Silvio Gallo, The care of the self and biopolitics: Resistance and practices of freedom (2017) Educational Philosophy and Theory, 49 (7), pp. 691-701. https://doi.org/10.1080/00131857.2016.1204735 Translated from Portuguese by Gabriela Salim Spagnol and Davina Marques. Abstract This text through the direct use to Foucault’s work and using the concepts of ‘care of the self’ and biopolitics …
Noguera-Ramírez, C.E. The pedagogical effect: On Foucault and Sloterdijk (2017) Educational Philosophy and Theory, 49 (7), pp. 720-733. DOI: 10.1080/00131857.2016.1204738 Abstract Although Foucault did not produce any particular work devoted to teaching or education, following authors like Hoskin this text aims to show the importance that teaching practices and discourses have in Foucault’s analysis, particularly …
Jen Bagelman, Sarah Marie Wiebe, Intimacies of global toxins: Exposure & resistance in ‘Chemical Valley’(2017) Political Geography, 60, pp. 76-85. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polgeo.2017.04.007 Abstract This paper examines the geopolitics of the Aamjiwnaang First Nation’s reserve, situated in a toxic petrochemical complex known as Canada’s ‘Chemical Valley.’ While this reserve holds the perilous title of worst air-pollution in …
Leib, R.S. Spaces of the self: Foucault and Goffman on the micro-physics of discipline (2017) Philosophy Today, 61 (1), pp. 189-210. DOI: 10.5840/philtoday2017321153 Abstract This article argues that the works of Michel Foucault and Erving Goffman are complementary, specifically in their analyses of disciplinary power. This analysis would be what Foucault calls a ‘micro-physics’ of …
Tynan, R., McEvilly, N. ‘No pain, no gain’: former elite female gymnasts’ engagements with pain and injury discourses (2017) Qualitiative Research in Sport, Exercise and Health, pp. 1-16. Article in Press. DOI: 10.1080/2159676X.2017.1323778 Abstract This paper investigates former elite female gymnasts’ views and experiences of pain and injury. The purpose of the study was to …
Holly Link, Sarah Gallo, Stanton E. F. Wortham, The Production of Schoolchildren as Enlightenment Subjects, American Educational Research Journal First Published May 19, 2017 Abstract This article investigates children’s elementary school experiences, exploring how they become autonomous, rational individuals—the type of person envisioned in the European Enlightenment and generally imagined as the outcome of Western …
Aquino, J.G. Two premises and one general hypothesis for the analysis of the educational present (2017) Educational Philosophy and Theory, 49 (7), pp. 672-680. DOI: 10.1080/00131857.2016.1204733 Abstract Contemporary research in the field of Foucauldian studies on education have pointed to a growing imbrication between educational practises and neoliberal ideas. The problematization of such scenario would …
Jiménez, M.A., Valle, A.M. Pedagogy and the care of the self: A reading from Foucault (2017) Educational Philosophy and Theory, 49 (7), pp. 702-709. DOI: 10.1080/00131857.2016.1204736 Abstract This text reflects about the need to consider an additional institutional alternative that matters, not only to the ones that advocate for pedagogy, but also to all of …
Special Issue: Echoes of Foucault in Education, Educational Philosophy and Theory , 7, vol 49, 2017
Romito, M. Governing through guidance: an analysis of educational guidance practices in an Italian lower secondary school (2017) Discourse, pp. 1-16. Article in Press. DOI: 10.1080/01596306.2017.1314251 Abstract Current social policy discourse defines educational and career guidance as a key tool to enhance individual self-realisation while pursuing collective social objectives (economic growth, reduction of drop-out rate, …
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