The 11th International Conference on Penal Abolition Hobart Tasmania 7-11 February 2006. SEE YOU IN VAN DIEMAN'S LAND 2006!
SEE YOU IN VAN DIEMAN'S LAND 2006!
Information:
See the movie trailer
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8531749621264607990
http://www.ourmedia.org/node/138921
http://www.dump.com/yuqo/icopax1
Hobart, Tasmania. 7-11th of February 2006,
The agenda and the form of the conference is now open.
Papers can be submitted by emailing:
icopa@justiceaction.org.au
The following are themes to be explored and expanded at the conference:
* The Politics of Imprisonment
Northern Ireland, Palestine and the Middle East, (Post) Colonial Justice Nigeria and West Africa, South Africa: ANC, Brazil, USA, Canada.
* Contemporary Forms of Penal Custom
Human Rights & Imprisonment: a Global Perspective, International trends, Imprisonment of Women, Marionization and Political Dissent in the USA, Refugee and Immigration Prisons, Prisons under Occupation.
* Post Carceral Resettlement
Organising Inside: Prisoners' resistance and the Outside Community, Writing and Art as Resistance, Barriers to Reintegration, Surveillance, Organising in the Community - Exprisoners' Organisations, Convict Criminology.
* Action Now
Proposals for the future.
* Registration and Workshop participation
http://www.justiceaction.org.au/ICOPA/icopa_XI.html
http://www.justiceaction.org.au
icopa@justiceaction.org.au
Registration form
https://www.justiceaction.org.au/ICOPA/conf_cntct.php
We will be linking with the ANZSOC criminology conference happening from 7-9th of February 2006 in Tasmania. They haven't finalised the program yet, but do plan to have four plenary sessions around the theme of Human Rights:
* Prisoners and Human Rights
* Refugees and Human Rights
* State Crime and Human Rights
* Terrorism, Racism and Human Rights
more info:
http://www.lawlink.nsw.gov.au/lawlink\bocsar\bocsar.nsf/pages/index
SEE YOU IN VAN DIEMAN'S LAND 2006!
Tasmania is an ideal place to discuss punishment. It used to be called Van Dieman's Land, and was the place where most of the original convicts were sent from England from 1788 until the 1850's. It was the ultimate as a penal colony, was almost entirely a prison, and changed its name to avoid the historic shame. It had penal settlements where convicts were tortured - all well documented. And the convict responses are very special learning experiences, still valid today.
Travel Costs (approx):
From the internet:
Transport cost from Sydney/Tasmania return Aus$220
USA/Syd ret Aus$1600
Good reading:
Robert Hughes "The Fatal Shore"
ISBN 0 099 45915 9
- well worth the read.
See the movie trailer
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8531749621264607990
http://www.ourmedia.org/node/138921
http://www.dump.com/yuqo/icopax1
See the movie trailer
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8531749621264607990 http://www.ourmedia.org/node/138921 http://www.dump.com/yuqo/icopax1 Hobart, Tasmania. 7-11th of February 2006,
The agenda and the form of the conference is now open.
Papers can be submitted by emailing:
icopa@justiceaction.org.au The following are themes to be explored and expanded at the conference:
* The Politics of Imprisonment
Northern Ireland, Palestine and the Middle East, (Post) Colonial Justice Nigeria and West Africa, South Africa: ANC, Brazil, USA, Canada.
* Contemporary Forms of Penal Custom
Human Rights & Imprisonment: a Global Perspective, International trends, Imprisonment of Women, Marionization and Political Dissent in the USA, Refugee and Immigration Prisons, Prisons under Occupation.
* Post Carceral Resettlement
Organising Inside: Prisoners' resistance and the Outside Community, Writing and Art as Resistance, Barriers to Reintegration, Surveillance, Organising in the Community - Exprisoners' Organisations, Convict Criminology.
* Action Now
Proposals for the future.
* Registration and Workshop participation
http://www.justiceaction.org.au/ICOPA/icopa_XI.html http://www.justiceaction.org.au icopa@justiceaction.org.au Registration form
https://www.justiceaction.org.au/ICOPA/conf_cntct.php We will be linking with the ANZSOC criminology conference happening from 7-9th of February 2006 in Tasmania. They haven't finalised the program yet, but do plan to have four plenary sessions around the theme of Human Rights:
* Prisoners and Human Rights
* Refugees and Human Rights
* State Crime and Human Rights
* Terrorism, Racism and Human Rights
more info:
http://www.lawlink.nsw.gov.au/lawlink\bocsar\bocsar.nsf/pages/index SEE YOU IN VAN DIEMAN'S LAND 2006!
Tasmania is an ideal place to discuss punishment. It used to be called Van Dieman's Land, and was the place where most of the original convicts were sent from England from 1788 until the 1850's. It was the ultimate as a penal colony, was almost entirely a prison, and changed its name to avoid the historic shame. It had penal settlements where convicts were tortured - all well documented. And the convict responses are very special learning experiences, still valid today.
Travel Costs (approx):
From the internet:
Transport cost from Sydney/Tasmania return Aus$220
USA/Syd ret Aus$1600
Good reading:
Robert Hughes "The Fatal Shore"
ISBN 0 099 45915 9
- well worth the read.
See the movie trailer
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8531749621264607990 http://www.ourmedia.org/node/138921 http://www.dump.com/yuqo/icopax1 
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