In this talk, I develop a theory of carceral migration, which my coauthor and I define as the state’s use of legal punishment to force, restrict, or prevent movement of people of color. I use this theory to articulate a new framework for understanding the treatment of people policed within, at, and outside of U.S. borders. I argue that the state uses carceral migration to racially and spatially regulate people of color. Using ethnographic and photo-elicited interview data with formerly incarcerated Black women as an illustrative case, I show how the state uses carceral punishment to legally drive Black women from their homes repeatedly and legitimize their social and material dispossession. I ultimately reveal how carceral migration can shift existing anti-racist frames of carceral punishment not just theoretically, but also methodologically.
Susila (Su-SEE-la) Gurusami (Gu-ru-SA-me) is an Assistant Professor of Criminology, Law, and Justice at the University of Illinois at Chicago and a sociologist of race, gender, punishment, and labor, with particular interests in carceral governance. She received her PhD in sociology from UCLA in 2017 and is a former University of California Chancellor's Postdoctoral Fellow. Her work has been published in Gender & Society, Social Problems, and Punishment and Society. Recognitions for this scholarship include funding and awards from the American Sociological Association, Sociologists for Women in Society, Society for the Study of Social Problems, and the Racial Democracy, Crime, and Justice Network. She is currently writing a book manuscript titled Making it Home: Race, Gender, and Carceral Migration.
Part of the Gender, Sexuality and Global Capitalism Project.
Date: April 13, 2020
Time: 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM
See:https://www.facebook.com/events/1330149453835871/
Date: April 13, 2020
Time: 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM
See:https://www.facebook.com/events/1330149453835871/