We’re really pleased to announce the publication of the edited collection Framing the penal colony: Representing, Interpreting and Imagining Convict Transportation edited by Sophie Fuggle, Charles Forsdick… Read more “Framing the penal colony – new publication”

As part of the Postcards from the bagne project, we have just launched a podcast which is hosted on Anchor and can be listened to on all… Read more “Podcasts from the bagne”

The Camp de la Transportation in Saint Laurent du Maroni has over several decades been transformed into a form of cultural centre which not only engages with… Read more “Exposition temporaire”

Between 10-14 June 2019 Sophie and I (Ayshka) travelled to the Île de Ré (et environs) to visit sites where former convicts were held before deportation to… Read more “Rochefort & Île d’Aix – life history narratives in museums”

Return to Guyane, March 2019 There are many objectives and narratives that recur in different prison museums and exhibitions all over the world. Notably these include objects… Read more “Food security in the penal colony”

At the disused well in the Camp de la Transportation in St Laurent du Maroni, I made two cyanotypes using plants I had just picked from the… Read more “Cyanotypes at the well”

30 July 2018 In contrast to the foreboding Cathédrale Saint Joseph in the centre of Nouméa which closely resembles Notre Dame in Paris, the little church, Sacre-Cœur,… Read more “Site visit #17. The little church at Païta”

Exploring further at presqu’ile Ducos yesterday, a large peninsula just to the north of Noumea, which used to be completely given over to the penal colony (as… Read more “Site Visit 16 – Ducos”

Part 5. A guided tour with Daniel 28 June 2018 When reconstruction gets it right after all… During this visit to Saint Laurent we have had the… Read more “site visit #7. Saint Laurent du Maroni pt5”

23 July 2018 The Île aux Lépreux is perhaps best known in the popular imaginary of the bagne as a place that Papillon stops off at on… Read more “site visit #12. Île aux Lépreux”