Carcerality

Cultural, ideological, and political attachment to involuntary detention persists in most societies across the globe. This subject examines carcerality in its numerous incarnations and interrogates our attachment to it. The subject invites students to critically examine things we often overlook or take for granted as ‘natural’ or ‘commonsensical’. Students will learn and employ theoretical tools and empirical data to scrutinise the reasons, justifications, ‘effectiveness’, and consequences of our societal zeal to criminalise and incarcerate individuals and communities.