Abstract
This article outlines and critically reflects upon four tensions – framed as “double-binds’ – in new materialist scholarship on childhood and education. Firstly, I tackle arguments about data and the role of the researcher in studies of education, which I reframe as a question of intentionality. Secondly, I critically consider debates about the agency and voice of nonhuman matter and a problematic Anthropomorphism that is (rather ambiguously) often entrained therein. Thirdly, I explore what advances in (and critiques of) new materialist approaches mean for a range of pressing global debates affecting children and especially education. Finally, I examine the potential role that interdisciplinarity might play in taking new materialisms elsewhere than debates about researcher/nonhuman agency/intentionality.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 30-38 |
Number of pages | 9 |
Journal | Research in Education |
Volume | 101 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1 Aug 2018 |
Keywords
- affect
- interdisciplinarity
- Materiality and object-oriented ontologies
- nonhuman
- nonrepresentational theories
- place and scale
- space
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Education