RAYMOND ROUSSEL Galerie Buchholz 17 East 82nd Street, Manhattan Through Aug. 29 2015 via Review: The Writer Raymond Roussel and His Legacy, at Galerie Buchholz – The New York Times. The German dealer Daniel Buchholz, long a fixture on the contemporary art scene in Cologne and Berlin, has opened a gallery in Manhattan and, for …
Governmentality, Neoliberalism, Economy: strategies for critiques of power (7 – 9 December 2015) CBS – Copenhagen Business School, Denmark PhD School Doctoral School of Organisation and Management Studies Department of Management, Politics and Philosophy Faculty Mitchell Dean, Professor of Public Governance, CBS Stuart Elden, Professor, Monash University Ute Tellmann, Fakultät Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften, Universität Hamburg …
Jiang, M. Managing the micro-self: the governmentality of real name registration policy in Chinese microblogosphere (2015) Information Communication and Society, 18 p. Article in Press. DOI: 10.1080/1369118X.2015.1060723 Abstract This paper investigates the real name registration (RNR) policy introduced by Chinese authorities in 2011 to regulate its vibrant microblogosphere by encouraging users to manage their ‘micro-self’. …
Greig, C.J., Holloway, S.M. A Foucauldian analysis of literary text selection practices and educational policies in Ontario, Canada (2015) Discourse, 14 p. Article in Press. DOI: 10.1080/01596306.2015.1043239 Abstract Like schools, curricula are socially constructed and constituted within broader social, political, and historical relations of power, powerfully shaping students’ beliefs and attitudes about themselves and their …
Hardy, M., Jobling, H. Beyond power/knowledge—developing a framework for understanding knowledge ‘flow’ in international social work (2015) European Journal of Social Work, 18 p. Article in Press. DOI: 10.1080/13691457.2015.1043240 Abstract How are different ‘forms’ of knowledge developed, transmitted and institutionalised in social work? Foucault’s concept of ‘power/knowledge’ famously enabled us to understand such developments via …
Song, A.M. Pawns, pirates or peacemakers: Fishing boats in the inter-Korean maritime boundary dispute and ambivalent governmentality (2015) Political Geography, 48, pp. 60-71. DOI: 10.1016/j.polgeo.2015.06.002 Abstract Extractive activities such as oil drilling, mining and fishing often appear implicated in international maritime boundary disputes. While natural resources’ crucial role as a catalyst for conflict has been …
Jacobs, K., Travers, M. Governmentality as critique: the diversification and regulation of the Australian housing sector (2015) International Journal of Housing Policy, 19 p. Article in Press. DOI: 10.1080/14616718.2015.1046209 Abstract As the housing affordability crisis in Australia deepens, policy-makers have expended considerable resources in establishing new regulatory practices to enhance the role of the community …
An interview of the American anthropologist Paul Rabinow about his life and work in Morocco and in the philosophy of anthropology and science studies. Filmed by Alan Macfarlane on 31st October 2008. Edited by Sarah Harrison. Generously supported by the Leverhulme Trust. Includes a transcript. Created: 2011-04-12 14:55 Collection: Film Interviews with Leading Thinkers …
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Unpacking Foucault The Columbia Center for Contemporary Critical Thought, Directed by Professor Bernard E. Harcourt, Set to Host a Major Series of Seminars Reassessing the Famed French Philosopher Media Contact: Public Affairs, 212-854-2650 or publicaffairs@law.columbia.edu New York, August 6, 2015—More than 30 years after his death, French philosopher Michel Foucault continues to influence contemporary thinkers …
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