July 14, 2021

Health Crisis, Amplified Digital Surveillance

At a time when the extension of the health pass is being debated in France, my article on the health crisis and its effects on digital surveillance has just been published in the journal Political Anthropological Research on International Social Sciences (PARISS). It is the continuation of work begun in spring 2020 with an article published in French in Le Monde diplomatique and a …

May 7, 2020

The State and Digital Surveillance in Times of the Covid-19 Pandemic

First published for the CERI’s series on the COVID-19 pandemic. Last February, as the COVID-19 epidemic was in full swing in China, the world watched in amazement Chinese public authorities enforce drastic measures to curb the spread of the epidemic. In parallel with the generalised containment measures implemented in Hubei province, the Chinese government set up an impressive techno-police apparatus. Designed in partnership with the …