Praxis

Reanimating anarchist geographies: a new burst of colour

by Simon Springer

Springer S, Ince A, Pickerill J, Brown G, and Barker A. Forthcoming. Reanimating anarchist geographies: a new burst of colour. Antipode: A Radical Journal of Geography.

The late 19th century saw a burgeoning of geographical writings from influential anarchist thinkers like Peter... more The late 19th century saw a burgeoning of geographical writings from influential anarchist thinkers like Peter Kropotkin and Élisée Reclus. Yet despite the vigorous intellectual debate sparked by the works of these two individuals, following their deaths anarchist ideas within geography faded. It was not until the 1970s that anarchism was once again given serious consideration by academic geographers who, in laying the groundwork for what is today known as ‘radical geography’, attempted to reintroduce anarchism as a legitimate political philosophy. Unfortunately, quiet followed once more, and although numerous contemporary radical geographers employ a sense of theory and practice that shares many affinities with anarchism, direct engagement with anarchist ideas among academic geographers have been limited. As contemporary global challenges push anarchist theory and practice back into widespread currency, geographers need to rise to this occasion and begin (re)mapping the possibilities of what anarchist perspectives might yet contribute to the discipline.

On Praxis Event

by P Madhu

In this short paper I attempt to explain ‘praxis event’ guided by the theoretical advancements of Deleuze, Delanda,... more In this short paper I attempt to explain ‘praxis event’ guided by the theoretical advancements of Deleuze, Delanda, Badiou and Bourdieu. ‘Praxis event’ is discussed because it is the propellant of becoming and unbecoming (Madhu 2005). I have elaborately discussed praxis as event in an earlier paper on rethinking praxis intervention (Madhu 2011). In this paper I distinguish praxis event from non-events and counter-events. This paper is inspired by the ongoing ‘Praxis Intervention’ research project among Christian Dalits of Manjadikkari, Kerala, India

Amerikanske studiers to (tre, fire) ansikter - et historisk perspektiv

by Ida Jahr

Blog post at the blog collective It's Always Sunny in the Americas

The Nexus Between Theory and Practice: The Role of The Intelligentsia

by Khalfani A. Lawson

A silent revolution: 'Image Theatre' as a system of decolonisation

by J. Adam Perry

Published in Reserach in Drama Education: The Journal of Applied Theatre and Performance

This article summarises the ways in which Image Theatre, a practice originally developed by Augusto Boal which... more This article summarises the ways in which Image Theatre, a practice originally developed by Augusto Boal which continues to be developed in the hands of applied theatre practitioners and critical arts educators worldwide, can be used as a pedagogical and dramaturgical system of decolonisation at the level of communities and individuals. Through reference to two examples from my own work, I argue in this article that Image Theatre is a unique cultural practice that can be used to facilitate counter-discursive stories that are shaped by participants’ invitation to play in the space between aesthetic representation and social reality. In this way, Image Theatre may invoke an in-between space similar to the postcolonial concept of hybridity which offers educators a way of transforming and reinventing meaning as well as creating new strategies for decolonising practice.

Confidence, risk, and the journey into praxis: work-based learning and the teacher education curriculum

by Alison Iredale

From Seeing to Acting. Rethinking Nishida's Practical Philosophy

by Matteo Cestari

Published in: James W. Heisig & Raquel Bouso (eds.), Frontiers of Japanese Philosophy 6. Confluences and Cross-Currents, Nagoya, Nanzan Institute for Religion and Culture, 2009, pp. 273-296.

In reply to critics who summarily dismiss Nishida's philosophy as weakened on the historical front by excessive... more In reply to critics who summarily dismiss Nishida's philosophy as weakened on the historical front by excessive attention to the mind and interiority, in this essay I provide textual proof of a major shift in Nishida's late work based on the attept to overcome the dichotomy between the "within" and the "without". This is accomplished by applying a "dialectic of the historical world" to the mutual self-expression of the world and the things that make it up, including ut not restricted to conscious subjects. I see here the core of Nishida's complementary ideas of praxis and poiesis, and from there discuss the reviesd notions of politics, technology, morality and history. I conclude by displacing a blanket rejection of Nishida's view of history with a particular critique aimed at an overly abstract and optimistic tendency that kept Nishida from recognizing the darker side of technology and the relationships of humans to their natural and social world.

A Global Standpoint? Reification, Globalization, and Contemporary Praxis

by Noah De Lissovoy

In Handbook of Cultural Politics and Education (Z. Leonardo, Ed.)

