ABSTRACT

Threatened with ever-increasing levels of surveillance and confinement, this special issue attempts to extend the discussion of Prison Theatre to consider ‘carcerality’ as a pervasive neoliberal strategy. The issue aims to steer the discussion away from considerations of utility and the aesthetics of redemption, towards understandings of the arts in carceral spaces as a fundamental human right. What role can theatre and performance play in highlighting the rights of those experiencing state-sponsored control, confinement and exclusion? And what role can theatre and performance play in challenging the exclusionary structures of carcerality by enhancing freedoms, liberty and inclusion?

摘要

受到监视和监禁水平不断提高的威胁，本期特刊试图扩展监狱剧院的讨论，将“监禁”视为一种普遍的新自由主义战略。该问题旨在将讨论从功用和救赎美学的考虑转向将监狱空间中的艺术理解为一项基本人权。戏剧和表演在强调那些经历国家支持的控制、禁闭和排斥的人的权利方面可以发挥什么作用？戏剧和表演在通过增强自由、自由和包容来挑战监禁的排他性结构方面可以发挥什么作用？