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The role of technology in the production of urban security
Research Project
In Montevideo, urban security is produced by diverse modes of technology. ISTP’s Jonas Hagmann and UdelaR’s Diego Sanjurjo encounter mundane fortifications in residential areas, a highly sophisticated public police force, and a non-tech penitentiary on fieldwork.
ISTP Fieldwork: Securing of public space in Montevideo
Research Project
ISTP’s Jonas Hagmann and UdelaR’s Diego Sanjurjo are now on fieldwork in the Uruguayan capital of Montevideo, where they investigate the securing of public space in contexts of raising crime/homicide, statist politics and an authoritarian past
The role of politics, urban planning and technology in the production of urban security in the Nepali capital city of Kathmandu
Research Project
ISTP Senior Researcher Dr. Jonas Hagmann and his research team piece together practices of urban security production in post-conflict Nepal.