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Policing atmospheres : crowds, protest and ‘atmotechnics’
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Wall, Illan Rua (2019) Policing atmospheres : crowds, protest and ‘atmotechnics’. Theory, Culture and Society, 36 (4). pp. 143-162. doi:10.1177/0263276419829200 ISSN 0263-2764.
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1177/0263276419829200
Abstract
In 1983, the British police adopted their first public order policing manual, laying the foundations of a secretive archive. The manuals and training materials produced in the intervening years provide an untapped repository of affective thought. This article reads the 1983 and 2016 training materials for their atmospheric insights. It develops the term police ‘atmotechnics’ to describe interventions that are specifically designed to affect the crowded atmosphere of protest or other disorder. The manuals reveal a gradual shift from interventions designed to evince fear and awe, to ones that seek to calm crowds. But more importantly, they underline a shift from a linear understanding of atmotechnics (as a prelude to ‘the use of force’), to an affective feedback loop where specialised officers are deployed to ‘sense’ mood changes among crowds, allowing senior strategic and tactical decisions to take account of atmospheric conditions.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare | ||||||||
Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Law | ||||||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Public Order Tactical Operations Manual, Public Order Manual of Tactical Operations and Related Matters, Police -- Great Britain, Riots -- Great Britain, Crowds - Great Britain | ||||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Theory, Culture and Society | ||||||||
Publisher: | Sage Publications Ltd. | ||||||||
ISSN: | 0263-2764 | ||||||||
Official Date: | 1 July 2019 | ||||||||
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Volume: | 36 | ||||||||
Number: | 4 | ||||||||
Page Range: | pp. 143-162 | ||||||||
DOI: | 10.1177/0263276419829200 | ||||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
Reuse Statement (publisher, data, author rights): | Posted ahead of print. Wall, I.R. - Policing atmospheres : crowds, protest and ‘atmotechnics’ , Theory, Culture and Society. Copyright © [2018] (SAGE Publications). Reprinted by permission of SAGE Publications. | ||||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 5 November 2018 | ||||||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 6 November 2018 | ||||||||
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