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    Jean-Michel Basquiat

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    Jean-Michel Basquiat Jean-Michel Basquiat was a painter and a graffiti artist. His work is mostly composed of graffiti‚ paintings on canvas and other mixed media compositions. Basquiat seemed interesting because‚ even though he did not live a long time‚ his life seemed to be filled with drama. His works seem interesting because they have a story behind them and they are supposed to be very political. Jean-Michel Basquiat was born on December 22‚ 1960‚ in Brooklyn‚ NY. Basquiat ’s mother‚ Matilde

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    “Stop and Frisk” “Stop and Frisk” has been a very controversial method of policing over the last few years in New York city because of its associations with racial profiling. It has been used as a tool for the government to attempt to reduce crime in a preemptive way by using reasonable suspicion to stop‚ question‚ search‚ and if necessary‚ detain any citizen the officer chooses. Statistically‚ almost 90% of stop and frisk suspects in New York city were found to have nothing incriminating and were

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    Analysis: “Panopticism” and “Our Secret” In Michael Foucault’s reading on “Panopticism” he breaks down the social/economical systems and explains that society’s mentality on the law system. He answers the “why question” in a way certain individuals act and think as they do. Many times his explanation is much branched off into a different level of thinking. In one paragraph in “Panopticism”‚ a disciplinary mechanism is described‚ which is considered the best way for one person to be punished

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    Foucault stage of presentation focuses on the strict and powerful structure of society. This includes heavy surveillance‚ strict discipline‚ as well as routine such as role call. All of these things are a part of the quarantine process due to a plague. The point of the stages of presentation is to attempt to create an understanding in regards to power and knowledge‚ as well as how they can relate to one another. It could be said that Foucault’s argument is regarding similarities in our society compared

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    In his book‚ Normal Life‚ Dean Spade (2011)‚ following Foucault presents an understanding of power. In referenced to the perpetrator/victim mode of power Spade (2011) highlights that there will be a wrong that needs to be rectify by punishing the individual deemed responsible for the harm (102). In this way of looking at power‚ the “perpetrator” is the scapegoat for systems like racism‚ sexism‚ ableism‚ and transphobia that are responsible for the “victims” situation (Spade‚ 104). In other words

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    Discourse Analysis

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    reality and truth by analysing the particular historical and social context. (Foucault‚ 1972). There are many different types of discourse analysis. One of them is the Foucauldian discourse analysis that has its own assumptions‚ emphasis and methods. Foucauldian discourse analysis is considered to be the most relevant one for contemporary analysis in the social sciences. It is based on the ideas of Foucault. Foucault showed the influence that power relationships have on the shaping of the individual

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    Dergisi 10 (2007): 126-32. Federici‚ Silvia. Caliban and the Witch. A K Press Distribution‚ 2004. Fineman‚ Martha. "Feminist Theory and Law." Journal of Law & Public Policy 18‚ no. 2 (March 1‚ 1995). Foucault‚ M. The History of Sexuality: An Introduction. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group‚ 1990. Foucault‚ M.‚ M. Bertani‚ A. Fontana‚ F. Ewald‚ and D. Macey. "Society Must Be Defended": Lectures at the Collège De France‚ 1975-1976 (2009): 145-66. Göle‚ Nilüfer. Modern Mahrem: Medeniyet Ve Örtünme. Istanbul:

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    foundation for questioning historical accuracy and the idea of objectivity. Can there be truth when the words and language of the “objective” observer is unintentionally dripping in their own personal‚ social‚ and political agendas? Through the works of Foucault and Deerdas‚ who get at the heart of this very question‚ historians are encouraged to reject the Enlightenment project‚ and look deeper into historical evidence to interrogate the structure and organization of the text‚ its vocabulary‚ and hidden

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    When people are in a constant state of fear they are subjected to following orders and obey every instruction given to them. As cities become increasingly larger and prisons are constantly filling up‚ policing and monitoring has become more difficult to handle. Also‚ even the innocent locations of common suburbia experience these conditions Numerous concepts trying to address this problem have been published In George Orwell’s popular novel 1984 there is constant mention of an entity that instills

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    Panopticism

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    early nineteenth century. Its origins are mixed. it is the general principle of a new ‘political anatomy’ whose object and end are not the relations of sovereignty but the relations of discipline. According to Foucault‚ the primary difference between Bentham’s Panopticon and the "disciplinary mechanism" of panopticism is that the Panopticon is a physical architectural utopia in which discipline is enforced and panopticism enforces discipline

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