Natasha Saltes, ‘Abnormal’ Bodies on the Borders of Inclusion: Biopolitics and the Paradox of Disability Surveillance, Surveillance and Society, Vol 11, No 1/2 (2013) https://doi.org/10.24908/ss.v11i1/2.4460 Abstract When conducted according to the biomedical definition of disability, ‘disability surveillance’ involves monitoring bodies against normative ontological standards, classifying ‘abnormality’ and problematizing ‘abnormal bodies’ as risky. While disability surveillance …
Richard Herbert, Madness and Superheroes. A Foucaultian analysis of the madness of the gritty, realistic superhero movie, Overthinking It site, September 3rd, 2013. ‘We must understand it not as reason diseased, or as reason lost or alienated, but quite simply as reason dazzled’. –Michel Foucault, Madness and Civilization In 1938, Americans who tuned into Mercury …
Source: Cuban Art News [Editor: Link Updated 17 April 2026 to page archived on the Wayback Machine] Los Carpinteros in Hong Kong. They may construct sculptures out of Lego blocks, but when it comes to the theoretical underpinnings of their work Los Carpinteros don’t kid around. Heteropias, the title of their first solo show in …
Katie R. Place and Jennifer Vardeman-Winter, Hegemonic discourse and self-discipline: Exploring Foucault’s concept of bio-power among public relations professionals, Public Relations Inquiry September 2013 vol. 2 no. 3, 305-325 https://doi.org/10.1177/2046147X13494965 Abstract This qualitative study of 20 public relations practitioners examines power in public relations through the lens of bio-power – the control and management of …
CFP, Itineration, Special Edition Call for Projects: Itineration: Cross-Disciplinary Studies in Rhetoric, Media, and Culture Special Edition: Privacy and Dataveillance Due February 1, 2014 The special edition, Privacy and Dataveillance Itineration: Cross-Disciplinary Studies in Rhetoric, Media, and Culture invites projects that engage questions of data collection and dataveillance. Some possible areas of inquiry may include, …
André Schiffrin, Publishing Force and a Founder of New Press, Is Dead at 78 By ROBERT D. McFADDEN The New York Times Books, December 1, 2013 André Schiffrin, a publishing force for 50 years, whose passion for editorial independence produced shelves of serious books, a titanic collision with a conglomerate that forced him out to …
Michel Foucault (2013) La société punitive. Cours au collège de France 1972-1973, Paris: Gallimard Seuil, Éditions Points 05 Décembre 2013, 356 pages. Frédéric Gros, Foucault et « la société punitive », Pouvoirs, 2010/4 n° 135, pp.5-14 Résumé Foucault prononce en 1973 un cours au Collège de France intitulé « La société punitive ». Ce cours, …
Politiques de Foucault Séminaire du 14 décembre 2013 au 14 juin 2014 10h-12h Séminaire organisé par le laboratoire Sophiapol (EA 3932) Université Paris Oeust, Nanterre La Défense Michel Foucault est mort il y a près de trente ans. Son influence va croissant, ses livres sont lus et traduits partout dans le monde, la publication de …
PDF flyer Premières lectures, premières réactions, et pistes de recherches Journée d’étude autour de Michel Foucault, La Société punitive (1972-1973) Mardi 17 décembre 2013 de 10h à 13h, salles du conseil A & B de 14h30 à 18h, salle Jean-Pierre Vernant, 8e étage, EHESS 190 av de France 75013 Paris Videos of sessions. Programme 10h00 …
Amy Allen, The Politics of Our Selves: Power, Autonomy, and Gender in Contemporary Critical Theory, Columbia University Press, 2007. This has just been newly published in paperback. Publisher’s page Draws on the work of Michel Foucault, Jurgen Habermas, Judith Butler, Seyla Benhabib, and others The book is both an analysis of power and an …
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