...Jakob Schiller © 2013 Duke University Press 2013 Jakob Schiller, “Israeli watchtower built atop Palestinian structures, American Independence Park,” Dayr al-­Hawa, District of Jerusalem. Copyright 2011. Courtesy of the artist Social...

... point they meet on the interface that is the medical treatment. The medical gaze is projected from the furthest distance, from the watchtower, imperial general in the cosmic war against the Tropics of Cancer. And yet so close, human, all too human. My doctor, she has a face, she hugs me, she...

... morning’ he said, ‘Good morning’ I replied. He was offering me his ‘Awake’ and ‘Watchtower’ magazines. Yes, a Jehovah’s Witness! If a few had knocked at your door previously, you will recognize them immediately. The most supercilious lot of people...

..., and in others a configuration of wires and cameras topped by a watchtower, which is, however, only rarely staffed by a guard. For most of its length, the wall is a tall concrete slab fronted by wires and surveillance mechanisms aimed...

... I reveal in the next section. In short, I demonstrate that the LOC, admittedly “drawn and redrawn by battles and treaties,” is more than a line “identifiable by traces of blood, bullets, watchtowers, and ghost settlements left from recurring wars over India and Pakistan.”16 Either through...

... of barbed wire fence and watchtowers along the southern bank of the river, manned by South Korean troops. This makes the village a symbol of peace and sustainability in a land scarred by war and destruction.”31 In this idealized tourist discourse, Heyri’s...

.... The sound of the roll call pressed down upon, condensed humans 14 Mrázek · Concentration Camps’ Contribution to Modern Acoustics into the camp better than anything else, including the walls, forest, or watchtowers. By the sound of the roll call, the camp people were sum- moned to being...