TY - JOUR
T1 - On the aesthetic production of atmospheres
T2 - The rhetorical workings of biopower at The CELL
AU - Ott, Brian L.
AU - Bean, Hamilton
AU - Marin, Kellie
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 National Communication Association.
PY - 2016/10/1
Y1 - 2016/10/1
N2 - Drawing upon Foucault’s notion of biopower and Böhme’s theory of atmospheres, we analyze The Counterterrorism Education Learning Lab (The CELL), a nonprofit institution in Denver, Colorado dedicated to preventing terrorism. Specifically, we argue that The CELL rhetorically induces visitors to submit to and actively participate in continuous surveillance by subjecting them to a strategic succession of atmospheres that affectively and emotively enlists their bodies in its cause. This largely material rhetoric utilizes the design aesthetics of controlled movement, simulation, interactivity, and pseudodialogue. We conclude by reflecting on the implications for rhetorical and security studies.
AB - Drawing upon Foucault’s notion of biopower and Böhme’s theory of atmospheres, we analyze The Counterterrorism Education Learning Lab (The CELL), a nonprofit institution in Denver, Colorado dedicated to preventing terrorism. Specifically, we argue that The CELL rhetorically induces visitors to submit to and actively participate in continuous surveillance by subjecting them to a strategic succession of atmospheres that affectively and emotively enlists their bodies in its cause. This largely material rhetoric utilizes the design aesthetics of controlled movement, simulation, interactivity, and pseudodialogue. We conclude by reflecting on the implications for rhetorical and security studies.
KW - Aesthetics
KW - Affect
KW - Atmospheres
KW - Biopower
KW - Security
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84976902699&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/14791420.2016.1195505
DO - 10.1080/14791420.2016.1195505
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84976902699
SN - 1479-1420
VL - 13
SP - 346
EP - 362
JO - Communication and Critical/ Cultural Studies
JF - Communication and Critical/ Cultural Studies
IS - 4
ER -