Category: #s5a
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‘It’s a Revolving Door’: Rethinking the Borders of Carceral Spaces
Vanessa Massaro (Bucknell University) This paper explores the use of digital scholarship to understand the porous boundaries of the prison. I argue that the boundaries of a carceral landscape must be expanded to include the neighborhoods of incarceration. The consequences of an ever expanding prison industrial complex, including its perpetuation of racism and the “warehousing”…
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Seeking Social Justice in the Digital Age: A Praxis-Oriented Approach to Community-Based Learning and Offender Reentry
Stephen Barnard (St. Lawrence University) This presentation explores the pedagogy and praxis of a digital, sociological approach to community-based learning (CBL). Through a close examination of experiences planning and teaching a course tailored to fit the needs of a county jail, I demonstrate a model for teaching CBL that serves the community as well as…