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Biopower, racialization and new security technology.

From fingerprinting in colonial contexts to scientific racism, and from face recognition pioneers to contemporary multi-modal surveillance, biometric security has long been connected to processes of racialization. Using both contemporary and historical examples, this article explores the rollout of...

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Published in:Social Identities Vol. 18; no. 5; pp. 593 - 608
Main Author: Maguire, Mark
Format: Article
Published: Taylor & Francis Ltd Sep2012
Subjects:
Iraq
Racialization
Racism
Imperialism
Human fingerprints
Biometric identification
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