McKay, J. Young people’s voices: disciplining young people’s participation in decision-making in special educational needs (2014) Journal of Education Policy, Published online Feb 2014 Abstract In recent years, education and family policy in the UK has sought to incorporate the views of children and young people through an active participation agenda, in the fulfilment of …
Muers, R. The ethics of stats: Some contemporary questions about telling the truth (2014) Journal of Religious Ethics, 42 (1), pp. 1-21. Abstract This essay argues for the importance and interest, within and beyond theological ethics, of the ethical questions faced by professionals who are called on to be producers of statistics (herein “stats”) for …
Cobb, S., Farrants, J. Male prisoners’ constructions of help-seeking (2014) Journal of Forensic Practice, 16 (1), pp. 46-57. Abstract Purpose: Help-seeking behaviours are fundamental to mental health and well-being. This study is concerned with how male prisoners talk about help-seeking in order that treatment programmes can be developed that better address their needs. The purpose …
Brown, S. Moving elite athletes forward: examining the status of secondary school elite athlete programmes and available post-school options (2014) Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, Published online Feb 2014 Abstract Purpose: The purpose of this study focused specifically on examining the status of and the promotion of two elite athlete programmes (EAPs), the students/elite athlete …
Erdem, E. Reading Foucault with Gibson-Graham: The Political Economy of “Other Spaces” in Berlin (2014) Rethinking Marxism, 26 (1), pp. 61-75. Abstract In recent years, Berlin has been widely acclaimed for the creative enactment of alternative urban imaginaries. This article explores how such spaces of urban alterity can be theorized from a political economy perspective. …
Gabrys, J. Programming environments: Environmentality and citizen sensing in the smart city (2014) Environment and Planning D: Society and Space, 32 (1), pp. 30-48. Abstract A new wave of smart-city projects is underway that proposes to deploy sensor-based ubiquitous computing across urban infrastructures and mobile devices to achieve greater sustainability. But in what ways do …
Jensen, M. Post-traumatic memory projects: autobiographical fiction and counter-monuments (2013) Textual Practice, Published online Dec 2013 Abstract In our age the categories of memory, monumentality, and truth telling are all far from stable. In the highly charged world of what Foucault termed ‘parrhesia’ – a mode of free speech ‘linked to courage in the face …
McKenzie, J.S. Using Weber and Foucault to understand the evolution of motivations in a Tibetan Buddhist organisation in Scotland (2014) Culture and Religion, Published online March 2014 Abstract The purpose of this paper is to provide a case study of the evolution of motivations amongst participants engaged with the Tibetan Buddhist organisation, Rokpa, in Scotland. …
Christopher Collstedt The Descents of Military Violence against Civilians: A History of the Present (2014) Scandinavian Journal of History, Published online March 2014 https://doi.org/10.1080/03468755.2013.875060 Abstract Inspired by the works of Michel Foucault and Erling Sandmo, this article explores contemporary discourses of military violence against civilians from a genealogical perspective. The purpose is to shed light …
Hammersley, M., Traianou, A. Foucault and Research Ethics: On the Autonomy of the Researcher (2014) Qualitative Inquiry, 20 (3), pp. 227-238. Abstract This article uses the later writings of Foucault as a means of reflecting on research ethics, and in particular on the notion of researcher autonomy. It is suggested that such autonomy is a …
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