Social Anthropology Seminar - Dr Caroline M. Parker – University of Manchester
| Dates: | 27 January 2020 |
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| Times: | 16:00 - 18:00 |
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| What is it: | Seminar |
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| Organiser: | School of Social Sciences |
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| Speaker: | Dr Caroline M. Parker |
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Social Anthropology Seminar
Monday, 27th of January 2020
Dr Caroline M. Parker – University of Manchester
Carceral Livelihoods in Puerto Rico
Dr Caroline M. Parker will present findings from her on-going book project, “Carceral Livelihoods in Puerto Rico” an ethnography of self-help drug rehabilitation centers in Puerto Rico. The book examines the role of mutual-aid drug treatment facilities in turning criminalized and addicted men into therapeutic adjuncts of the war on drugs. Based on one year of ethnographic fieldwork in resource-poor self-help facilities, Carceral Livelihoods traces the drug conviction-to-adjunct pipeline driving Puerto Rico’s recovery industry. As incarceration projects increasingly enlist self-help care structures, efforts to lower containment costs have found a fortuitous affinity in criminalized men’s efforts to better themselves, linking the imperial politics of mass incarceration to the dreams and ambitions of Puerto Rico’s poor.
Second Floor Boardroom 2.016 / 017
Arthur Lewis Building
Time 4:15 to 6:00pm
(Tea and coffee available outside the room from 4:00pm)
ALL WELCOME!
Speaker
Dr Caroline M. Parker
Role: Speaker
Organisation: University of Manchester
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Second Floor Boardroom - 2.016 / 017
Arthur Lewis Building
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