Zellen und Raum : wie Inhaftierte individuelle Freiräume konstruieren

Our research deals with the phenomena of restrictions in the penal system in relation to the development of one's personality on different levels: Space, Time, and Body in Everyday Life. The clash between the supervising institution and the individual necessities of a prisoner's life provokes a tension.
Our project aims to find out how prisoners create their individual spaces of freedom with regard to this tension. It questions concretely what kind of legal spaces prisoners construct and how they experience these spaces of freedom. Drawing on a voluntary project, we want to interview two detainees by using photos taken of their cells. The interviews will be evaluated by a qualitative analysis. Furthermore we concentrate on the history of prison cells and their different representations.