Resumen

TIRONI, Martín  y  VALDERRAMA, Matías. Military urbanism and cosmopolitical situation: The case of air Surveillance balloons in Santiago of Chile. Polis [online]. 2016, vol.15, n.44, pp.131-159. ISSN 0718-6568.  http://dx.doi.org/10.4067/S0718-65682016000200007.

Under the justification of a sensation of insecurity, two of the richest municipalities in Chile implemented a controversial surveillance system of air balloons with next-generation cameras. Originally designed for war and border control, municipalities sought to address the “war on crime” and manage public space more efficiently. These air balloons immediately generated opposition because of the invasion of privacy and hyper-surveillance in which it involves the city. This paper empirically addresses the various discourses made by those involved in the controversy, the maintenance operations of this surveillance system, as well as the ways in which people live daily with it. Through the analysis of these dynamics, the article shows how this foreign technology acquires a particular vision of the city that depends on entities and forces not always considered in public discourses.

Palabras clave : Surveillance Studies; militarized urbanism; controversies; panoptism; cosmopolitics.

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