Sunday, September 5, 2010

Panopticism and the Museo Nacional de Antropología

I. Panopticon in Design: Layout of the museum
Detail of the central tower in MNA. 



















MNA from the entrance - note tower in center of building with
floorplan that surrounds that tower. 

MNA floorplan  shows tower in center and segments of exhibits. 









II. Docile Bodies: Indigenous women at work


















III. Anthropticon: State-sanctioned observation and discipline

Moisés Sáenz bridged anthropology and institutional education



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