Document Type
Article
Abstract
[First paragraph]
The Panopticon is a prison that was developed in the 19th century. All of the cells face inward toward a tower. Guards sit in the tower where they can see everything that is happening within the cells. The prisoners cannot see the guards. They do not even know if a guard is in the tower or not. The prisoners feel watched whether they are being watched or not. As such, they internalize the notion of being watched and become their own guards.
Repository Citation
Herman, Esther. "My Life in the Panopticon: Blogging From Iran." Reconstruction: Studies in Contemporary Culture vol. 6, no. 4, 2006, pp. 1–4. https://digitalcommons.odu.edu/reconstruction/vol6/iss4/4
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