34.061 - Putting Theory to Work: Social Justice, the New Materialisms, and Posthumanism

Session Type: Symposium

Abstract

The current state of globalization requires theory to work in new ways in terms of educational research. The Anthropocene, global migrations, and the divisive politics of one world capitalism, represent a convergent situation, in which educational research presents an increasingly vital fulcrum. This symposium will critically interrogate the new materialisms and post humanism for a way forward to understand social justice education. On one side of the equation are increasingly urgent global environmental concerns, that act as compelling evidence for new thinking around ethical conduct in educational research. On the other side, is the complex political context in which educational research needs to find ‘a new voice’ in order to be taken seriously as a viable change mechanism.

Sub Unit

• SIG-Foucault and Education

Chair

• Maggie Maclure, Manchester Metropolitan University

Papers

• Critical Posthumanism as a Future Ethical Condition in Education - Michael A. Peters, The University of Waikato

• Positioning Whitehead as a Means to Enhance Social Justice in Education - David R Cole, Western Sydney University; Mehri Mirzaeirafe, The University of Texas - Dallas

• Object-Oriented Ontology and Art Education: New Contours of Thought - Tyson E. Lewis, University of North Texas

• Monstrous, Porous Bodies in the Anthropocene: Exploring Onto-Epistemological Possibilities of Posthuman Pedagogy - Karen Malone, University of Western Sydney

• Using Posthuman and New Materialist Theories of the "Not-Yet" to Reconfigure Small-Scale Urban Spaces - Linda Michelle Knight, Queensland University of Technology

• Posthumanism, New Materialism, and Philosophy as a Method - Marek Tesar, The University of Auckland

Discussant

• Elizabeth A. St. Pierre, University of Georgia