Lambert, K., Wright, P., Currie, J., Pascoe, R. Embodiment and becoming in secondary drama classrooms: the effects of neoliberal education cultures on performances of self and of drama texts (2016) Critical Studies in Education, pp. 1-19. Article in Press. DOI: 10.1080/17508487.2016.1238402 Abstract This article explores the effects of neoliberalism and performative educational cultures on secondary …
Sellar, S., Thompson, G. The Becoming-Statistic: Information Ontologies and Computerized Adaptive Testing in Education (2016) Cultural Studies – Critical Methodologies, 16 (5), pp. 491-501. DOI: 10.1177/1532708616655770 Abstract This article examines how computerized adaptive testing functions in relation to learning in control societies. We first document the transition from static and discrete forms of statistical work …
On Problematization Elaborations on a Theme in “Late Foucault” By Clive Barnett, Nonsite.org, Issue 16, June 22, 2015 1. What is a “Foucault”? For at least four decades now, the ideas of Michel Foucault have resonated across a wide range of academic fields in the English-speaking academy. While this influence is perhaps most clearly felt …
Tea Torbenfeldt Bengtsson, & Lars Fynbo (2017). Analysing the significance of silence in qualitative interviewing: questioning and shifting power relations. Qualitative Research, February https://doi.org/10.1177/1468794117694220 Abstract In this article we analyse the significance of silence in qualitative interviews with 36 individuals interviewed about high-risk, illegal activities. We describe how silence expresses a dynamic power relationship between …
Dušan Marinković and Dušan Ristić, Foucault’s ‘Hall of Mirrors’: an Investigation into Geo‐Epistemology Geografiska Annaler: Series B, Human Geography Vol. 98 , Iss. 2,2016 DOI: 10.1111/geob.12092 Abstract In this article we aim to single out a part of Foucault’s trihedrals of spatialization – discourses and practices, that is, technologies of power that have their spatialized …
Varea, V., Pang, B. Using visual methodologies to understand pre-service Health and Physical Education teachers’ subjectivities of bodies (2016) Sport, Education and Society, pp. 1-13. Article in Press. DOI: 10.1080/13573322.2016.1228625 Abstract Socio-cultural theorists have argued that having a diverse understanding of subjectivities of normal/ideal bodies is important for Health and Physical Education (HPE) teachers. When …
Edwards, R. Competence-based education and the limitations of critique (2016) International Journal of Training Research, 14 (3), pp. 244-255. DOI: 10.1080/14480220.2016.1254366 Abstract Drawing upon the work of Foucault and Latour, this article reflects on 25 years of critique of competence-based education and its continuing strength as a way of framing education and training. Using an …
Ja’afar, Z., Md. Yusof, N., Ibrahim, N. Revisioning history: A deconstructionist reading of a learner’s multimodal text, ‘Revenge’ (2016) Asian Social Science, 12 (8), pp. 64-73. DOI: 10.5539/ass.v12n8p64 Abstract Recent interest in multimodality recognizes the integration of text and image in meaning-making as representing reality. It has also been argued that with the use of …
De Vries, L.A. Politics of (in)visibility: Governance-resistance and the constitution of refugee subjectivities in Malaysia (2016) Review of International Studies, 42 (5), pp. 876-894. DOI: 10.1017/S0260210516000103 Abstract This article explores the relationality of governance and resistance in the context of the constitution of refugee subjectivities in Malaysia. Whilst recognising their precarity, the article moves away …
Heffernan, A. The Emperor’s perfect map: leadership by numbers (2016) Australian Educational Researcher, 43 (3), pp. 377-391. DOI: 10.1007/s13384-016-0206-7 Abstract This paper establishes that system-generated data profiles are influencing the work of principals in three Queensland state schools. Drawing upon Foucault’s notions of governance, as well as research emphasising performative cultures and the importance placed …
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