Colin Koopman, The power thinker, Aeon, 15 March 2017 Imagine you are asked to compose an ultra-short history of philosophy. Perhaps you’ve been challenged to squeeze the impossibly sprawling diversity of philosophy itself into just a few tweets. You could do worse than to search for the single word that best captures the ideas of …
Tea Torbenfeldt Bengtsson, & Lars Fynbo (2017). Analysing the significance of silence in qualitative interviewing: questioning and shifting power relations. Qualitative Research, February https://doi.org/10.1177/1468794117694220 Abstract In this article we analyse the significance of silence in qualitative interviews with 36 individuals interviewed about high-risk, illegal activities. We describe how silence expresses a dynamic power relationship between …
Dušan Marinković and Dušan Ristić, Foucault’s ‘Hall of Mirrors’: an Investigation into Geo‐Epistemology Geografiska Annaler: Series B, Human Geography Vol. 98 , Iss. 2,2016 DOI: 10.1111/geob.12092 Abstract In this article we aim to single out a part of Foucault’s trihedrals of spatialization – discourses and practices, that is, technologies of power that have their spatialized …
Varea, V., Pang, B. Using visual methodologies to understand pre-service Health and Physical Education teachers’ subjectivities of bodies (2016) Sport, Education and Society, pp. 1-13. Article in Press. DOI: 10.1080/13573322.2016.1228625 Abstract Socio-cultural theorists have argued that having a diverse understanding of subjectivities of normal/ideal bodies is important for Health and Physical Education (HPE) teachers. When …
Edwards, R. Competence-based education and the limitations of critique (2016) International Journal of Training Research, 14 (3), pp. 244-255. DOI: 10.1080/14480220.2016.1254366 Abstract Drawing upon the work of Foucault and Latour, this article reflects on 25 years of critique of competence-based education and its continuing strength as a way of framing education and training. Using an …
Ja’afar, Z., Md. Yusof, N., Ibrahim, N. Revisioning history: A deconstructionist reading of a learner’s multimodal text, ‘Revenge’ (2016) Asian Social Science, 12 (8), pp. 64-73. DOI: 10.5539/ass.v12n8p64 Abstract Recent interest in multimodality recognizes the integration of text and image in meaning-making as representing reality. It has also been argued that with the use of …
De Vries, L.A. Politics of (in)visibility: Governance-resistance and the constitution of refugee subjectivities in Malaysia (2016) Review of International Studies, 42 (5), pp. 876-894. DOI: 10.1017/S0260210516000103 Abstract This article explores the relationality of governance and resistance in the context of the constitution of refugee subjectivities in Malaysia. Whilst recognising their precarity, the article moves away …
Heffernan, A. The Emperor’s perfect map: leadership by numbers (2016) Australian Educational Researcher, 43 (3), pp. 377-391. DOI: 10.1007/s13384-016-0206-7 Abstract This paper establishes that system-generated data profiles are influencing the work of principals in three Queensland state schools. Drawing upon Foucault’s notions of governance, as well as research emphasising performative cultures and the importance placed …
Powell, D. Governing the (un)healthy child-consumer in the age of the childhood obesity crisis (2016) Sport, Education and Society, pp. 1-14. Article in Press. DOI: 10.1080/13573322.2016.1192530 Abstract In recent years, multinational food and drink corporations and their marketing practices have been blamed for the global childhood obesity ‘crisis’. Unsurprisingly, these corporations have been quick to …
Geraldine Muhlmann Journalism for Democracy, Polity, 2010 Editor: There are some very interesting remarks on Foucault, Bourdieu and journalism in the first chapter Description Journalists are commonly denounced from all sides – a shameful, deceitful trade, a profession sold out to the powerful which gives a biased and misleading picture of the world. Behind the …
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