This course focuses on carceralism—that is, forms of un-freedom—including, but not limited to incarceration. Students learn about four overarching sets of issues: (1) the ways & reasons states confine people (and categories of people) deemed to be dangerous, hostile, or superfluous in prisons, detention facilities, encampments, or enwalled lands; (2) the strategies and technologies developed and used to manage and treat people within carceral settings; (3) ways in which carceralized people resist repressive conditions individually and collectively; and (4) the ways carceral regimes can be challenged. The aim of the class is to study carcerality through multiple scales and perspectives, and to compare carceralism in different settings.
Lisa Hajjar
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