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