Foucault News

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

Above picture can be found here And on another site..(fastcodesign.com) Note to Designers: Forget Wearables, Tackle Senseables Ravi Sawney, CEO of RKS, calls on designers to think about the next stage of personal technology. Let’s face it: the concept behind wearables—collecting data on oneself—is something people have sought for generations. French philosopher Michel Foucault, for …

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Les mots et les choses and beyond (2015) Conference FRIDAY, APRIL 17 2015 Harvard Colloquium for Intellectual History and History and Theory Editor: Unfortunately I found out about this conference late, but am posting it for information. 1:30-3:30 – Afternoon Session I Introduction and Chair: Peter E. Gordon Gary Gutting, The Politics of The Order …

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Beckett, A. and Campbell, T. The social model of disability as an oppositional device (2015) Disability & Society, 2015 Vol. 30, No. 2, 270-283 DOI: 10.1080/09687599.2014.999912 Abstract This article engages with debates about the UK Disabled People’s Movement’s ‘Big Idea’ – the social model of disability – positioning this as an ‘oppositional device’. This concept …

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Terri Bourke, John Lidstone & Mary Ryan, Schooling Teachers: Professionalism or disciplinary power? (2015) Educational Philosophy and Theory, 47 (1), pp. 84-100. https://doi.org/10.1080/00131857.2013.839374 Abstract Since public schooling was introduced in the nineteenth century, teachers in many western countries have endeavoured to achieve professional recognition. For a short period in the latter part of the twentieth …

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Rajesh Venugopal, Neoliberalism as Concept, Economy and Society, Published online: 24 Apr 2015 DOI:10.1080/03085147.2015.1013356 Abstract This paper is a critical exploration of the of the term neoliberalism. Drawing on a wide range of literature across the critical social sciences and with particular emphasis on the political economy of development, it evaluates the consequences of the …

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Appel à Article : “RELIRE MICHEL FOUCAULT Pouvoir et résistances : les dispositifs de contrôle” Cet appel invite à proposer des interprétations de Michel Foucault qui s’éloignent de la vision réductrice d’un critique pessimiste, qui dénonce les excès de pouvoir et les dispositifs en tout genre de contrôle social, mais sans proposer d’alternative. D’autres lectures …

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Foucault against Himself By (author) Francois Caillat Translated by David Homel Arsenal Pulp Press Price: $17.95 CAD $17.95 USD ISBN: 9781551526027 EPUB ISBN: 9781551526034 (check your favourite retailer) Availability: Coming soon. For more information contact sales@arsenalpulp.com A thought-provoking collection of essays on Michel Foucault that reframes his legacy. In his private life, as well as …

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Sur les toits (95 mn) Editor: You can buy the DVD from this site and watch a short clip. It is in French with English subtitles. Début des années 70 : une série d’évènements fait monter la tension dans les prisons françaises. En réponse au traitement inhumain que leur fait subir l’administration pénitentiaire, les prisonniers …

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PDF of flyer Film Screening MAY 8th, 2015 Richardson Library 115 2350 N. Kenmore Chicago, IL 60614 7:00-8:30 Sur les toits (2014, French with English Subtitles) 8:30-9:00 Q & A with Director Nicolas Drolc SUR LES TOITS (2014, French with English Subtitles) Nicolas Drolc, Director Between September 1971 and the end of 1972, for the …

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PDF of flyer DePaul University Humanities Center & the Department of Philosophy Foucault and the legacy of the prisons information group (GIP) MAY 8th, 2015 Richardson Library 115 2350 N. Kenmore Chicago, IL 60614 Scholars Symposium 1:00-1:10 Opening Remarks Kevin Thompson, DePaul University 1:10-1:30 “The Dialectic of Theory and Practice” Bernard Harcourt, Columbia University 1:30-1:50 …

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