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Record Nr.

UNINA9910251389903321

Titolo

Prison, Architecture and Humans / Elisabeth Fransson, Francesca Giofrè, Berit Johnsen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oslo, : Cappelen Damm Akademisk/NOASP (Nordic Open Access Scholarly Publishing), 2018

[s.l.] : , : Cappelen Damm Forskning, , 2018

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (385)

Soggetti

Architecture

Sociology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

What is prison architecture and how can it be studied? How are concepts such as humanism, dignity and solidarity translated into prison architecture? What kind of ideologies and ideas are expressed in various prison buildings from different eras and locations? What is the outside and the inside of a prison, and what is the significance of movement within the prison space? What does a lunch table have to do with prison architecture? How do prisoners experience materiality in serving a prison sentence? These questions are central to the texts presented in this anthology.Prison, Architecture and Humans is the result of a collaboration between researchers and architects from Italy, Norway and Sweden. It presents new approaches to prison architecture and penological research by focusing on prison design, prison artefacts, everyday prison life and imprisoned bodies. The book will be of interest to students, researchers, architects and politicians.