[Editor: You never know where references to Foucault’s name will pop up…] Todd Martens, Meet Disney’s philosopher king: the brain behind ‘Avatar’s’ Pandora and Marvel’s ‘Guardians’ ride, Los Angeles Times, May 25 2017 When visitors set foot into Pandora — The World of Avatar at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Fla., they will find glowing …
Noguera-Ramírez, C.E. The pedagogical effect: On Foucault and Sloterdijk (2017) Educational Philosophy and Theory, 49 (7), pp. 720-733. DOI: 10.1080/00131857.2016.1204738 Abstract Although Foucault did not produce any particular work devoted to teaching or education, following authors like Hoskin this text aims to show the importance that teaching practices and discourses have in Foucault’s analysis, particularly …
Jen Bagelman, Sarah Marie Wiebe, Intimacies of global toxins: Exposure & resistance in ‘Chemical Valley’(2017) Political Geography, 60, pp. 76-85. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polgeo.2017.04.007 Abstract This paper examines the geopolitics of the Aamjiwnaang First Nation’s reserve, situated in a toxic petrochemical complex known as Canada’s ‘Chemical Valley.’ While this reserve holds the perilous title of worst air-pollution in …
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