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 …
Paatela-Nieminen, M., Itkonen, T., Talib, M.-T. Reconstructing Imagined Finnishness: The Case of Art Education through the Concept of Place (2016) International Journal of Art and Design Education, 35 (2), pp. 229-242. DOI: 10.1111/jade.12057 Abstract This multidisciplinary article presents a methodology, a research project and selected outcomes from an environmental art education course for teacher students. …
Sonu, D., Benson, J. The quasi-human child: How normative conceptions of childhood enabled neoliberal school reform in the United States (2016) Curriculum Inquiry, 46 (3), pp. 230-247. DOI: 10.1080/03626784.2016.1168259 Abstract This paper argues that normative conceptions of the child, as a natural quasi-human being in need of guidance, enable current school reforms in the United …
Podcast Bryan Cooke and Mark Kelly discuss Foucault, biopolitics, modernity, the role of the intellectual in politics, and Foucault, March 18, 2016
Damien Page, The surveillance of teachers and the simulation of teaching, Journal Of Education Policy Vol. 32 , Iss. 1, 2017 https://doi.org/10.1080/02680939.2016.1209566 Full text Abstract Just as surveillance in general has become more sophisticated, penetrative and ubiquitous, so has the surveillance of teachers. Enacted through an assemblage of strategies such as learning walks, parental networks, …
Patricio Lepe-Carrión, El contrato colonial de Chile, Sciencia, racismo, nación Abya Yala, 2016 PDF cover and table of contents En los orígenes de la nación chilena se ocultan una serie de elementos raciales que pueden remontarse a muchos años antes de su establecimiento formal como institución política. Las ideas de “raza” y “racismo” son el …
Bazzul, J. The ‘subject of ethics’ and educational research OR Ethics or politics? Yes please! (2017) Educational Philosophy and Theory, pp. 1-11. Article in Press. DOI: 10.1080/00131857.2016.1270184 Abstract This paper outlines a theoretical context for research into ‘the subject of ethics’ in terms of how students come to see themselves as self-reflective actors. I maintain …
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