ABSTRACT
The surveillance studies community has grown significantly over the last 10 years and continues to be characterised by lively debate, detailed empirical studies and engagement with a broad range of theoretical perspectives. However, this chapter will argue that objects (rather than people) as matters of concern have hitherto been somewhat neglected. Ordinary and mundane objects form a central focus for the governance, accountability and surveillance relations which characterise our everyday life. This chapter will suggest that objects have become a poignant matter of concern for surveillance activities as a result of particular articulations of terrorist threats. Objects and the possible threats they pose have thus become matter(s) of security and insecurity.
