States struggle to maintain a facade of sovereignty against the large-scale migration of immigrants and asylum seekers, who are trying to find their way into the receiving societies. Increased borders control, reinforced socio-legal boundaries and detention facilities are some of the constant efforts' states employ to quell the immigration of asylum seekers and control their presence. Disciplinary power often appears in a centralized form, such as borders and immigration systems, but also in decentralized, dispersed forms, ranging from medical practices, media and market influences, as well as many others, which were termed by Foucault as biopower. This force - which in its broad meaning describes deliberate attempts to interfere with the essential human existence and manage all spheres of life - is defined by Foucault as a ‘political power [that] had assigned itself the task of administering life’. Biopower is employed to manage, regulate and govern lives, produce obedience, and subordinate individuals and communities to disciplinary practices. The control over lives should be understood comprehensively, so that includes ‘a life of the city…political life, economic life…’ as well as ‘the management of … money … information, communication, water, sheep, grain …’. Accordingly, we argue that food is a form of biopower, an apparatus utilized to control and govern asylum-seekers. We posit that the state uses food to monitor the individuals' well-being, the community life, and affect the social existence. In this article, “food” refers to the role sustenance plays in providing nutrition and reinforcing socio-cultural values.

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食物作为一种生物动力控制手段：庇护制度中食物的使用

各国努力维护主权的表面，以对抗试图进入接收社会的移民和寻求庇护者的大规模迁移。加强边境控制、加强社会法律边界和拘留设施是各州为平息寻求庇护者的移民和控制他们的存在而采取的一些持续努力。纪律性权力通常以集中的形式出现，例如边界和移民系统，但也以分散的、分散的形式出现，包括医疗实践、媒体和市场影响以及许多其他形式，被福柯称为生物权力。这种力量——在其广义上描述了蓄意干预人类基本存在和管理所有生活领域的企图——被福柯定义为“赋予自己管理生活任务的政治力量”。生物权力被用来管理、规范和管理生活，产生服从，并使个人和社区服从纪律实践。对生活的控制要综合理解，包括“城市生活……政治生活、经济生活……”以及“管理……金钱……信息、通讯、水、羊、粮食……”。因此，我们认为食物是一种生命力量，是一种用来控制和管理寻求庇护者的工具。我们假设国家使用食物来监控个人的福祉、社区生活、并影响社会存在。在本文中，“食物”是指食物在提供营养和加强社会文化价值观方面所起的作用。