lecture: Institutions and Institutional Power

This lecture was a very interesting one with many concepts that I had never heard of. I did unfortunately struggle to relate this to my working practice however I felt it could be related to life in general informing me as a person rather than an animator. The most interesting ideas discussed in the lecture were the the themes on panopticism. It made me think about the modern way society is run and possible implications of external society based pressures acting on us every day. Understanding the pressures created by the punishment and surveillance states that panopticism has created may help break from the turmoil that pressure can have on an individual basis. Trying to break free of the panoptic disciplinary technologies surrounding us daily especially around the issues of personal enjoyment could be very beneficial to one's mental wellbeing.