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<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>richard pemberton<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> 03 February 2008 21:57<br>
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<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [COMMUNITYPSYCHUK]
Foucaults position on Blackberries</span></font><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<h1 style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><font size=4
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-weight:normal'>The
disciplinary office and the anti-blackberry movement <o:p></o:p></span></font></b></h1>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Posted 9th January 2008 at 10:07 by <a
href="http://www.bizface.co.uk/bizfaceforum/blogs/royston/" target="_blank"><font
color="#9a0000"><span style='color:#9A0000'>Royston</span></font></a> <br>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>A blackberry is one of those possessions, a fashion accessory, that
say's more about the social aspirations of the owner than in the supposed work
ethic they are trying to project. Like a platinum American Express card that
offers little extra benefit compared to the 'ordinary' green version other than
the ownership and the symbolic of display of the card that announces: 'I am a big
shot'. In this case usually placed on the counter with a suitable flourish for
the maximum of effect with an audience present just before the clerk behind the
desk deflates the whole moment with a 'we don't accept those here sir'.<br>
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In the mythical Blackberry world the symbolic display of the device announces:
'I am indispensable', 'I'm a big shot', 'I am so important that I receive
emails 24/7 so I can make world changing decisions' (no you are not). It
becomes almost a ritual on the train, sit down, roll the thumbwheel - and then
the Blackberryite attempts to peer at a small screen to thumb-type in some
inane response to a colleague. Probably also sitting on some other train on
their way to their office peering into a similarly small screen enacting a drama
and playacting at work. I have received these messages stripped of context with
useless content - usually a simple acknowledgement of some minor nature but in
reality announcing to me (as if I cared) that they 'working' and able to
respond immediately.<br>
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There is also a darker side to the use of mobile technology which is an
extension in this post modern world of the disciplinary office and the rise of
surveillance at work. We are all aware of Foucault's use of the Bentham's
Panoptican:<br>
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<i><span style='font-style:italic'>The idea behind the panoptican prison was to
enforce behavior and sense of control. 'The arrangement of his room, opposite
the central tower, imposes on him an axial visibility; but the divisions of the
ring, those separated cells, imply a lateral invisibility. <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>And this invisibility (that) is a guarantee of order.</span></b>
If the inmates are convicts, there is no danger of a plot, an attempt at
collective escape, the planning of new crimes for the future, bad reciprocal
influences … if they are schoolchildren, there is no copying, no noise, no
chatter, no waste of time; if they are workers, there are no disorders, no
theft, no coalitions, <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>none of the
distractions that slow down the rate of work</span></b>. </span></i>(Foucault,
Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison.)<br>
<br>
The important point was that it was not necessary to have a visible guard
walking the corridors - it was enough to know the possibility of supervision
and this led to self discipline and control (of the prisoners, schoolchildren
and workers) that reinforced and re-stated the use of power that caused
compliance.<br>
<br>
I see in the use of Blackberries, and other similar gadgets, an extension of
the disciplinary office - controlling people in time and space - ensuring their
availability to work at whatever time it is and wherever they are physically.
Even on the train, in their homes or during their 'free' time they are
available for work. Not self-motivated to work but self-supervised and self-
disciplined into performing at the beck and call of and subject to the
invisible supervisory power of the modern office.<br>
<br>
What Blackberryites are doing is giving up their agency and freedom, becoming a
slave to a control mechanism that is not materially different to the electronic
tag sometimes used to monitor and control the movements of ASBO bound kids.<br>
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Royston - a spokesperson of the popular front for the liberation from
Blackberries<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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