A POSTMODERN PANOPTICON - THE ROYAL COMMISSION INTO ABORIGINAL DEATHSIN CUSTODY

Authors
SACKETT L
Citation
L. Sackett, A POSTMODERN PANOPTICON - THE ROYAL COMMISSION INTO ABORIGINAL DEATHSIN CUSTODY, Australian journal of social issues, 28(3), 1993, pp. 229-244
Citations number
20
Categorie Soggetti
Social Issues
Journal title
Australian journal of social issues → ACNP
ISSN journal
01576321
Volume
28
Issue
3
Year of publication
1993
Pages
229 - 244
Database
ISI
SICI code
0157-6321(1993)28:3<229:APP-TR>2.0.ZU;2-7
Abstract
In this paper I examine the Deaths in Custody Royal Commission from a Foucauldian perspective. I argue that the inquiry was an(other) act of state surveillance, and that many of the recommendations, if implemen ted, would further extend the scrutiny of Aboriginal lives. Additional ly, I consider the way the 'individualizing knowledge' (Foucault 1979, p. 126) of the decreased was used to control the interpretation of th eir deaths.