States of Surveillance (ONLINE)

from $25.00

**This course is in-person only. There is no virtual component. Participants must be age 21+

Full Tuition: $340 — Sliding-scale tuition options are available in the drop-down enrollment menu for you to self-select. To pay in installments, choose to pay with PayPal or Klarna at check out.

New technologies have made us increasingly aware that we’re being constantly tracked, but surveillance has been a key feature of the modern state since its inception. In this course, we’ll study how surveillance is built into the key institutions we associate with modernity, such as the family, the school, the workplace, the prison, and even public space. You’ll come away from this class understanding how the current moment represents a consolidation of this longer process.

We’ll explore how discourses from national security to the protection of children have historically served to justify and normalize a constant state of surveillance, sowing division between people and punishing the most vulnerable. We’ll examine how surveillance technologies often present themselves as a mundane and even necessary feature of our everyday lives as citizens and consumers. We’ll consider how even the most skeptical of us has been trained to do the work of the state by policing ourselves and others. And we’ll ask whether surveillance can be used for beneficial or anti-state ends.

This class consists of short lectures combined with small and large group discussion. It includes approximately 30 pages of out-of-class reading per week.

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The Fine Print

Gift certificates may only be redeemed at the full tuition tier.

SLIDING SCALE TUITION

We now offer an early-bird low-tier tuition special as a way of incentivizing early enrollment. This is available up to 4 weeks before the class begins. Early enrollment allows us to gauge if a course will meet the minimum number of students required to run the course.

Full tuition is the cost per-student of running the class. If you choose a tier below full tuition, you are receiving a discount. If you choose to make a donation in addition to full tuition, you are helping to cover the cost for students who are not able to pay the full amount.

The mid-level tier is a discounted rate for people whose household income is at or above living wage but who have limited discretionary income.

The low-level tier and the full-scholarship tier are for people whose household income is below living wage or who need extra assistance to meet their needs.

SCHOLARSHIPS

Through our fundraising efforts, we are able to offer three full scholarships per class. The full-scholarship tier is a nonrefundable offering. Each student may only take one full-scholarship class at a time. Because our scholarship funding is limited, if a student selects multiple overlapping classes at the full-scholarship level, they will be disenrolled from all classes.

All sliding-scale and scholarship needs are self-assessed, and we will never request or require proof of need.

Please see our FAQ for more information, including installment plans, refund policy, and sick and inclement weather policy.

Sliding-Scale Tuition:

**This course is in-person only. There is no virtual component. Participants must be age 21+

Full Tuition: $340 — Sliding-scale tuition options are available in the drop-down enrollment menu for you to self-select. To pay in installments, choose to pay with PayPal or Klarna at check out.

New technologies have made us increasingly aware that we’re being constantly tracked, but surveillance has been a key feature of the modern state since its inception. In this course, we’ll study how surveillance is built into the key institutions we associate with modernity, such as the family, the school, the workplace, the prison, and even public space. You’ll come away from this class understanding how the current moment represents a consolidation of this longer process.

We’ll explore how discourses from national security to the protection of children have historically served to justify and normalize a constant state of surveillance, sowing division between people and punishing the most vulnerable. We’ll examine how surveillance technologies often present themselves as a mundane and even necessary feature of our everyday lives as citizens and consumers. We’ll consider how even the most skeptical of us has been trained to do the work of the state by policing ourselves and others. And we’ll ask whether surveillance can be used for beneficial or anti-state ends.

This class consists of short lectures combined with small and large group discussion. It includes approximately 30 pages of out-of-class reading per week.

—

The Fine Print

Gift certificates may only be redeemed at the full tuition tier.

SLIDING SCALE TUITION

We now offer an early-bird low-tier tuition special as a way of incentivizing early enrollment. This is available up to 4 weeks before the class begins. Early enrollment allows us to gauge if a course will meet the minimum number of students required to run the course.

Full tuition is the cost per-student of running the class. If you choose a tier below full tuition, you are receiving a discount. If you choose to make a donation in addition to full tuition, you are helping to cover the cost for students who are not able to pay the full amount.

The mid-level tier is a discounted rate for people whose household income is at or above living wage but who have limited discretionary income.

The low-level tier and the full-scholarship tier are for people whose household income is below living wage or who need extra assistance to meet their needs.

SCHOLARSHIPS

Through our fundraising efforts, we are able to offer three full scholarships per class. The full-scholarship tier is a nonrefundable offering. Each student may only take one full-scholarship class at a time. Because our scholarship funding is limited, if a student selects multiple overlapping classes at the full-scholarship level, they will be disenrolled from all classes.

All sliding-scale and scholarship needs are self-assessed, and we will never request or require proof of need.

Please see our FAQ for more information, including installment plans, refund policy, and sick and inclement weather policy.