Dear all,

we are organizing a session on "Carceral geographies: Primacy of security 
and risk thinking“ at the DKG 2023.

Deadline for papers is March 13th, more information on the session can be 
found at:

https://dkg2023.de/sitzungen/carceral-geographies-primacy-of-security-82767


contributions in German and English are welcome.


All the best,
Anna


Carceral geographies: Primacy of security and risk thinking
After the first session at DKG on carceral geographies in 2019, we
would like to invite papers on the topic again this year. We will focus
on the currently dominant orientation towards the primacy of security
and risk thinking, which is also criticized from various directions.
This primacy is being asserted in various institutions of confinement
(such as correctional institutions, but also centres for asylum seekers
and others). In contrast, other institutions, such as some psychiatric
hospitals in the Goffmannian reading, show a development towards a focus
  on the well-being of the patients and residents and a radical turning
away from the idea of coercion for the purposes of security and risk
minimisation.
At the same time, however, the primacy of security and risk thinking
is repeatedly criticised. In addition to the risk orientation of
forensic psychology (which aims to reduce the risk of serious
recidivism), alternative concepts are currently being tested in the
prison system. In various countries, concepts such as desistance are
being tested in different contexts. In this context, people are
supported to rebuild their lives in society. Resources such as networks,
  anchoring in the community and aspects such as work and housing are
central. Freedom from crime is more or less a by-product. Abolitionism
is another alternative, which is discussed on a theoretical and
political level and fundamentally questions systems such as the penal
system.
Contributions are invited focussing on different institutions of
confinement and on different national contexts, as well as theoretical
reflections on the topic. The contributions should be oriented towards
one or more of the following questions:
_ What are the effects of risk orientation and safety thinking on 
incarcerated persons and/or staff in the institution?
_ How is the primacy of risk orientation and security thinking socially 
legitimised?
_ What alternatives exist and how and with what effects are they discussed, 
tested, introduced or already established?
_ What are the geographies of societal support for persons with an 
experience of institutions of confinement?
Contributions can be submitted and held in English or German.
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Dr. Anna Schliehe
Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin
AG Kulturgeographie | Geographisches Institut Universität Bonn | 
Meckenheimer Allee 176 53115 Bonn |
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MSCA Fellow
Research Group Crime and Carcerality | Carl von Ossietzky Universität 
Oldenburg |  Fakultät I, Institut für Sozialwissenschaften | Ammerländer 
Heerstr. 114 – 118 |26129 Oldenburg
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Visiting Scholar | Prisons Research Centre | Institute of Criminology 
University of Cambridge | Sidgwick Avenue CB3 9DA Cambridge |
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