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Abstract
This article presents two separate experiences in doing research inside detention centers that are located in two Italian cities. The aim of the article is to discuss how the use of a video camera as a research tool can influence the research context in a situation openly and deeply marked by impotence and disempowerment. Our argument is that besides giving the inmates an instrument to communicate beyond the prison, the use of visual media exacerbates specific aspects that according to the existing literature often occur when doing fieldwork in confinement spaces.
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Report. Children of imprisoned parents [2011], published by the Danish Institute for Human Rights, European Network for Children of Imprisoned Parents, University of Ulster and Bambini senza sbarre NGO.
Recommendation 1489 [2000] Mothers and Babies in Prison.
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Valentina Bonifacio
VALENTINA BONIFACIO is an anthropologist and documentarist; she is currently a Marie-Curie fellow at Ca’ Foscari (Venice) and The New School (New York).
Rossella Schillaci
ROSSELLA SCHILLACI is a filmmaker with a M.A. in Visual Anthropology from the University of Manchester. She has produced documentary films with Azul [www.azulfilm.com]. E-mail: [email protected]