Darren Powell & Michael Gard, The governmentality of childhood obesity: Coca-Cola, public health and primary schools, Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education, Published online: 14 Apr 2014 https://doi.org/10.1080/01596306.2014.905045 Abstract In this paper, we examine the emergence of what might seem an unexpected policy outcome – a large multinational corporation, frequently blamed for exacerbating …
Alisa Jane Percya, A critical turn in higher education research: turning the critical lens on the Academic Language and Learning educator, Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education, Published online: 04 Apr 2014 Abstract This paper suggests that historical ontology, as one form of reflexive critique, is an instructive research design for making sense …
Marco Díaz Marsá, Modificaciones. Ontología crítica y antropología política en el pensamiento de Foucault, Escolar y Mayo Editores, 2014 ISBN 10: 8416020108 / ISBN 13: 9788416020102 Contraportada: En los últimos tiempos se ha venido afianzado una lectura de la obra de Foucault que desestima las primeras aproximaciones epistemológicas o meramente sociologizantes, muy afines al propio …
Dottorato in Filosofia (XXIX ciclo) Michel Foucault: Il presente come eredità Ciclo di seminari Dipartimento di Filosofia Sapienza – Università di Roma Villa Mirafiori, via Carlo Fea 2 A trent’anni dalla scomparsa di Michel Foucault, i diversi aspetti della sua opera, a partire dalla distanza temporale che ce ne separa, emergono come snodi problematici per …
Elisabetta Basso. Master’s seminar on “Michel Foucault and Epistemology” at the “Center for Knowledge Research” (“Innovationszentrum Wissensforschung” – IZW) at the Technische Universität in Berlin. PDF of program Summary How should a thinker like Foucault, who―in his most famous work, Les mots et les choses―claimed to have “learned more”, as a philosopher, from biologists, linguists, …
Silva, L. Foucault in the Landscape: Questioning Governmentality in the Azores (2014) Landscape Research, Published online March 2014 Abstract This article focuses on the use of governmentality as a technique of government and its effects, with reference to a protected landscape. Drawing on ethnographic materials from the Azores, it demonstrates that governmentality is not always …
Kutay, A. Managerial formations and coupling among the state, the market, and civil society: an emerging effect of governance (2014) Critical Policy Studies, Published online March 2014 Abstract By taking up the fact that some non-governmental organizations adapt to managerialism under governance mechanisms, this article addresses an emerging governance effect that paves the way for …
Inge Claringbould, Annelies Knoppers, and Frank Jacobs Young athletes and their coaches: disciplinary processes and habitus development (2014) Leisure Studies, Published online March 2014 https://doi.org/10.1080/02614367.2014.895027 Abstract Sport scholars have paid relatively little attention to meanings that participants in recreational youth sport may give meanings to their participation and how those meanings are informed by coaching …
Performing Sexual Liberation: The Body and the Medical Authority of Pornography INVITED PAPERS October 24, University of Leicester PDF of call for papers The 21st century has witnessed a growth in academic interest in what has come to be understood as the pornographication of culture. The purpose of this conference is to gather a group …
Reyes-Zaga, H.A. Biopolitics and disposable bodies: A critical reading of Almazán’s Entre perros (2014) Latin American Perspectives, 41 (2), pp. 189-201. Abstract Until now, little has been said about Mexican literature’s relationship with drug trafficking. While the literature influenced by drug trafficking may be seen as opportunistic and as promoting the dissolution of society and …
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