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Francisco Klauser 2017
First published 2017
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Acknowledgements
This book reflects more than 15 years of research into the problematic of surveillance and space, conducted while living in Geneva, Fribourg, Durham (UK) and Neuchtel. I think of these places very fondly, not only as beautiful homes, but also as sites of inspiring collaboration and enduring friendship.
I started working on the socio-spatial aspects and implications of surveillance for my diploma thesis in 2000, as a student at Geneva University. Today, I am still in touch with many of the supervisors, colleagues and friends who helped me at the time. Here I would like to mention in particular and very gratefully Juliet Fall, Alexandre Gillet, Baptiste de Coulon and Irne Hirt. It is safe to say that the key inspiration for this book goes back to that time, when I discovered the Gographie du Pouvoir written by Claude Raffestin, who supervised my work at Geneva University. This exchange has since become a friendship and still plays a fundamental role in my perspective on surveillance as a geographer.
A second decisive encounter was with Jean Ruegg, who opened up a new world for me in offering me the possibility of undertaking a PhD at Fribourg University on video surveillance. During that period, many other people also helped me in very important ways. Special thanks to Valrie November, Alexandre Flckiger, Christian Schubarth, Daniel Boos, Christoph Mller, Alexandra Felder and Stefan Winter in Switzerland, but also to many international colleagues and friends, including Eric Tpfer, Leon Hempel, Clive Norris, Hille Koskela and Beate Rssler.
In the following five years at Durham University I discovered many novel thematic and conceptual horizons, especially in the field of sport mega-event security and in terms of theoretical reflection. These amazing years brought many new inspirations, collaborations and friendships. I would like to thank in particular Louise Amoore, Gerald Chan, Mike Crang, Stuart Elden, Richard Giulianotti, Steve Graham, Kevin Haggerty, Stuart Lane, Colin McFarlane, Claudio Minca, Joe Painter, Divya Tolia-Kelly, William Webster and Ying Yu. I have also been fortunate to find two fantastic proofreaders in Hannah Juby and Krysia Johnson, who have helped me over many years to sharpen and clarify my arguments.
Back in Switzerland since 2010, I have found a wonderful new home and working environment in Neuchtel, with many new friends and colleagues, students and collaborations that have helped bring my project on surveillance and space to completion. I would like to thank in particular Peter Adey, John Allen, Pete Fussey, Raoul Kaenzig, Michael Nagenborg, Till Paasche, Silvana Pedrozo, Jenny Robinson, Ola Sderstrm, Sarah Widmer and Nils Zurawski. I also gained much from an extended visit and research stay at Aarhus University in 2014, made possible by Peter Lauritsen and Anders Albrechtslund.
I also owe the production and editing staff at SAGE a great debt of gratitude, and I would like to thank in particular Stuart Elden, the editor of the Society and Space book series, whose help and trust have been fundamentally important for completing the present project. Very grateful appreciation is also due to the Swiss National Science Foundation, to the UK Research Council and to the Swiss State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation, which have provided vital funding over the years, thus enabling the development of my research agenda. Furthermore, I would like to thank Doris Wastl-Walter for her support in my completion of a cumulative Habilitation thesis at the University of Bern in 2013, which allowed me to rehearse my main arguments regarding the possibility of a political geography of surveillance.
As the book brings together numerous strands of longstanding investigation, I should also point out that some of my empirical examples and conceptual reflections have been published previously. draw upon Klauser, F., Ruegg, J. and November, V. (2008) Airport surveillance between public and private interests, in M. Salter (ed.),
