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

Abtahi, Y., Barwell, R. Who are the actors and who are the acted-ons? An analysis of news media reporting on mathematics education (2020) Mathematics Education Research Journal DOI: 10.1007/s13394-020-00358-3 Open access Abstract While there are several studies analysing how mathematics education is portrayed in news media discourses, there has been little examination of the construction …

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Eloise Govier, Power and all its guises. Environmental determinism and locating ‘the crux of the matter’ (2020) Archaeological Dialogues, 27 (2), pp. 173-176. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1380203820000215 Abstract Can we theorize the relationship between discourses that antagonize each other? In a recent article, Arponen et al. demonstrate the tension between two different research models, and spotlight the compelling …

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Lepe-Carrión, P.; Martínez Andrade, L.; Meneses, José M. (2020). “Chichitlahuiliztli, racialización y cacería humana. Ensayos sobre necropolíticas en América Latina”. Ediciones Ufro-CLACSO, 2020 Open access Prológo Cuando iniciamos el proyecto de este libro, nos dimos cuenta de que en los países con un pasado colonial la violencia se dice de muchas formas, las cuales como …

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The Telos Press Podcast: Mark G. E. Kelly on Michel Foucault and the Politics of Language Today, December 1, 2020 In today’s episode of the Telos Press Podcast, Camelia Raghinaru talks with Mark G. E. Kelly about his article “Foucault and the Politics of Language Today,” from Telos 191 (Summer 2020). An excerpt of the article appears …

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Kyungmee Lee (2020). Michel Foucault in technology-enhanced learning: An analytic review of 10 Foucauldian studies on online education. Studies in Technology Enhanced Learning, 1(1). https://doi.org/10.21428/8c225f6e.6ff53517 Abstract This paper aims to introduce Foucault’s theoretical ideas to researchers of Technology-Enhanced Learning (TEL), particularly researchers who are interested in online educational provisions. This paper explains some of Foucault’s …

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https://michel-foucault.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/fullsizeoutput_1678-1.jpeg https://michel-foucault.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/fullsizeoutput_1679.jpeg What would it be to re-sculpt the projects of human life and social government without “freedom” or “liberty”? The terms are decidedly overdetermined, rising (unsurprisingly) during the configurations of the nation state and in the wake of the French Revolution (see accompanying Ngrams). The assumptions and calls for freedom…

Michel Foucault, Sexuality The 1964 Clermont-Ferrand and 1969 Vincennes Lectures, Foreword by Bernard E. Harcourt. Translated by Graham Burchell. Columbia University Press Forthcoming August 2021. Michel Foucault’s The History of Sexuality —the first volume of which was published in 1976—exerts a vast influence across the humanities and social sciences. However, Foucault’s interest in the history …

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Cités N° 84/2020 : Biopolitique du coronavirus (2020) Date de parution 06/01/2021 RÉSUMÉ Jamais sans doute le concept de biopolitique, inventé par Michel Foucault en 1975, il y a donc quarante-cinq ans, n’aura mieux prouvé sa pertinence que dans la période actuelle. La biopolitique chez Foucault se caractérise en particulier par deux dimensions : la …

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Sotiris, P. Thinking beyond the lockdown: On the possibility of a democratic biopolitics (2020) Historical Materialism DOI: 10.1163/1569206X-12342803 Abstract Covid-19 is not only a health emergency but also a strategic challenge for any politics of resistance, struggle and transformation. Understanding the social and political dynamics associated with morbidity and mortality and the many ‘ecologies of …

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