Undocumented : the architecture of migrant detention / Tings Chak.
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TextLanguage: English [Maxville, Ontario, Canada] : Ad Astra Comix, [2017]©2017 Edition: Second editionDescription: 131 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 24 cmContent type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780994050762 (paperback)Subject(s): Architecture | Prisons -- Design and construction | Correctional institutions -- Design and construction | Illegal aliens -- Canada | Emigration and immigration -- Social aspects | Immigration enforcement -- Canada | Immigrants -- Canada -- Social conditions | Canada -- Emigration and immigrationLOC classification: HV8805 .C43 2017Summary: Using comics, interviews, and architectural sketches, Undocumented explores a growing industry in an era of militarized borders, state surveillance, and criminalized migration. Originally released in 2014 to an architectural audience, this special edition from Ad Astra Comix features an updated afterword by Syed Hussan (No One Is Illegal, Toronto), as well as an interview with a former detainee. Focusing on Canadas migrant detention system, where detainees are often held in maximum security prisons without charges for indefinite periods of time, 'Undocumented' draws chilling conclusions about the societies that tolerate these punitive spaces of confinement. Proceeds from the sale of each book go to the End Immigration Detention Network.
| Item type | Current library | Shelving location | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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| Books | MEF Üniversitesi Kütüphanesi | Genel Koleksiyon | HV 8805 .C43 2017 (Browse shelf (Opens below)) | Available | 0012821 |
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First edition published: Montreal : Architecture Observer, 2014.
Using comics, interviews, and architectural sketches, Undocumented explores a growing industry in an era of militarized borders, state surveillance, and criminalized migration. Originally released in 2014 to an architectural audience, this special edition from Ad Astra Comix features an updated afterword by Syed Hussan (No One Is Illegal, Toronto), as well as an interview with a former detainee. Focusing on Canadas migrant detention system, where detainees are often held in maximum security prisons without charges for indefinite periods of time, 'Undocumented' draws chilling conclusions about the societies that tolerate these punitive spaces of confinement. Proceeds from the sale of each book go to the End Immigration Detention Network.