Foucault News

News and resources on French thinker Michel Foucault (1926-1984)

van Winsen, R., Henriqson, E., Schuler, B., Dekker, S.W.A. Situation awareness: some conditions of possibility (2014) Theoretical Issues in Ergonomics Science, Published online Feb 2014 Abstract Situation awareness (SA) has become a ubiquitous object of knowledge in our discourses of human performance and accident explanation. Based on Michel Foucault’s archaeological approach, in this paper, we …

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Boano, C., Leclair-Paquet, B. Potential, freedom and space: Reflections on Agamben’s potentialities in the West Bank (2014) Space and Polity, Published online Feb 2014 Abstract A special kind of infrastructure has emerged around the West Bank, which lays bare Israel’s capacity to spatialise its colonial power and to constantly solidify its presence. Reading these spatial …

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Hardie, M. Making Visible the Invisible Act of Doping (2014) International Journal for the Semiotics of Law, 27 (1), pp. 85-119. Abstract This paper describes the construction of the visual space of surveillance by the global anti-doping apparatus, it is a space inhabited daily by professional cyclists. Two principal mechanisms of this apparatus will be …

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Viernes, N. The Magistrate is the Muse: Law and Visual Economy in Bangkok (2014) International Journal for the Semiotics of Law, 27 (1), pp. 27-46. Abstract Governmentality is a spatial formation negotiated within historically-constituted political landscapes. In Bangkok, this spatialization of power is manifested in the militarization of urban life and the protocols of security …

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Webb, P.T. Policy problematization (2014) International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education, 27 (3), pp. 364-376. Abstract This article places Michel Foucault’s concept of problematization in relation to educational policy research. My goal is to examine a key assumption of policy related to “solving problems” through such technologies. I discuss the potential problematization has to …

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Philosophers DVD Author(s): Moderator and commentator Fons Elders Noam Chomsky and Michel Foucault Sir Alfred Ayer and Arne Naess Leszek Kolakowski and Henri Lefèbvre Sir Karl Popper and Sir John Eccles A series by Fons Elders This DVD is available at a more reasonable price from Fons Elders’ site than from Icarus films. Review by Brian …

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Vendredi 23 mai à 22h, dans le cadre de La Nuit des idées, Notre corps utopique, Théâtre National de Bordeaux Aquitaine (33) Pour en savoir plus, visitez cette page ou cette page Atelier à la Maison d’Arrêt de Fresnes Du 8 au 25 avril, Corps tatoué, corps utopique?, Atelier à la Maison d’Arrêt de Fresnes …

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Séminaire “Foucault: l’oeuvre continue” Pontifical Catholic University (PUCRS) Dept of Philosophy – C. Postal 1429 Porto Alegre, RS 90619-900 Brazil ROFESSEURS: Dr. Norman Madarasz et Dr. Nythamar de Oliveira CRÉDITS: 3.0 45 h ANNÉE/SEMESTRE: 2014/1 Mercredi 14:00 h – Salle 205 Bâtiment 40 (Fac d’Informatique) PUCRS DESCRIPTION DU SÉMINAIRE Dans les trente années depuis la …

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Michel Foucault – Freedom and Knowledge Author(s): Edited by Fons Elders and Lionel Claris Elders Special Productions BV, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. ISBN 978-90-805600-6-2 NUR 730 You can purchase this book as a paperback or an ebook. An extract can also be found on Lionel Claris’ academia.edu site and you can find a version of Lynne Huffer’s …

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