The article problematises the assumption that modern society is characterised by institutional differentiation as a unidirectional process. Inspired Deleuze’s sketch of ‘society control’, in this authors explore de-differentiation contemporary society. They illustrate process developments penal institution, employing empirical materials from Norwegian prison system. show how institution increas...

Abstract Human social interactions in local settings can be experimentally detected by recording the physical proximity and orientation of people. Such interactions, approximating face-to-face communications, effectively represented as time varying networks with links being unceasingly created destroyed over time. Traditional analyses temporal have addressed mostly pairwise where describe dyadi...