“its known and unknown powers / to bind and dissociate”: Forensic Surveillance and the Policing of Biology

Featuring Shoshana Magnet, Cara Page, Rori Rohlfs, and Harriet Washington. Moderated by Anthony Ureña.

“its known and unknown powers / to bind and dissociate”: Forensic Surveillance and the Policing of Biology was recorded on February 17, 2018 at the 43rd Annual Scholar & Feminist Conference, “Subverting Surveillance: Strategies to End State Violence.” For more visit the conference page.

Title quote from Adrienne Rich, “USonian Journals 2000: Mission Statement,” The School Among the Ruins: 2000-2004 (New York: Norton, 2004).

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