Research

“We need to talk about Actor Network Theory”

Published by Anna Beck on May 14, 2013 | 4 Responses

A few weeks ago, these eight words were enough to catapult me straight into full-on panic mode… When I say panic mode, I am of course exaggerating a little. However, this suggestion, which was raised in a recent supervision meeting, made me a little uneasy. This is mostly because I have some niggling doubts about employing an ANT approach for… Read more →

What Can Foucault Tell Us About the Future of the University?

Published by Mark Murphy on January 23, 2013 | 1 Response

[image (c) Gerard van Schagen] In his paper “The idea of a world university: Can Foucauldian research offer a vision of educational futures?” (published originally in Pedagogy, Culture and Society), Ansgar Allen provides a critique of both Foucault and also other authors who have pursued the notion of a world university via a Foucauldian framework – namely Maarten Simons and Jan… Read more →