BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Talks.cam//talks.cam.ac.uk// X-WR-CALNAME:Talks.cam BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Negotiating the panoptic gaze: power &\; conservation surveilla nce - Trishant Simlai\, Department of Geography DTSTART:20201201T130000Z DTEND:20201201T140000Z UID:TALK153814@talks.cam.ac.uk CONTACT:Rogelio Luque-Lora DESCRIPTION:In recent years\, the use of new and existing surveillance tec hnologies in the practice of conservation has increased rapidly. This incl udes the use of drones\, camera traps\, satellite and thermal imagery for activities such as wildlife monitoring\, anti-poaching and law enforcement . In many respects surveillance is constitutive of modern society\, especi ally in urban spaces (Lyon 1995) where its use has been widely discussed. In the conservation context\, surveillance intensifies the demarcation of spaces between nature and people by intensifying territorialization (Adams 2017)\, and it has been suggested that it could impact the wellbeing of l ocal stakeholders in various ways (Sandbrook 2015\, Sandbrook et al 2018). However\, the social and political implications of surveillance technolog ies in conservation and natural resource management remain an underexplore d field of empirical inquiry. Drawing from 13 months of ethnographic field work in the Corbett Tiger Reserve\, India\, this paper unpacks and explore s the social and political implications of a wide range of surveillance te chnologies on local communities\, conservation labour and on conservation governance. I argue that these technologies are used to establish multiple surveillance regimes\, resulting in several environmentalities and in the production of disciplined people\, wildlife and spaces. These regimes exa cerbate already prevalent social injustices and structural inequalities of gender\, caste and class discrimination\, resulting in mistrust and negat ive perceptions of local communities towards conservation policies. LOCATION:Delivered online via Zoom END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR