Description du projet
Une analyse allosexuelle de l’automutilation en prison
Les taux d’automutilation sont élevés parmi les détenus. Des recherches antérieures se sont penchées sur les histoires paradoxales d’ex-détenus sur le plaisir associé à la douleur et à la souffrance en prison. Elles se sont également intéressées au lien entre des facteurs comme le genre et la sexualité et le problème persistant de l’automutilation. Le projet Prison Self-harm, financé par l’UE, abordera la question dans le cadre de la criminologie allosexuelle (QC pour «Queer Criminology»), axée sur les recoupements entre genre, sexualité et système juridique pénal. Le projet définira le problème de l’automutilation dans les prisons européennes et concevra et mettra en œuvre un outil méthodologique de QC pour la recherche portant sur l’expérience d’ex-détenus. En outre, le projet publiera un document politique concis abordant la question de l’automutilation, y compris les sujets liés au genre et à la sexualité.
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This proposal deals with the persistent problem of self-harm in prisons and addresses limitations of mainstream approaches by outlining a theoretical approach informed by Queer Studies. This project aims to offer a queer interpretation of these phenomena through a more holistic, less pathologizing frame of understanding self-harming experiences in prison settings. My research so far (Vasiliou, 2020) has examined the paradox of pleasure in ex-prisoners’ accounts of pain and suffering in prison and has attempted to engage issues of gender and sexuality in considering narratives of pain/pleasure, agency and resistance. These findings are the base for this training and research proposal which will focus specifically on understanding the problem of self-harm in prisons from a Queer Criminology (QC) perspective. The project is divided in three phases: First, during the outgoing phase, I will train for 5 months with a prominent expert in the emerging field of Queer Criminology in Australia (Dr Matthew Ball) and, second I will work with Dr Eric Stanley in the Department of Gender and Women’s Studies of the University of California (19 months). In the return phase, I will work for 12 months in the department of Sociology in the University of Warwick with an outstanding expert on the issue of women’s self-harming in prison settings (Dr Anastasia Chamberlen). The aims of the project are: 1) training in QC Theory and Methodology 2) To outline the scene in relation to self-harming issues in European prison settings. 3) To design and apply a QS methodological tool for conducting research with self-harming individuals in ex-prisoners population. 4) To conduct research with ex-prisoners about experiences of self-harming at the return phase in the UK. 5) To publish a brief policy document in which issues of self harming will be addressed from a holistic perspective with a particular interest about issues of gender and sexuality. This project will make an important empirical and theoretical contribution to the issues of self-harming in prison settings and will contribute to the development of the field of QC in Europe.
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MSCA-IF - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowships (IF)Coordinateur
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