Exploring ‘thing-power’ and the ‘spectre of fear’ on schooling subjectivities : a critical posthuman analysis of LGBT silencing

Tania Ferfolja; Jacqueline Ullman

doi:10.1007/978-981-10-2550-1_13

Exploring ‘thing-power’ and the ‘spectre of fear’ on schooling subjectivities : a critical posthuman analysis of LGBT silencing

Tania Ferfolja, Jacqueline Ullman

Western Sydney University

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Abstract

We have been interested in experimenting with the ways that critical posthumanism can inform our work in relation to lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) diversities in school education; in particular, the ways in which these identities are silenced and rendered invisible in these contexts. Hence, in this chapter, we draw on Jane Bennett’s (2010) concept of ‘thing-power’ to explore the active propensities of institutionally inscribed documentation, such as curriculum, alongside our own research excerpts to explore the ways in which both the tangible and intangible entangle and enjoin human subjectivities.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Reimagining Sustainability in Precarious Times
Editors	Karen Malone, Son Truong, Tonia Gray
Place of Publication	Singapore
Publisher	Springer
Pages	187-198
Number of pages	12
ISBN (Electronic)	9789811025501
ISBN (Print)	9789811025488
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-2550-1_13
Publication status	Published - 2017

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gender
gender identity in education
sexual minorities

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