The Humanities Action Lab (HAL) is a national hub at The New School where the humanities and design generate innovative curricula and public engagement with urgent social issues. The HAL is a coalition of 20 universities from across the country led by The New School working with issue organizations and public spaces to create traveling public projects on the past, present, and future of pressing social issues.
States of Incarceration (SOI), HAL’s first project, focuses on the past, present, and future of incarceration, exploring the explosion of prisons and incarcerated people in the US — including immigration detention centers — and its global dimensions.
The States of Incarceration project is a traveling exhibition and series of events that bring together people across the country to share local stories and open dialogue on national criminal justice reform and immigrant detention…
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States of Incarceration: The Podcast tells stories of the incarceration generation from 17 states around the country. The podcast travels from New York, NY, to Riverside, CA, and 18 other cities — to hear formerly incarcerated people, people who work in prisons, and people…
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The following body of work is the story of Otis Johnson and was written and photographed by Kari Bjorn. It is part of the States of Incarceration’s first exhibit in New York; “Rikers Island: NY 11370: In Plain Sight” which asks the question…
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The following audio visual essay, titles “A Day in the Life of the Rikers Island Bridge” was created by Darcy Bender (Visualization), Estefania Acosta (Audio), and Laura Sanchez (Audio). It is part of the States of Incarceration’s first exhibition in New York…
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The following artist statement by Imani Tudor, an undergraduate photography student at Parsons School of Design, is part of the States of Incarceration’s exhibit in New York: “New York: “Rikers Island, NY 11370: In Plain Sight“. The body of work is one of many that poses reflects…
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Below are a series of podcasts created by undergraduate students at Skidmore College, and is is part of the States of Incarceration’s exhibit in New York: “New York: Closing a Prison, Deferring a Dream“. The body of work is one of many that poses reflects on the question…
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