sage Judd
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early nineteenth century. Its origins are mixed. it is the general principle of a new ‘political anatomy’ whose object and end are not the relations of sovereignty but the relations of discipline. According to Foucault‚ the primary difference between Bentham’s Panopticon and the "disciplinary mechanism" of panopticism is that the Panopticon is a physical architectural utopia in which discipline is enforced and panopticism enforces discipline
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