York University

SSC Seminar Series: Rob Heynen, Department of Communication Studies, York University

The Anti-Trafficking Assemblage: Surveillance, Sex Work, and the Production of Harm

Wednesday, February 12, 2020


12:30 – 2 pm


Mackintosh Corry Hall D411


Abstract:

Anti-trafficking discourses and policies, especially those targeting sex workers, have become prominent in legitimizing and implementing a range of surveillance practices, both in transnational and domestic contexts. This talk will trace the contours of the anti-trafficking surveillant assemblage, which brings together state...