{"product_id":"down-by-law-criminalization-solidarity-and-survival-in-europe-9798887441016","title":"Down by Law: Criminalization, Solidarity, and Survival in Europe","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eDown by Law: Criminalization, Solidarity, and Survival in Europe\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e is a collaborative graphic novel by ethnographers, artists, and activists that starkly and honestly illuminates people's stories of those whose lives have been shaped by the social and political implications of criminalization across Europe.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe near-total ban on abortion in Poland, new hate speech laws across Europe, a de facto ban of sea rescue in the Mediterranean, and the criminalization of sex work--these trends toward a harsher politics of criminalization, securitization, and threat are spreading throughout the continent. In eight moving, illustrated vignettes, readers encounter everyday people involved in search-and-rescue activism, sex work, internet content moderation, abortion activism, drug use. We set sail with civilians who take action to save the lives of migrants at sea who face increasingly militarized borders, follow the journey of a woman jailed for a bus fare she couldn't pay, see the impact of state neglect and violence on people who use drugs in Poland, and follow a migrant woman navigating the challenges of sex work policing who finds resilience in her community, and more.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThese ethnographic stories not only bring to life alarming insights into criminalization across Europe but the hope and solidarity of everyday people in the face of increasing repression. The criminalized don't stay put. They adapt, resist, and survive. Their personal stories are rarely seen or heard, until now.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWith contributions from Agata Chelstowska, Agata Dziuban, Aleksandra \"Sasza\" Stachowska, Asia Bordowa, Beate Binder, Friederike Faust, Florian Krynicki, Carmen Grimm, H-P Lehkonen, Janita-Marja Juvonen, Jan Peukert, Jérémy Geeraert, Joris Bas Backer, Justyna Struzik, Juulia Kela, Katarzyna Urbaniak, Monique Horstmann, Salla Sariola, Sylvain Adam, Todd Sekuler, Valerie Assmann.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCrimscapes Research Group:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eThe \u003cb\u003eCrimScapes Research Group\u003c\/b\u003e consists of twelve ethnographers based in Germany, Finland, France, and Poland who came together to explore what they call \"landscapes of criminalization.\" Together with a large number of civil society initiatives and artists, they render visible the lifeworlds that arise from the increasing criminalization of sex work, drug use, search and rescue activities, abortion, HIV\/AIDS, the punishments for poverty, and abuse in women's prisons. They reveal how the global trend towards punishment and criminalization leads to experiences of chronic crisis and manifolded strategies of solidarity and survival in Europe. Find them online at www.crimscapes.de.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"PM Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51475117080850,"sku":"9798887441016","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_3d512668-78b7-4c1a-b37e-a6422430f344.jpg?v=1752587603","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/down-by-law-criminalization-solidarity-and-survival-in-europe-9798887441016","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}