Living with Difference - Reading Group
Co-ordinators: Robert Lawy & Deborah Osberg
The aim of this group is to provide a platform for discussion about contemporary and theoretical issues related to the research interests of the group. People working in social constructionist, postconstructionist, pragmatist, deconstructionist and Marxist frames might be interested.
- dealing with difference in culture (issues around exclusion, inclusion, othering, democracy – how does one accommodate cultural difference?)
- understanding identity in terms of difference rather than sameness
- dealing with difference in epistemology (the problem of epistemological relativism (or truth) and how to solve it, and what this means for research.
The idea will be to frame our reading around these and other related concerns.
2009/10 readings:
2 December 2009: Hans Joas - Values versus Norms: A pragmatist account of moral objectivity
Past readings
Education Post-structuralism and the politics of difference (M.A.Peters)
The end/s of education: complexity and the conundrum of the inclusive educational curriculum (Osberg & Biesta, in press)
Foucault and Marxism: rewriting the thoery of historical materialism (Mark Olssen 2004)
Jacques Derrida - Force of Law
Adam James Tebble in Political Theory 30 (2) pp 259-281, April 2002 - "What is the Politics of Difference"
Gewirtz & Cribb (2002) - Plural conceptions of social justice: implications for policy sociology
Benson, 0 & Stangroom, J (2006) - Why Truth Matters
Burbules - The Limits of Dialogue as a Critical Pedagogy
Stephen Ball - Intellectuals or Technicians
Stephen Ball - The urgent role of theory
Burbules - A Grammar of Difference
Biesta - Radical Intersubjectivity
Bingham - Before recognition and after; Biesta - Radical Intersubjectivity
Dr Karen Aylward
Professor Bob Burden
Joanna Cursley
Professor Patrick Dillon
Professor Paul Ernest
Dr Rob Freathy
Mrs Pamela Freeman
Mr Nick Givens
Dr Cheryl Hunt
Dr Robert Lawy
Dr Fran Martin
Professor Brahm Norwich
Dr Deborah Osberg
Dr Jack Priestley
Ms Sarah Rich
Professor Wendy Robinson
Dr Nadine Schaefer
Professor Rupert Wegerif
Dr Elizabeth Wood