Passports: identity and airports

2 Passports and the airport

Figure 3 Airport

By now you should have an idea of how different objects have been used for identification purposes and how passport regimes are operated. You should also have had a chance to see how passport regimes have impacted on the lives of some individuals. In this section, we will be looking at the one place where we all use a passport – at the airport.

Now watch the video below which looks at the airport and the use of the passport within it, then attempt Activity 2.

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A sociological analysis of the airport
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Activity 2

The video analyses the airport using the concepts of:

  • Security
  • Conduct
  • Attachment.

In the boxes below, write some notes on how the video uses these concepts to analyse the airport. (You may wish to watch the video again.)

Security

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Conduct

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