Day: <span>December 30, 2020</span>

Resources and Organizations – Structural Violence, Police/Prison Abolition, and Decoloniality

Orfalea Center Thematic Research Cluster Structural Violence, Police/Prison Abolition, and Decoloniality Resources and Organizations GLOBAL Deadly Exchange: https://deadlyexchange.org/ Global Prisons Research Network: https://sites.google.com/site/gprnnetwork/home/about Contact: https://sites.google.com/site/gprnnetwork/home/contact Missing Migrants Project (Global):  http://missingmigrants.iom.int Security Assistance Monitor:  https://securityassistance.org/ https://www.facebook.com/SAMonitor/ MENA/EU MENA Prison Forum (MENA):  https://www.facebook.com/menaprisonforum/?ref=page_internal https://www.menaprisonforum.org/ Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (Egypt):  EIPR.org https://eipr.org/en Association for Freedom of Thought [&Read More

Race, Carcerality, and Capital – Structural Violence, Police/Prison Abolition, and

Orfalea Center Thematic Research Cluster Structural Violence, Police/Prison Abolition, and Decoloniality Race, Carcerality, and Capital     Section 1: Capitalism and Imprisonment   Avant, Deborah. 2005. The Market for Force: The Consequences of Privatizing Security. Cambridge University Press.  Browning, Christopher. 1998. Ordinary Men: Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland. New York, […]Read More

(Un)placing Prisons- Structural Violence, Police/Prison Abolition, and Decoloniality

Orfalea Center Thematic Research Cluster Structural Violence, Police/Prison Abolition, and Decoloniality (Un)Placing Prisons     Section 1: Secret Prisons and Forced Disappearances Arditti, Rita. 1999. Searching for life : The grandmothers of the Plaza de Mayo and the disappeared children of Argentina. Berkeley: University of California Press. Arditti, Rita., & Lykes, M. 1992. “Recovering identity” […]Read More

Strategies of Survival – Structural Violence, Police/Prison Abolition, and Decoloniality

Orfalea Center Thematic Research Cluster Structural Violence, Police/Prison Abolition, and Decoloniality Strategies of Survival   Section 1: Traumas and Survivals Armour, Cherie. 2012. “Mental Health in Prison: A Trauma Perspective on Importation and Deprivation.” International Journal of Criminology and Sociological Theory. Vol. 5. No.2. Arnold, Roberta. 2002. “Command Responsibility: A Case Study of Alleged Violations of […]Read More

Daily Lives and Intimacy in Prison – Structural Violence, Police/Prison

Orfalea Center Thematic Research Cluster Structural Violence, Police/Prison Abolition, and Decoloniality Daily Lives and Intimacy in Prison     Section 1: Torture and Humiliation   Branche, R. 2007. “Torture of Terrorists? Use of torture in a “war against terrorism”: Justifications, methods and effects: The case of France in Algeria, 1954–1962.” International Review of the Red […]Read More

Global Environmental Justice – Environmental Justice/Climate Justice

Orfalea Center Thematic Research Cluster Environmental Justice/Climate Justice The Global Environmental Justice Project The Global Environmental Justice Project at UCSB is a force for supporting, encouraging, and launching a range of efforts on and off-campus, locally and globally that link research, teaching, service, and action for environmental justice. Environmental justice is the integration of social […]Read More

Environmental Humanities Initiative- Environmental Justice/Climate Justice

Orfalea Center Thematic Research Cluster Environmental Justice/Climate Justice Environmental Humanities Initiative Housed at the University of California, Santa Barbara, the Environmental Humanities Initiative (EHI) is composed of faculty and students from across the arts and humanities who focus on a range of environmental issues. With over 70 faculty members from 24 Departments, Programs, and Schools teaching […]Read More

Eco Vista – Environmental Justice/Climate Justice

Orfalea Center Thematic Research Cluster Environmental Justice/Climate Justice Eco Vista Community Taking The Community Of Isla Vista Into The Future Our Mission Our long-term goal is to establish an ongoing, multigenerational, student-led community development project for an equitable and just transition in Isla Vista. We aim to encourage and inspire the foundation of an eco-village […]Read More