Foucault and the dyslexic subject
Dyslexia is a learning difficulty which affects reading, writing, spelling and memory skills and...
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Category: Foucault
Constructing student politics in the age of consumerism: the perspectives of sabbatical officers in England
[This is a blog post based on my forthcoming talk at the PESGB Gregynog Conference, taking place...
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Are students really consumers of higher education? A counter-argument from assessment regimes
Just published: Raaper, R. (2018). Students as consumers? A counter perspective from student...
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Consumerism and student politics: strange bedfellows?
Students’ Unions and Consumerist Policy Discourses in England: An Exploration of Discursive...
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Tracing power and student subjectivity in assessment. A Foucauldian perspective
[This is a blog post based on a forthcoming presentation at the British Education Research...
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Foucault, hybridization and social research: reflections on the Foucault @90 Conference
I was fortunate enough to attend the recent Foucault @90 conference, held at the University of...
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Dramatic encounters: My methodological engagement with Foucault [PART 2]
This carries on from the previous blog post that explored policy reception in terms of...
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Borrowing from Foucault: his notions of discourse and governmentality [PART 1]
[This blog post refers to the following article: Mifsud, D. (2015) ‘Decentralised’ neoliberalism...
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Academic perceptions of higher education assessment processes in neoliberal academia
Just published: Raaper, R. (2015). Academic perceptions of higher education assessment processes...
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Foucault, psychology and the analytics of power
Book: Derek Hook (2010) Foucault, psychology and the analytics of power (Palgrave Macmillan)...
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The ‘Religion versus Science’ debate: Foucault and regimes of truth
Recent, high-profile debates between representatives of religion and science show this rivalry is...
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Problem youth: governmentality in action?
In this post I will argue the academic problematisation of youth; the processes of identification,...
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