deborah landry, phd resistance, commodification & public space criminological theories ii

Deborah Landry, PhDDeborah Landry, PhDResistance, Commodification & Public SpaceResistance, Commodification & Public Space

Criminological Theories II

This Week…

• Outline course• Introductions• Review syllabus • Lecture

General ThemeWhat is the ‘reality’ of What is the ‘reality’ of

contemporary crime and contemporary crime and who determines it?who determines it?

• ResistanceResistance• ConsumptionConsumption• Public SpacePublic Space

Course MaterialsCourse Materials“Cultural Criminology”• Octopus Books• University Book store• Library E-Book

U of O Online Journals

Class WebSite• www.pedagogmob.com

Evaluating YouEvaluating You

We are working towards the final project ….• Take Home Midterm #1• Take Home Midterm #2• Final Paper: Theoretical Case StudyAttendance is mandatory (see syllabus)

Evaluating MeEvaluating Me

• Culture & Crime• Ethnographic Research– Municipal legislation• Graffiti• Busking

• Pedagogy – To create knowledge-able students…– praxis

Crime & CultureCrime & CultureInterrogating ‘crime’ Interrogating ‘crime’

through the lens of through the lens of cultureculture

Identity Identity Reaction to institutions....Reaction to institutions....• Race, class, gender, Race, class, gender,

sexuality...sexuality...• Also, things like: Also, things like:

education, economy, education, economy, mass media...mass media...

CrimeCrime

Challenge reductionist definitions about criminalization

• Culture is dynamic... so too are definitions &

experiences of ‘crime’

• Meaningful creativity?• Creative destruction?

CultureCulture

Imbuing the most mundane objects with meaning….

“…the negotiation of cultural meaning intertwines with the immediacy of criminal experience” (p.3)

Research, Ethics & CriminologyResearch, Ethics & Criminology

Working towards a ‘Case Study’Working towards a ‘Case Study’

Working towards a ‘Case Study’Working towards a ‘Case Study’

Working towards a ‘Case Study’Working towards a ‘Case Study’