Posthumanism and Educational Research [Paperback]

Focusing on the interdependence between human, animal, and machine, posthumanism redefines the meaning of the human being previously assumed in knowledge production. This movement challenges some of the most foundational concepts in educational theory and has implications within educational research, curriculum design and pedagogical interactions. In this volume, a group of international contributors use posthumanist theory to present new modes of institutional collaboration and pedagogical practice. They position posthumanism as a comprehensive theoretical project with connections to philosophy, animal studies, environmentalism, feminism, biology, queer theory and cognition. Researchers and scholars in curriculum studies and philosophy of education will benefit from the new research agendas presented by posthumanism.

Foreword by Dennis Carlson  Introduction: Education and the Posthumanist TurnNathan Snaza and John Weaver  Part I: Humanism, Posthumanism, and Educational Research  1. Toward a Genealogy of Educational Humanism Nathan Snaza  2. Researching the Posthuman Paradigm: The Subject as Curricular Lens Brad Petitfils  3. Posthumanist Education and Animal InteriorityMarla Morris  4. Educational Policy-Making for Social Change: A Post-Humanist Intervention Helena Pedersen  5. Approximate-Rigorous-Abstractions : Propositions of Activation for Posthumanist ResearchStephanie Springgay  Part II: Attuning to the More Than Human Complexities of the Classroom  6. Ecologies of Praxis: Teaching and Learning Against the ObviousNikki Rotas  7. Losing Animals: Ethics and Care in a Pedagogy of RecoveryAlyce Miller  Part III: Ecological Aesthetics  8. Affirmations and LlC,