Borovoy, A. Japan’s Public Health Paradigm: Governmentality and the Containment of Harmful Behavior (2017) Medical Anthropology: Cross Cultural Studies in Health and Illness, 36 (1), pp. 32-46. DOI: 10.1080/01459740.2016.1148033 Abstract In this essay, I revisit the politics of social control in the context of contemporary public health discussions, touching on the management of obesity and …
Quartermaine, A. The disposition of concern: an exploration into the affects of the power-knowledge dynamics uncovered during research into pupils’ perceptions of terrorism (2016) International Journal of Research and Method in Education, pp. 1-13. Article in Press. DOI: 10.1080/1743727X.2016.1186631 Abstract In recent years, counter-terrorism measures have become incorporated into the UK education system, with the …
Foucault & Religion What consequences has Michel Foucault’s thought had for the study of religion? THE MARTIN MARTY CENTER FOR THE ADVANCED STUDY OF RELIGION March 10-11, 2017 | Swift Common Room and Lecture Hall For more information, contact conference organizers Daniel Schultz (danielschultz@uchicago.edu) or Maureen Kelly (makelly@uchicago.edu). This two-day conference will bring scholars from …
Sandberg, F., Fejes, A., Dahlstedt, M., Olson, M. Adult Education as a Heterotopia of Deviation: A Dwelling for the Abnormal Citizen (2016) Adult Education Quarterly, 66 (2), pp. 103-119. DOI: 10.1177/0741713615618447 Abstract We argue that municipal adult education (MAE) can be seen as a place for displaced and abnormal citizens to gain temporary stability, enabling …
Alain de Libera, Destructionis destructio. Heidegger, Foucault et la pensée médiévale Collège de France 13 février – 27 mars 2017 17:00 19:00 Cours Amphithéâtre Marguerite de Navarre – Marcelin Berthelot Les cours et séminaires sont gratuits, en accès libre, sans inscription préalable. With thanks to Eric Hennion for this news
Brown, C. ‘Favourite places in school’ for lower-set ‘ability’ pupils: school groupings practices and children’s spatial orientations (2016) Children’s Geographies, pp. 1-14. Article in Press. DOI: 10.1080/14733285.2016.1269154 Abstract This paper contributes to the recent turn within Children’s Geographies concerned with understanding and illuminating educational inequalities. The focus is upon pupils assigned to lower ‘ability’ groupings, …
Editor: What do Foucault and the Duchess of Cambridge have in common? The polo neck skivvy! The affordable staple that has become the Duchess of Cambridge’s secret wardrobe weapon, The Telegraph, 23 February 2017 The Duchess of Cambridge is now, we can all agree, a pro in the royal dressing stakes. For her increasingly regular …
Carl Death, Counter-conducts: A Foucauldian Analytics of Protest, Social Movement Studies Vol. 9 , Iss. 3, 2010 https://doi.org/10.1080/14742837.2010.493655 Abstract The influence of Foucault on studies of social movements, dissent and protest is not as direct as might be imagined. He is generally regarded as focusing more on the analysis of power and government than forms …
De Schauwer, E., Van de Putte, I., Blockmans, I.G.E., Davies, B. The intra-active production of normativity and difference (2016) Gender and Education, pp. 1-16. Article in Press. DOI: 10.1080/09540253.2016.1259463 Abstract Drawing on memory stories told in a collective biography workshop about children’s encounters with schooling, this paper experiments with re-imagining the child-student-subject as an ‘emergent …
Raaper, R. Tracing assessment policy discourses in neoliberalised higher education settings (2016) Journal of Education Policy, pp. 1-18. Article in Press. DOI: 10.1080/02680939.2016.1257160 Abstract This article explores assessment policy in two European universities with different political, historical and social backgrounds: the University of Glasgow and Tallinn University. The University of Glasgow is a well-established Russell …
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