Sobe, N.W. All that is global is not world culture: accountability systems and educational apparatuses (2015) Globalisation, Societies and Education, 13 (1), pp. 135-148. DOI: 10.1080/14767724.2014.967501 Abstract This article explores why we see educational accountability systems circulating transnationally. It argues that researchers in the field of comparative and international education need to use the concepts …
Mika, C., Stewart, G. Māori in the Kingdom of the Gaze: Subjects or critics? (2015) Educational Philosophy and Theory, 13 p. Article in Press. DOI: 10.1080/00131857.2015.1013017 Abstract For Māori, a real opportunity exists to flesh out some terms and concepts that Western thinkers have adopted and that precede disciplines but necessarily inform them. In this …
Maria Hynes and Scott Sharpe, Habits, style and how to wear them lightly (2015) Cultural Geographies, 22 (1), pp. 67-83. https://doi.org/10.1177/1474474014560682 Abstract Contributing to cultural geography’s emerging interest in the work of Felix Ravaisson, this article explores the relationship between the impersonal force of habit and the personalised production of subjectivity. More precisely, our concern …
Nordtveit, B.H. Knowledge production in a constructed field: reflections on comparative and international education (2015) Asia Pacific Education Review, 11 p. Article in Press. DOI: 10.1007/s12564-015-9354-0 Abstract Adopting Maria Manzon’s theoretical framework, which draws on Foucault and proposes that comparative education as an academic field is socially constructed, I suggest that the field is neither …
Call for Papers Theatre, Performance, Foucault! TaPRA Theatre, Performance, and Philosophy working group interim event – a one-day symposium Date: 4th July 2015 Location: King’s College London Further info Michel Foucault was not only one of the most controversial and provocative thinkers of the 20th Century, he was also one of its most inventive and …
Given the ongoing popularity of this concept, I have added a new category on neoliberalism to Foucault News.
Niesche, R. Governmentality and My School: School Principals in Societies of Control (2015) Educational Philosophy and Theory, 47 (2), pp. 133-145. DOI: 10.1080/00131857.2013.793925 Abstract The introduction of new accountabilities and techniques of government for the purposes of educational reform have created new complexities and tensions for school leadership. Policies such as the publishing of league …
Monica Loyola STIVAL, Política e moral em Foucault: entre a crítica e o nominalismo, Edições Loyola, 2015 Further info Sinopse A polêmica recente em torno da posição de Foucault sobre o liberalismo testemunha a dificuldade em analisar a dimensão política de seu trabalho. Este livro estabelece uma leitura crítica da questão política, marcando posição nesse …
Originally posted on Progressive Geographies:
The manuscript of Foucault’s Last Decade, as I’ve said, was almost complete. It is now with the press for review. In the last couple of weeks, while in New York, I’ve chased down a few final references; read the very valuable Régards critiques volumes on the History of Sexuality volumes…
Petition in French and English See petition website for other languages and to add your signature Yes to the institution of the “Michel Foucault and the Philosophy of the Present Chair” at PUC São Paulo Both São Paulo’s Cardinal, Odilo Scherer, and the Bishops of his archdiocese, recently announced that they do not authorize the …
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