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Introduction Introduction
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Foucault: Techne and Technology Foucault: Techne and Technology
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Foucault: ‘Ghost’ in the Automate/Informate Debate Foucault: ‘Ghost’ in the Automate/Informate Debate
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Foucault and Disciplining ‘Information Systems’ Foucault and Disciplining ‘Information Systems’
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Assessing Foucault's Use in IS Studies Assessing Foucault's Use in IS Studies
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Foucault and ICTs in Organization and Management Studies Foucault and ICTs in Organization and Management Studies
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Foucault, ICTs, and Surveillance Foucault, ICTs, and Surveillance
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From Mode of Information to Network Society and Cyberstudies From Mode of Information to Network Society and Cyberstudies
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Conclusion Conclusion
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Notes Notes
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References References
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7 ‘Everything is Dangerous’: Rethinking Michel Foucault and the Social Study of ICT
Get accessLeslie P. Willcocks is Professor of Technology, Work and Globalization at the Information Systems Group, Department of Management, London School of Economics and Political Science.
Eleni Lioliou is currently pursuing her Ph.D. research at LSE. Her research has been funded by the Karelia Foundation, Leventis Foundation, and the LSE. She holds a B.Sc., a B.A., an M.Litt., an M.Sc., and an M.Phil. She has worked as a research assistant for the LSE, University of Warwick and the University of Loughborough, as well as a teaching assistant at the LSE, London Business School, University College London, and the Cass Business School. Her research interest revolves around IT outsourcing and offshoring, governance, control as well as the Foucauldian approach into the study of ICTs.
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Published:02 September 2011
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Abstract
This article focuses on theoretical perspectives by looking at the contribution of Michel Foucault's work, which is seen as ‘unjustly neglected’ in the information system (IS) field. It assess Foucault's views of techne and technology and argues that IS could learn from a deeper Foucauldian genealogy. This article assumes a degree of familiarity with Foucault's main work, but not with its application to information and communications technology. It then critically evaluates and illustrates how this application can be used in the study of information and communication technology (ICTs) in IS, organization, management, and surveillance studies, and more recently by those studying governmentality, network society, techno-bodies, and cyberspace. It then illustrates Foucauldian perspectives, concepts, methods applied, results, and effective applications of Foucauldian perspectives on ICTs in IS, organization, management, and surveillance studies. The final section argues against the view that Foucault has become less relevant with moves to liquid modernity, network society and new forms of technology.
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