In an educational landscape dominated by discourses and practices of learning,
standardized testing, and the pressure to succeed, what space and time remain for …

One of the most powerful and pervasive discourses currently infl uencing ways of thinking
about health and about bodies is that of the 'obesity epidemic'. This has, in turn, generated a …

The objective of this article is to engage in a critical review of Roberto Esposito's biopolitical
account by including a thoroughgoing interrogation of racism and white supremacy through …

Biocapitalism, an economic model built on making new commodities from existing forms of
life, has fundamentally changed how we understand the boundaries between nature/culture …

Across a range of contemporary contexts are instructions on bios: how to live, how to eat,
how much to eat, how to move, how much to move. In short an extensive pedagogy is aimed …

Teacher Education and the Political is a striking book which addresses the nature and
purpose of teacher education in a global context characterised by economic and political …

In this essay I attempt to map the intersection between fearism and liberal/humanitarian
discourses of citizenship and discuss the implications for curriculum theorizing. Drawing on …

This article offers a theory of a process of violation that connects macropolitical effects to the
intimate terrain of subject production. I describe power, as violation, in terms of a …

Inoperative Learning embodies a weak philosophy of education. It does not offer a set of
solutions or guidelines for improving educational outcomes, but rather renders taken-for …

Selma Macfarlane, PhD has been involved in social work education for 20 years, primarily
as a Lecturer at Deakin University in Geelong, Victoria. She has publications in the areas of …