Call for Papers for the First International Colloquium: Dislocation and Expansionism of Prisons
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New date: open call until April 19
Virtual format – June 10 and 11, 2021
The CLACSO Working Group “Neighborhoods, Families and Circuit Prisons ” is convening the First International Colloquium “Dislocation and Expansionism of Prisons. An Approach to the State of Research in the Region,” which will be held virtually on June 10 and 11, with the support of the Sociology Department, the Institute of Sociological Research of the Universidad Mayor de San Andrés, the Center for Social Research of the Vice Presidency of the Plurinational State of Bolivia, and the Center for Post-Convict Studies of the National University of Colombia.
This Colloquium is intended as a continuation of the debate initiated at the last Mercosur Anthropology Meeting (XIII RAM, 2019), where the first studies conducted from the perspective of the dislocation of prison spaces were presented and disseminated. This debate was taken up again at the last congress of the Latin American Anthropology Association (VI ALA, 2020), where studies of the mobilities that unfold around incarceration were incorporated. At this stage, we aim to broaden the scope of the discussion, seeking to obtain a "state of the art" of research on this topic in our region, delving deeper into some of the analytical axes that proved particularly fruitful in previous meetings.
We invite researchers from the Social Sciences and Humanities working on the effects of incarceration, particularly from a gender perspective, the geography of prison spaces, the anthropology of violence, urban sociology, and prison studies, to present their research progress, results of ongoing or completed work, in order to collaboratively construct an overview of the state of research in this broad yet specific field, which intersects prison studies, urban conflict, social segregation, and violence. We believe it is essential to understand the progress of our research to facilitate a discussion of the categories with which we are working.
With these aims in mind, we have arranged five thematic tables:
- Prisons and neighborhoods in circuitFlows, mobilities, dynamics, and strategies of detainees, their families, and social organizations. Previous trajectories, both inside and outside prison walls, and forms of sociability. The concentrated prison experience. Methodological strategies.
- Governance of prisons and neighborhoodsThe governance of separate but interconnected spaces: continuities/discontinuities. The selectivity of penal agencies and the governance of territories. Continuum agency of criminal and social policies.
- Incarceration, territory and drug trafficking: The wars “against drug trafficking,” “against organized crime,” and “against poverty” in the region: their consequences within prisons. Police interventions in troubled neighborhoods and incarceration from a gender perspective. Penal reforms, prison overcrowding, and institutional violence.
- Social organizations and the effects of incarcerationStrategies for social reintegration, work with vulnerable/vulnerable populations. Relations with the State (mutual constraints, interface). Worker cooperatives. Addiction and recidivism. Families and recidivism. Religious practice and recidivism.
- Methodological aspects of research in the field of the effects of incarceration: Tools for decentralizing research. The scope of the “field” and its relationship to native categories. Who are the relatives of detainees? Longitudinal studies and ethnography. Pandemic and access to the field: reconfigurations.
Presentation and acceptance of papers:
The abstracts submitted must refer to the results of specific research processes, whether ongoing or completed. Preference will be given to those that specifically address Latin America, Central America, or the Caribbean and primarily utilize elements of empirical inquiry.
The presentations must fall under one of the following themes:
- Prisons and neighborhoods in circuit
- Governance of prisons and neighborhoods
- Incarceration, territory and drug trafficking
- Social organizations and the effects of incarceration
- Methodological aspects of research in the field of the effects of imprisonment.
Final format of the presentations:
Maximum length 25 pages (including notes and bibliography), 1.5 line spacing, Times New Roman font, size 12.
The deadline for submitting the final paper is Monday, May 31, 2021.
Organized by:
CLACSO Working Group on Neighborhoods, Families and Circuit Prisons
Sociology Department, UMSA (Bolivia)
Institute of Sociological Research, UMSA (Bolivia)
Center for Social Research, Vice Presidency of the Plurinational State of Bolivia
Center for Post-Convict Studies, UNAL (Colombia)
They support:
Build Foundation
Alternatives to Violence Program (Bolivia)
Center for Studies and Support for Local Development (Bolivia)
Seed Action Foundation (Bolivia)
Support Network for Families of Detainees (Argentina)
