The Politics of Abolition Revisited

Mathiesen, Thomas J.

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“…Several of our members also have a depth of experience of activism, some of which we have mentioned. In this sense, parallels can be drawn between the work of BCC and Norwegian KROM, which has successfully brought prisoners, former prisoners and non-con academics together on an equal footing for more almost 50 years (Mathiesen 2015). Naturally, a non-con academic cannot speak for someone about their prison experience.…”

Section: 'Criminology Activism'mentioning

confidence: 99%

Practicing Convict Criminology: Lessons Learned from British Academic Activism

Aresti

Darke

2016

Crit Crim

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Joanne Belknap's recent ASC presidential address included a critique of Convict Criminology's activism. A number of concerns were provided, although of particular importance here are, first, Belknap's concerns regarding the absence of 'marginalized voices' in the Convict Criminology network. Second, the issue of defining how non-con academics function as Convict Criminology group members. This paper responds to these criticisms. Specifically, we discuss the question of 'representation' in BCC and our attempts to remedy this issue. We also draw attention to the academic activism that British Convict Criminology is conducting in Europe. This includes a detailed discussion of the collaborative research-activist activities that involve non-con as well as ex-con academic network members. We demonstrate how these collaborations explain the vital group membership role that non-con academics assume in the activism of Convict Criminology.

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confidence: 99%

Practicing Convict Criminology: Lessons Learned from British Academic Activism

Aresti

Darke

2016

Crit Crim

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“…Finally, academics seeking to do committed scholarship in ways that resist the institutionalizing tendencies of the academy would benefit from Thomas Mathiesen's notion of the “unfinished.” In discussing the politics of penal abolitionism, Mathiesen (:47) argues that “finishing” a resistant message or project (i.e., finalizing its form and its goals) renders it “destined to fail” and that “in the process of ‐nishing [sic] lies a return to the by‐gone.” Adopting an “unfinished” approach requires that the work remain in sketch form, meaning that the goals, message, and means are never finalized. Although specifically defined goals are often necessary along the way, they are considered small steps within a larger on‐going “unfinished” project.…”

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“…In this sense, the “unfinished” maintains a relationship between long‐term revolutionary goals and short‐term reformist goals. Unfinished projects refuse definitive placement in either of these camps and therefore avoid “being ‘de[fi]ned out’ as irrelevant and ‘de[fi]ned in’ as undangerous” (Mathiesen :56). Resisting a “finished” project means that the actions taken cannot be subject to normative expectations.…”

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Institutionalizing Public Scholarship: Lessons from Feminism and Symbolic Interactionism

Kilty

Crépault

2016

Symbolic Interaction

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This article contributes to recent debates about public sociology by considering the potential harmful consequences of seeking legitimacy for committed scholarship within academic institutions. After discussing public scholarship's place within the corporate university, we reflect on how institutionalizing “scholarship with commitment” might create routine practices and standardized expectations that could discourage organic interactions with various publics. Feminism's role in the academy exemplifies the consequences of institutionalizing committed scholarship. Drawing on insights from feminist and symbolic interactionist traditions and writing from a Canadian perspective, we discuss promising strategies for resisting the stagnation and/or habitualization of public and committed scholarship.

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“…These paradigms are countered by the critical and cultural paradigm of criminology (for a recent summary of arguments, see Young 2011) in general. The particular cases of concern with disciplinarity include penal abolitionism (Ruggiero 2010;Mathiesen 2014) and a critical stance towards the industrialisation of crime control (Christie 1993), while biopolitical discourse is present in, for instance, critical discussions on the meaning of capital punishment (Garland 2010) and crimmigration (Franko Aas 2013;Franko Aas and Bosworth 2013). The ongoing nature of these debates mean that there is a need for the scrutiny of disciplinary and biopolitical aspects of power and their influence on social relations.…”

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Socialinės kontrolės žemėlapiai: miesto erdvės analizė pagal M. Foucault

Šupa¹

2015

CrimLithuan

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Abstract. The aim of this article is to reveal how two Foucauldian modalities of power, disciplinarity and biopolitics, are enacted in urban space as practices of social control and negotiation of norms beyond the limits of sovereign juridical power. The article contributes to other spatial studies based on the Foucauldian perspective in two respects: by combining the analysis of both disciplinarity and biopolitics, and by focusing on an urban neighbourhood, rather than a single institution.The characteristics of built structures in a mixed-use neighbourhood in Vilnius were analysed by combining observation and photo-documentation. Qualitative data analysis and thematic mapping of the data was based on coding categories originated from the Foucault's discussion on the divides and interrelations of power modalities in his lectures at the Collège de France.The findings show that each structure, regardless of its function, employs both disciplinary and biopolitical techniques of social control at three distinct levels: a) urban planning, prescribed functionality and its correspondence to actual use; b) means of limiting access, containment and transparency; c) circulation of populations and their compliance to the particular spatial setup they find themselves in.

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The Politics of Abolition Revisited

Cited by 82 publications

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Practicing Convict Criminology: Lessons Learned from British Academic Activism

Practicing Convict Criminology: Lessons Learned from British Academic Activism

Institutionalizing Public Scholarship: Lessons from Feminism and Symbolic Interactionism

Socialinės kontrolės žemėlapiai: miesto erdvės analizė pagal M. Foucault

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