Scholars@Duke
Joseph Hiller

Scholarly Works

Ghosts in the Panopticon: Afterlife and Memory in the Museo Panóptico de Ibagué

Journal article The Latin Americanist · March 2026 Abstract: In 2017, the Colombian television program Ellos están aquí (They Are Here) visited the ruins of the Panóptico de Ibagué, a former penitentiary located in the capital city of the Colombian department of Tolima, to search for ... Full text Cite

Women Organize Against the “Double Punishment” of Colombian Prisons

Other NACLA Report on the Americas · December 8, 2023 Formerly incarcerated women lead the struggle to rethink Colombia's broken prison system. What promise does a new restorative justice law hold? ... Link to item Cite

Una Soledad Acompañada: Trans Care, Study, and Opacity in Colombian Prison Worlds

Other Revaluing Care Working Papers Blog · December 6, 2023 This research probes the problem of care for trans people in Colombian prison worlds, especially the role of study as care. Care is often a site of untidy contestation, of suspicion, resentment, and silence alongside generosity, compassion, and trust. How ... Link to item Cite

The passenger

Journal article Anthropology and Humanism · December 1, 2023 This piece forms part of a special section of “hundreds” inspired by Kathleen Stewart's ethnographic writing. It is based on a conversation with a formerly incarcerated trans woman in Colombia about the perils of commuting through the urban periphery and t ... Full text Cite

Syllabus Archive: Black Anthropology

Digital publication · October 3, 2023 Link to item Cite