Urban Surveillance in Mexico

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Author(s): Nelson Botello (Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México, Mexico)
Copyright: 2011
Pages: 17
Source title: ICTs for Mobile and Ubiquitous Urban Infrastructures: Surveillance, Locative Media and Global Networks
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Rodrigo J. Firmino (Pontifical Catholic University of Parana, Brazil), Fabio Duarte (Pontifical Catholic University, Brazil)and Clovis Ultramari (Pontifical Catholic University, Brazil)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60960-051-8.ch019

Keywords: Information Science Reference / Media & Communications / Mobile and Wireless Computing / Mobile Computing

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In this chapter, the symbolic cultural dimension of technology and surveillance technologies in two cities and two commercial centers in central Mexico will be explored, especially the various Closed Circuit Television Systems (CCTV). This will allow the analysis of the way in which these technologies have made viable specific ways of sorting and governance of public and private spaces in the country. This document then examines the relationship established between the symbolic meanings given to these surveillance technologies in said urban spaces. Included is a series of observations and interviews of those in charge of these systems.

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