Neopogański nacjonalizm jako praktyka. Tożsamość Zakonu Zadrugi "Północny Wilk"

by Mariusz Filip

Państwo i Społeczeństwo 2009, 9(4): 45-57

Witnessing the Inhuman: Agamben or Merleau-Ponty?

by Jean-Philippe Deranty

Praxis Intervention: Towards a New Critical Social Work Practice

by P Madhu

Action Research; Applied Research, Intervention Research, Collaborative Research, Practitioner Research, or Praxis Research?

by Olav Eikeland

Published in International Journal of Action Research (IJAR), no. 1, 2012

Abstract: This article relates common ways of conceptualising action research as “intervention”, “collaboration”,... more Abstract: This article relates common ways of conceptualising action research as “intervention”, “collaboration”, “interactive research”, “applied research”, and “practitioner research” to a number of different ways of knowing extracted from the works of Aristotle. The purpose is not to disavow any of these practices but to expand the philosophical, methodological, and theoretical horizon to contain the Aristotelian concept of praxis. It is claimed that praxis knowing needs to be comprehended in order to realize the full, radical potential in action research providing real “added value” in relation to more conventional social research approaches. Praxis knowing radically challenges the divisions of labour between knower-researchers and the known-researched. Thereby it also challenges both the epistemologies and institutionalisations dominating both conventional research and conventional ways of conceptualising action research.

The social field as an infinite game: game theory within and beyond its limits

by Lucas Perkins

Praxis as struggle with and within horizons: Sartre and the practico-inert

by Lucas Perkins

Praxis beyond acts and things: Alvin Plantinga and possible worlds

by Lucas Perkins

Rethinking project management: researching the actuality of projects

by Damian Hodgson

Co-authored with Svetlana Cicmil, Terry Williams and Janice Thomas.
Published in International Journal of Project Management in 2006

This paper puts forth the somewhat controversial position that what is needed to improve project management in... more This paper puts forth the somewhat controversial position that what is needed to improve project management in practice is not more research on what should be done or the frequency and/or use of traditional project management practices. We argue that while a great deal is written about traditional project management we know very little about the 'actuality' of project based working and management. This paper formulates a research approach that takes seriously practitioners' lived experience of projects. We explore the ontological, epistemological and methodological assumptions underlying this kind of research and provide examples of some project management research originating from this perspective. We conclude by summarizing the findings from these studies and providing insights into the map ahead for future such research. In this kind of work the attention is refocused on praxis, on context-dependent judgement, on situational ethics and on reflexivity which enables social actors to see how power actually functions in context.

Discourses and Practices of Diversity Management in the UK

by Ahu Tatli

Tatli, A. (2010) Discourses and Practices of Diversity Management in the UK. In Klarsfeld, A. (ed.), International Handbook on Diversity Management at Work: Country Perspectives on Diversity and Equal Treatment, Edward Elgar.

This chapter aims to provide a critical and evidence-based account of the discourses and practices of diversity... more This chapter aims to provide a critical and evidence-based account of the discourses and practices of diversity management in the UK context. The chapter presents an analysis of qualitative and quantitative evidence from two field studies, which were conducted with the diversity managers of public and private sector organisations. The first part of the chapter provides a background to the development of the diversity management discourse and structures in the UK through a review the evolution of the UK equality legislation as well as the scholarly debates on equality and diversity. In the second part, organisational equality and diversity discourses and practices are explored. The exploration is informed by original empirical evidence, which include the individual accounts of 11 diversity managers from large public and private sector organisations in the UK collected through semi-structured interviews and quantitative data from an online survey which produced 285 completed questionnaires from diversity managers in the UK. The complex and contested nature of diversity management processes are unpacked by presenting compelling empirical evidence against simplistic, a-historical, a-contextual and apolitical notions of diversity management in the mainstream literature.

Rhetoric and ideology: An analysis of interaction among epistemology, praxis, and power

by Mark Gring

Start Making Sense

by Jan Golembiewski

Golembiewski, J. (2010). Start making sense; Applying a salutogenic model to architectural design for psychiatric care. Facilities, 28(3/4), 100-117. doi: 10.1108/02632771011023096

Purpose: Perhaps nowhere is the significance of architectural design greater than for psychiatric care facilities.... more Purpose: Perhaps nowhere is the significance of architectural design greater than for psychiatric care facilities. There’s a strong correlation between perceptual dysfunction and psychiatric illness, and also between the patient and his environment. As such, even minor design choices can be highly consequent in a psychiatric facility. It’s of critical importance, therefore, that a psychiatric milieu is sympathetic and doesn’t exacerbate the psychosis.

Design methodology: To analyse architectural elements that may influence mental health using an architectural extrapolation of Antonovsky’s salutogenic theory, which states that better health results from a state of mind which has a fortified sense of coherence. According to the theory, a sense of coherence is fostered by a patient’s ability to find meaning, to comprehend the environment (comprehensibility) and to be effective in his actions (manageability).

Findings: Saltogenic theory can be extrapolated in an architectural context to inform design choices when designing for a stress sensitive client base.

Practical implications: The design of mental health facilities has long been dominated by unsubstantiated policy and normative opinions that don’t always serve the client population. This method establishes a practical theoretical model for generating architectural design guidelines for health mental health facilities.

Originality/value: Firstly, salutogenic theory is a useful framework for improving health outcomes, but in the past the theory has never been applied in a methodological way. Secondly there have been few insights into how the architecture itself can improve the functionality of a mental health facility other than improve the secondary functions of hospital services.

Event and Process: An Exercise In Analytical Ethnography

by Thomas Scheffer