Barker, D. Ninjas, zombies and nervous wrecks? Academics in the neoliberal world of physical education and sport pedagogy (2017) Sport, Education and Society, 22 (1), pp. 87-104. DOI: 10.1080/13573322.2016.1195360 Abstract Scholars have drawn some damning conclusions on the current state of the academy. They argue that neoliberal developments such as corporatization and privatization are undermining …
Foucault and Animals Edited by Matthew Chrulew and Dinesh Joseph Wadiwel, Brill, 2016 Foucault and Animals is the first collection of its kind to explore the relevance of Michel Foucault’s thought for the question of the animal. Chrulew and Wadiwel bring together essays from emerging and established scholars that illuminate the place of animals and …
Khodadadi, M., O’Donnell, H. UK press and tourist discourses of Iran: a study in multiple realities (2017) Leisure Studies, 36 (1), pp. 53-64. DOI: 10.1080/02614367.2015.1085591 Abstract The aim of this article is to investigate the competing discourses of Iran currently circulating in British society, and their influence on the tourist destination image of that country. …
Nicholas de Villiers, Sexography.Sex Work in Documentary, University of Minnesota Press, Forthcoming 2017 A bold challenge to rethink the ways we view sex work and documentary film The turn of the twenty-first century has witnessed an eruption of nonfiction films on sex work. The first book to examine a cross-section of this diverse and transnational …
Bojesen, E. I/MLEs and the uneven return of pastoral power (2016) Educational Philosophy and Theory, pp. 1-8. Article in Press. DOI: 10.1080/00131857.2016.1267604 Editor: I/MLE stands for Innovative/Modern Learning Environments Abstract Informed by the work of the work of Michel Foucault, Ian Hunter, and Ansgar Allen, this paper argues that I/MLEs are not the creation of …
Heather Brunskell-Evans (Ed) The Sexualized Body and the Medical Authority of Pornography, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2016 Book Description This edited collection examines pornography as a material practice that eroticises gender inequality and sexual violence towards women. It addresses the complex relationship between pornography and medicine (in particular, sexology and psycho-therapy) whereby medicine has historically, and …
Teaching English or producing docility? Foucauldian analysis of Pakistani state-mandated English textbooks Liaquat Ali Channa, Daniel Gilhooly, Abdul Razaque Channa, Syed Abdul Manan, and John Schwieter Cogent Education Vol. 4 , Iss. 1,2017 Abstract The scholarship of language education, particularly with reference to learning and use of English, is marked by varieties of English. One …
Theisens, H., Hooge, E., Waslander, S. Steering Dynamics in Complex Education Systems. An Agenda for Empirical Research (2016) European Journal of Education, 51 (4), pp. 463-477. DOI: 10.1111/ejed.12187 Abstract Many policy systems and education systems have grown more complex in the last three decades. Power has moved away from central governments in different directions: upwards …
International Conference GOVERNMENT OF SELF, GOVERNMENT OF OTHERS Ethical and political questions in the late Foucault 6-8 March 2017 IFILNOVA – EPLab / FCSH – Philosophy Department I&D Multiusos 2-3, Av. Berna 26C, Lisbon Web http://www.eplab.ifilnova.pt/events/INternational-conference http://fcsh.unl.pt/media/noticias/destaques/coloquio-internacional-sobre-foucault https://www.facebook.com/events/228100890930886 Michel Foucault’s last lecture series at Collège de France constitute a unity that testifies a shift in …
Editor: To provide extra material for my Master of Education coursework students, I will be posting up quite a bit of material in the education area over the next month. These posts will be scheduled at a different time of day from other posts. The Foucault and education posts will all be tagged in the …
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