eprintid: 10097004 rev_number: 27 eprint_status: archive userid: 608 dir: disk0/10/09/70/04 datestamp: 2020-05-11 14:54:54 lastmod: 2021-09-28 22:33:34 status_changed: 2020-10-20 06:44:09 type: article metadata_visibility: show creators_name: Datta, A title: Self(ie)-governance: Technologies of intimate surveillance in India under COVID19 ispublished: pub divisions: UCL divisions: B03 divisions: C03 divisions: F26 keywords: COVID-19, governance, India, pandemic, selfie, smart cities note: This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. abstract: This commentary examines the role of the ‘selfie’ as central to the teleological management of the COVID-19 crisis in India. It suggests that the incorporation of the self(ie) within the technologies of quarantine apps is a simulacrum of intimate surveillance that seeks to experiment in the present in order to extend its reach into the visual governance of intimate domesticity in the future. date: 2020-07-01 date_type: published publisher: SAGE official_url: https://doi.org/10.1177/2043820620929797 oa_status: green full_text_type: pub language: eng primo: open primo_central: open_green verified: verified_manual elements_id: 1780459 doi: 10.1177/2043820620929797 lyricists_name: Datta, Ayona lyricists_id: ADATT87 actors_name: Datta, Ayona actors_id: ADATT87 actors_role: owner full_text_status: public publication: Dialogues in Human Geography volume: 10 number: 2 pagerange: 234-237 citation: Datta, A; (2020) Self(ie)-governance: Technologies of intimate surveillance in India under COVID19. Dialogues in Human Geography , 10 (2) pp. 234-237. 10.1177/2043820620929797 <https://doi.org/10.1177/2043820620929797>. Green open access document_url: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10097004/1/Datta_2043820620929797.pdf