Subjectification

From Geography

Subjectification is one of the concepts that Michel Foucault mentioned in his three modes of objectificaiton. He defined these three modes as scientific classification, dividing practices and subjectification. The modes are a set of organizing principles that explain how human beings become subjects. Subjectification means that everything is a subject. "Human species, population and fertility become the object of sustained political attention and intervention" (Kramsch, personal communication, 2012). The human body is not approached in a biological way, but as an object to be manipulated and controlled. It is the aim of disciplinary technology to use, transform and improve a human as a subject.

References

Kramsch, O.T. (2012) Spatial action: Spatial turn 1 Michel Foucault

Created by Malou van Woerkum, 17-10-2012