Entering the Maze: space, time and exclusion in an abandoned Northern Ireland prison

This article is an autoethnographic account of the authors' trespassing in the abandoned Maze Prison in Northern Ireland. For three decades before its closure in 2000, the Maze was the site of intense political struggle. The ruins of the Maze - a space once built to let no one out that now allo...

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Main Authors: Kindynis, Theo (Author), Garrett, Bradley (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: 2015-02-05.
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