Prison Tourism

Session Submission Type: Complete Thematic Panel

Abstract

In conjunction with the release of the forthcoming Palgrave Handbook of Prison Tourism edited by Jacqueline Z. Wilson, Sarah Hodgkinson, Justin Piché and Kevin Walby, the papers presented in this session explore the production, communication, and consumption of cultural representations of confinement and punishment in prison museums across the world. The panel begins with discussant remarks concerning key methodological, theoretical and substantive issues debated in prison tourism scholarship, followed by the paper presentations, and a period for audience critiques and questions.

Sub Unit

• Area X: Perceptions and Responses to Crime and Justice / 63: Media and the Social Construction of Crime

Individual Presentations

• Representing Political Oppression: The Stasi Prison as an Edifice of Cultural Memory in Modern Berlin - Jacqueline Zara Wilson, Federation University Australia

• Representations of Capital Punishment in Canadian Penal Tourism Sites - Justin Piché, University of Ottawa

• Penal History Museums and the Memorialization of Jailors and Wardens - Kevin Walby, University of Winnipeg

Chair

• Jacqueline Zara Wilson, Federation University Australia