Foucault News

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

Robinson, D., Ilinskaya, S. Queering the popular utopia through translingual science fiction: Sense8 as cultural translation (2022) Perspectives: Studies in Translation Theory and Practice DOI: 10.1080/0907676X.2022.2043396 Abstract The paper reads the queer utopia fleshed forth in the Wachowskis’ two-season series Sense8 as a heterotopia (Joanne Tompkins, developing an idea out of Foucault) that orients us …

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Sukhera, J., Poleksic, J., Zaheer, J., Pack, R. Normalising disclosure or reinforcing heroism? An exploratory critical discourse analysis of mental health stigma in medical education (2022) Medical Education DOI: 10.1111/medu.14790 Abstract Introduction: There has been a proliferation of initiatives targeted towards improving psychological wellbeing among medical learners. Yet many learners do not seek assistance due …

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He, Y. Contemporary painting, the ‘loop’ and the Chinese context (2021) Journal of Contemporary Painting, 7 (1-2), pp. 199-223. DOI: 10.1386/JCP_00026_1 Abstract This article explores my own painting practice in relation to my pedagogical experience in both China and the United Kingdom, in order to see how traditional painting and the pedagogy of painting can …

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Zanetti, F.L., Castanheira, K.N.L. Nietzsche, Feyerabend and Foucault: a dialogue on the eclipse of science in current politics [Nietzsche, Feyerabend e Foucault: um diálogo sobre o eclipse da ciência na política atual] (2021) Revista de Filosofia: Aurora, 33 (60), pp. 879-898. DOI: 10.7213/1980-5934.33.060.DS08 Abstract This study considers science as a space crossed by forces that …

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Volume 11 of Maynooth Philosophical Papers contains two articles that are of interest to Foucault scholars. PDF of Table of Contents Based on research in the Foucault Archives at the Bibliothèque nationale de France, Philippe Chevallier’s essay formulates, for the first time, a series of hypotheses concerning the stages in which Foucault composed the fourth …

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Originally posted on Progressive Geographies:
On Wednesday afternoon, I submitted the final, revised manuscript of?The Archaeology of Foucault?to Polity. I’d submitted the manuscript for review in February during Warwick’s reading week, and had two very positive and useful reports back at the end of March. The final revisions were completed this week, and the book…

Hassan, N.R., Lowry, P.B., Mathiassen, L. Useful Products in Information Systems Theorizing: A Discursive Formation Perspective (2022) Journal of the Association for Information Systems, 23 (2), pp. 418-446. DOI: 10.17705/1jais.00730 Abstract Although there is a growing understanding of theory building in the information systems (IS) field, what constitutes IS theory remains the subject of intense …

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Bonnie Evans, Beyond neurodiversity: The dangers of ‘reducing diversity to brain-based distinctions’ Genetic Literacy Project, March 30, 2022 The concept of ‘neurodiversity’ has gained enormous cultural influence in recent years. Computer scientists and ‘techies’ wear the ‘neurodiverse’ label with pride; businesses are building ‘neurodiverse’ workforces; scriptwriters strive to represent and cast ‘neurodivergent’ people. Those framed …

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Fathzadeh, F. Swapping the veil for casual clothing: A study of Iranian immigrant women living in Norway (2022) Women’s Studies International Forum, 92, art. no. 102577, . DOI: 10.1016/j.wsif.2022.102577 Abstract With reference to Michel Foucault’s theory of power and freedom, this article draws on narrative interviews with Iranian immigrant women living in Norway to explore …

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Lorek-Jezińska, E., Strehlau, N., Więckowska, K. Altering Authorships: Absences and Presences of Authors in Contemporary Culture (2021) Avant, 12 (3) DOI: 10.26913/avant.2021.03.07 Abstract This article serves as an introduction to the anthology devoted to the study of altering author-ships in contemporary literature and culture. Drawing attention to the influence of Roland Barthes’s and Michel Foucault’s …

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