The island, the prison, and the colony: Sardinian carceral and colonial geographies

IF 1.6 2区 社会学 Q2 GEOGRAPHY
Area Pub Date : 2024-05-22 DOI:10.1111/area.12949
Ettore Asoni
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Abstract

Across research on incarceration and insularity, recent trajectories have challenged conventional understandings of islands and prisons as isolated, autonomous units. Instead, they have directed attention toward their capacity to establish relations, circuits and routes. Beyond the focus on mobility and exchanges, this literature criticised the association between insularity, incarceration and confinement as the outcome of specific colonial epistemologies. This article builds on these literatures to investigate the case of Sardinia, a large Mediterranean island that plays a key role in the Italian carceral regime by providing a destination for thousands of Italian convicts. Despite being an Italian and European region, Sardinia's past and present exhibit distinct colonial qualities, which are visible in the structure of its carceral estate. The case study exemplifies how islands can hardly be interpreted as isolated units, given that their histories and geographies have implications that extend far beyond their coasts. In the case of Sardinia, the island combines modern penitentiaries with dynamics reminiscent of previous periods in the history of punishment, specifically penal colonies and convict transportation. This case study illustrates the benefits of an interdisciplinary approach that is willing to question the conceptual categories adopted, particularly those of island, prison and colony.

岛屿、监狱和殖民地:撒丁岛的监狱和殖民地地理学
在有关监禁和孤岛问题的研究中,最近的研究轨迹挑战了将岛屿和监狱视为孤立、自治单位的传统理解。相反,它们将注意力引向了它们建立关系、线路和路线的能力。除了关注流动性和交流之外,这些文献还批评了孤立性、监禁和禁闭之间的联系,认为它们是特定殖民认识论的结果。本文以这些文献为基础,对撒丁岛的案例进行了研究,撒丁岛是一个地中海大岛,在意大利的监禁制度中扮演着重要角色,为成千上万的意大利罪犯提供了目的地。尽管撒丁岛是意大利和欧洲的一个地区,但其过去和现在都表现出独特的殖民地特征,这在其监禁机构的结构中显而易见。该案例研究说明,岛屿很难被解释为孤立的单元,因为其历史和地理影响远远超出其海岸线。以撒丁岛为例,该岛既有现代监狱,也有让人联想到以前惩罚历史时期的动态,特别是刑罚殖民地和罪犯运输。本案例研究说明了跨学科方法的益处,这种方法愿意质疑所采用的概念类别,特别是岛屿、监狱和殖民地的概念类别。
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Area
Area GEOGRAPHY-
CiteScore
5.20
自引率
13.60%
发文量
80
审稿时长
24 weeks
期刊介绍: Area publishes ground breaking geographical research and scholarship across the field of geography. Whatever your interests, reading Area is essential to keep up with the latest thinking in geography. At the cutting edge of the discipline, the journal: • is the debating forum for the latest geographical research and ideas • is an outlet for fresh ideas, from both established and new scholars • is accessible to new researchers, including postgraduate students and academics at an early stage in their careers • contains commentaries and debates that focus on topical issues, new research results, methodological theory and practice and academic discussion and debate • provides rapid publication
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