The Prisoner Publishing Project: preliminary outcomes

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A webinar with Dr Joey Whitfield (Cardiff University), run by the Global Language-based Area Studies research theme at the School of Modern Languages.
 
Abstract
This talk is about the ongoing Prisoner Publishing Project, a collaborative action research project combining the research of Joey Whitfield on prison Literature with that of Lucy Bell on ‘cartonera’ or cardboard publishing in collaboration with grassroots publishing collectives and prisons in the UK and Mexico.  I will reflect on the challenges in co-designing and carrying out a complex, multi-partner project, of co-designing with our partners and doing action research restorative (as opposed to extractivist) in its politics and effects.  
 
Biography
Most of Joey Whitfield’s work is about the relationship between culture, crime and punishment. His first book is a study of Latin American prison writing which compares texts written by 'political' and 'criminal' prisoners from Cuba, Peru, Mexico, Costa Rica, Bolivia and Brazil. He is now working on a second book, on the cultural politics of the 'War on Drugs'. For the past year he has been working with Lucy Bell of Surrey University on the action research project Prisoner Publishing.

Simultaneous Translation
The event will be delivered in the medium of English. You are welcome to ask questions in the medium of Welsh during the Q&A session. If you intend to do this, please contact mlang-events@cardiff.ac.uk by Wednesday 28 April to request simultaneous translation. Please note that 10% or more of those planning to attend will need to request this provision in order for it to be sourced and will be subject to resource availability.

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