Prison Architecture as a Field of Study: A Multidisciplinary Contribution

The chapter discusses how the he book draws together a collage of independent multidisciplinary contributions discussing places and spaces where punishment takes place. It is important to emphasize that the contributors themselves have chosen the topics and studies they present. The chapters stand alone and do not represent conditions in Norway or Italy. The texts are written by researchers and architects who work within different disciplinary traditions, practice fields and within various methodological traditions. In different ways the authors are occupied and inspired by theories and approaches within their own and other.disciplines, by epistemological and methodological issues, as well as recent developments in their own countries. According to Nelken (2010:13), “What is found interesting or puzzling will vary depending on local salience”. This applies to both the authors and the readers.