Lecture one
Notes
1926-1984 Michel Foucault uses a building as metaphor for discipline.
Madment were always free (village idiots) until 2nd half of 17th centure. At this point mad men were seen as bad people.
Late 1600's 'the great confinement' 'houses of correction' were made for mad men and criminals. They were made to work in these houses. To bring down unemployment.
In time this was seen as an error. Too much corruption in the 'houses of corruption'
17th century birth of the asylum, now controlling through mental ways instead of physical (making them work).
17th century there were breakthroughs in knowledge and medicine.
Discipline-pillory, stuck in wood, people throw tomatoes and spit at you
-public hangings
visible discipline was a warning to other people-guy fawkes was hung drawn and quartered, major warning.
Now discipline is through surveilance and monitoring.
Foucault thinks surveilance keeps us in check. Discipline makes us more useful, moulds us to be better people.
Jeremy Benthams, designed the panopticon-1791
the panopticon is a prison which all cells are on a outter circle and in the centre of the building is a guard tower. All cells have no front wall just bars so the guard tower can view every cell in the prison. This is the opposite of a dungeon, instead prisoners are always on view which makes them constantly paranoid which in turn makes them behave. The guard tower has shutters so the prisoners cant tell when they are being watched. This means they are making themselves behave because they are under the illusion that someone is watching them.
'the panopticon internalises in the individual the conscious state he is always being watched'
Today we are always under surveilance which works in the same principles as the panopticon, we are paranoid that someone is watching us, so we behave.
Foucault thinks western societies are powered by panopticism rather then a ruler.
Panopticon is a way of training out bodies to behave and fit into society.

Relationship between power, knowledge and the body.
Discipline on ourselves eg frenzy about the gym
Nazi were into fitness-fitter society is the more we can put into society.
TV propaganda-tv plays on our minds almost brainwashing us.
foucault and power 'the exercise of power relies on there being the capacity for power to be resisted'-no power no resistance.
1984.-bruce nauman/vitoaconci (following piece)/chris burden(samson)