An‐sofie Vanhouche
Biographic Data
| ID | 4421542 |
|---|---|
| NAME | An‐sofie Vanhouche |
| GIVEN NAMES | An‐sofie |
| FAMILY NAME | Vanhouche |
| SIGNATURE | VANHOUCHE A S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Vrije Universiteit Brussel |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6617-4754 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 15 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 9 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Solo or Social Chefs
Prison food studies found that communal cooking improves peer support, agency, well-being, and construction of new identities or social status. However, the decision to cook with others, rather than alone, remains an underexplored dimension of prison life. This study fills that gap by examining the extent to which both personal characteristics and prison conditions associate with communal cooking and eating practices, drawing on the theoretical f…
Cell's Kitchen
In popular media, carceral food places are often depicted as large communal mess halls, but this does not reflect the diversity of such spaces worldwide. Carceral geography, while exploring prison spaces, seldom examines foodplaces in detail. Using empirical data from 21 Dutch penal institutions, we describe how incarcerated persons experience these spaces. Some elements of carceral foodplaces are normalized, but others, such as the gap between t…
The racialization of radicalization and terrorism
While racializing political language about Muslims has been prevalent in Western Europe throughout modern history, the events of 9/11 and the bombings in Madrid further elevated political suspicion towards Islam, ultimately making Muslims a suspect community. Western European political discourses have framed acts of terrorism and radicalization as inherent to the Islamic tradition, resulting in problematic notions such as ‘Islamic terrorism. This…
Prison Food
Where Two ‘Exceptional’ Prison Cultures Meet
Can a prison in the Netherlands, that is neither ‘Dutch’ nor ‘Norwegian’, be ‘legitimate?’ What are the moral challenges? Our study of the controversial Norgerhaven project—a Norwegian prison located in the Netherlands—found that this ‘experiment’ generated one of the most reflexive, ‘deliberative’ prisons we have encountered. Officials involved in the decision assumed that the two jurisdictions were alike in their values. Few were prepared for t…
Introduction
Food trust in low trust environments. Negotiating food trust in belgian prisons
A Vehicle of Punishment? Prison Diets in Belgium Circa 1900
For decades institutional food has been studied to learn about wider developments in foodways in the past and present. Prison diets offer additional value to these studies in that prisoners' food has specific connotations (e.g., control or extra punishment) and that it should not exceed common diets outside the prison (the so-called less-eligibility principle). This interdisciplinary paper examines the Belgian prison system circa 1900, then one o…
Acceptance or refusal of convenience food in present-day prison
A Vehicle of Punishment? Prison Diets in Belgium Circa 1900
For decades institutional food has been studied to learn about wider developments in foodways in the past and present. Prison diets offer additional value to these studies in that prisoners' food has specific connotations (e.g., control or extra punishment) and that it should not exceed common diets outside the prison (the so-called less-eligibility principle). This interdisciplinary paper examines the Belgian prison system circa 1900, then one o…
Acceptance or refusal of convenience food in present-day prison
Where Two ‘Exceptional’ Prison Cultures Meet
Can a prison in the Netherlands, that is neither ‘Dutch’ nor ‘Norwegian’, be ‘legitimate?’ What are the moral challenges? Our study of the controversial Norgerhaven project—a Norwegian prison located in the Netherlands—found that this ‘experiment’ generated one of the most reflexive, ‘deliberative’ prisons we have encountered. Officials involved in the decision assumed that the two jurisdictions were alike in their values. Few were prepared for t…
The racialization of radicalization and terrorism
While racializing political language about Muslims has been prevalent in Western Europe throughout modern history, the events of 9/11 and the bombings in Madrid further elevated political suspicion towards Islam, ultimately making Muslims a suspect community. Western European political discourses have framed acts of terrorism and radicalization as inherent to the Islamic tradition, resulting in problematic notions such as ‘Islamic terrorism. This…
Acceptance or refusal of convenience food in present-day prison
A Vehicle of Punishment? Prison Diets in Belgium Circa 1900
For decades institutional food has been studied to learn about wider developments in foodways in the past and present. Prison diets offer additional value to these studies in that prisoners' food has specific connotations (e.g., control or extra punishment) and that it should not exceed common diets outside the prison (the so-called less-eligibility principle). This interdisciplinary paper examines the Belgian prison system circa 1900, then one o…
Food trust in low trust environments. Negotiating food trust in belgian prisons
Introduction
Where Two ‘Exceptional’ Prison Cultures Meet
Can a prison in the Netherlands, that is neither ‘Dutch’ nor ‘Norwegian’, be ‘legitimate?’ What are the moral challenges? Our study of the controversial Norgerhaven project—a Norwegian prison located in the Netherlands—found that this ‘experiment’ generated one of the most reflexive, ‘deliberative’ prisons we have encountered. Officials involved in the decision assumed that the two jurisdictions were alike in their values. Few were prepared for t…
Prison Food
Cell's Kitchen
In popular media, carceral food places are often depicted as large communal mess halls, but this does not reflect the diversity of such spaces worldwide. Carceral geography, while exploring prison spaces, seldom examines foodplaces in detail. Using empirical data from 21 Dutch penal institutions, we describe how incarcerated persons experience these spaces. Some elements of carceral foodplaces are normalized, but others, such as the gap between t…
The racialization of radicalization and terrorism
While racializing political language about Muslims has been prevalent in Western Europe throughout modern history, the events of 9/11 and the bombings in Madrid further elevated political suspicion towards Islam, ultimately making Muslims a suspect community. Western European political discourses have framed acts of terrorism and radicalization as inherent to the Islamic tradition, resulting in problematic notions such as ‘Islamic terrorism. This…
Solo or Social Chefs
Prison food studies found that communal cooking improves peer support, agency, well-being, and construction of new identities or social status. However, the decision to cook with others, rather than alone, remains an underexplored dimension of prison life. This study fills that gap by examining the extent to which both personal characteristics and prison conditions associate with communal cooking and eating practices, drawing on the theoretical f…
Criminology (8 works) · Prison (7 works) · Political science (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Law (5 works) · Psychology (5 works) · Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis (4 works) · Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending (3 works) · Social Psychology (3 works) · Social science (3 works)