Disney, T. Complex spaces of orphan care – a Russian therapeutic children’s community (2015) Children’s Geographies, 13 (1), pp. 30-43. DOI: 10.1080/14733285.2013.827874 Abstract Institutions of orphan care are immensely complex spaces imbued with social and cultural norms, and can exhibit intricate power relations and particularly severe examples of surveillance. While there have been numerous excellent …
Carey, J.L.W. Taking Responsibility for Cloning: Discourses of Care and Knowledge in Biotechnological Approaches to Nonhuman Life (2015) Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics, 11 p. Article in Press. DOI: 10.1007/s10806-015-9544-0 Abstract This article examines the practice of animal cloning in relation to discourses of care and responsibility, in particular a common cultural interpretation of …
Bullen, J. Governing Homelessness: The Discursive and Institutional Construction of Homelessness in Australia (2015) Housing, Theory and Society, 22 p. Article in Press. DOI: 10.1080/14036096.2015.1024886 Abstract This paper analyses changes in the conceptualization of “homelessness” in Australian policies, programmes and services from the 1970s to 2006. Research and commentary confirm a shift away from an …
Wrench, A., Garrett, R. Gender encounters: becoming teachers of physical education (2015) Sport, Education and Society, 17 p. Article in Press. DOI: 10.1080/13573322.2015.1032922 Abstract Pre-service teachers of physical education (PE) bring understandings about gender and bodies to their university studies. These understandings are partially informed by biographies and experiences and bear potential to mediate learning …
Ailon, G. From superstars to devils: The ethical discourse on managerial figures involved in a corporate scandal (2015) Organization, 22 (1), pp. 78-99. DOI: 10.1177/1350508413501937 Abstract This article draws upon a growing body of Foucauldian-inspired literature on business ethics. Looking at the media as a prime site of dynamic discursive production in contemporary times, it …
Rencontre doctorale du Centre Michel Foucault 14/15/16 octobre 2015. IMEC. Caen L’Association pour le Centre Michel Foucault propose pour la sixième année une école doctorale visant à réunir les doctorants travaillant sur, avec et autour de la pensée de Michel Foucault. L’objectif est comme les années précédentes de mettre en relation, le plus agréablement possible …
The “International Congress of Critical Applied Linguistics” will take place in Brasília, Brazil, at the University of Brasília, from Monday, October 19th, 2015, to Wednesday, October 21st, 2015. The event is organized by research groups from the University of Brasília and the State University of Londrina. Contributions on the following themes are welcome: (i) Language …
Shelley Tremain, Editor, Foucault and the Government of Disability, University of Michigan, 2015 Enlarged and Revised Edition An up-to-date edition of a foundational collection Foucault and the Government of Disability considers the continued relevance of Foucault to disability studies, as well as the growing significance of disability studies to understandings of Foucault. A decade ago, …
L’Essai et la revue du jour par Jacques Munier France Culture, 9 June 2015 Audio Michel Foucault : Théories et institutions pénales. Cours au Collège de France 1971-1972 (EHESS/Gallimard/Seuil) « C’est un document exceptionnel » préviennent les éditeurs François Ewald et Bernard E. Harcourt dans le texte qu’ils consacrent à la Situation du cours, à …
Johansen, M.B. Fall of the public teacher – discourse of intimacy and the teaching profession in Denmark (2014) Research Papers in Education, 23 p. Article in Press. DOI: 10.1080/02671522.2014.989176 Abstract This article reports on a case study conducted in a Danish municipality with 22 teachers as participants, in the context of a project focused on …
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