Michalinos Zembylas, ‘Pedagogy of discomfort’ and its ethical implications: the tensions of ethical violence in social justice education (2015) Ethics and Education, 10(2), 163–174. https://doi.org/10.1080/17449642.2015.1039274 Abstract This essay considers the ethical implications of engaging in a pedagogy of discomfort, using as a point of departure Butler’s reflections on ethical violence and norms. The author shows …
Bryant, L., George, J. Examining uncertainty and trust among irrigators and regulatory bodies in the Murray-Darling Basin (2015) International Journal of Water Resources Development, 14 p. Article in Press. DOI: 10.1080/07900627.2015.1028584 Abstract Due to changing climate and water legislation in South Australia, Australia’s oldest water trust, the Renmark Irrigation Trust (RIT), and the community it …
Phil Carney, Foucault’s Punitive Society: Visual Tactics of Marking as a History of the Present, British Journal of Criminology (2015) 55 (2): 231-247. First published online: January 7, 2015 doi: 10.1093/bjc/azu105 Abstract Applying a form of genealogical method rooted in Nietzsche’s use of history, this article seeks an understanding of ‘marking’ punishments in our own …
Michalinos Zembylas, Foucault and Human Rights: Seeking the Renewal of Human Rights Education, Journal of Philosophy of Education, Article first published online: 30 JUN 2015 DOI: 10.1111/1467-9752.12148 Abstract This article takes up Foucault’s politics of human rights and suggests that it may constitute a point of departure for the renewal of HRE, not only because …
Kaye, R.A. The new other Victorians: the success (and failure) of queer theory in nineteenth-century British studies (2014) Victorian Literature and Culture, 17 p. Article in Press. DOI: 10.1017/S1060150314000291 Abstract Much of the critical writing on Queer Theory and Sexuality Studies in a Victorian context over the last decade or so has been absorbing, exploring, …
Hope, A. Biopower and school surveillance technologies 2.0 (2015) British Journal of Sociology of Education, 20 p. Article in Press. DOI: 10.1080/01425692.2014.1001060 Abstract In recent years the proliferation, speed and reach of school-based surveillance devices has undergone what could be labelled as a revolution. Drawing upon Foucault’s concept of biopower to explore the disciplining of …
Manan, S.A., David, M.K., Dumanig, F.P. Language management: a snapshot of governmentality within the private schools in Quetta, Pakistan (2014) Language Policy, 24 p. Article in Press. DOI: 10.1007/s10993-014-9343-x Abstract Pakistan is a multilingual and multiethnic country; however, this diversity stands unrecognized in the formal language-in-education policies. Estimates suggest that about 90 % of children …
Lopes, E., Carter, D., Street, J. Power relations and contrasting conceptions of evidence in patient-involvement processes used to inform health funding decisions in Australia (2015) Social Science and Medicine, 135, pp. 84-91. DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2015.04.021 Abstract We collected and analysed views of key stakeholders on the processes used to involve patient organisations in health care funding …
Hanna, P. Reconceptualizing subjectivity in critical social psychology: Turning to Foucault (2013) Theory and Psychology, 23 (5), pp. 657-674. DOI: 10.1177/0959354313493152 Abstract This article focuses on a reading of Foucault which draws on “technologies of the self,” as opposed to “technologies of subjectivity,” and examines the relevance of this work for critical psychology. The article …
Voyce, M. From Ethics to Aesthetics: A Reconsideration of Buddhist Monastic Rules in the Light of Michel Foucault’s Work on Ethics (2015) Contemporary Buddhism, 31 p. Article in Press. DOI: 10.1080/14639947.2015.1020735 Abstract This article considers the recent debate over the nature of Buddhist ethics largely conducted by scholars who have argued in different ways that …
