Using Social Theory in Higher Education.

• Author: Y.S. Low, Remy.
• TeilnehmendeR: Egan, Suzanne.; Bell, Amani.
• Place / Publishing House: Cham : : Springer International Publishing AG,, 2023.; ©2024.
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (287 pages)

Table of Contents

Intro -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- Chapter 1: Other People's Ideas: An Introduction to Using Social Theory in Higher Education -- Remy's Story -- Suzanne's Story -- Using (other people's) Ideas -- Theories Are Useful If They Can Be Linked to Observable Phenomena -- Theories Are Useful If They Can Be Shown to Have a Practical Consequence -- Ideas Are Useful If They Help to Resolve Problematic Situations -- Notes to the User -- How This Book Came to Be -- What This Book Contains -- References -- Chapter 2: Sit Down, Be Humble: The Influence of the Work of Linda Tuhiwai Smith on Our Research -- Amani and Gulwanyang: Diary Entries and Desire Lines -- Amani -- Gulwanyang -- Amani -- Gulwanyang -- Amani -- Gulwanyang -- Amani -- Gulwanyang -- Amani -- Gulwanyang -- Amani -- Gulwanyang -- Amani -- Amani -- Amani -- Our Suggestions -- References -- Chapter 3: The Decolonial Imperative-Text and Context: A Response to Amani Bell and Gulwanyang Moran -- References -- Chapter 4: After Belonging: Aileen Moreton-Robinson's 'I Still Call Australia Home' -- On White Possession -- The Uses of Unbelonging -- Plonking Theory in the Classroom -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 5: In Belonging: A Response to Timothy Laurie -- Belonging Through a Birrbay and Dhanggati Lens -- Unbelonging -- Walking the Talk: Moving from Theory to Practice -- All Our Belonging -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 6: Deploying Rose and Abi-Rached to 'Make Sense' of the Rise of the 'Brain Sciences' in the Field of Violence Against Women -- Engaging with Feminist Work on Sexual Violence and Trauma -- Encountering Limits in Feminist Work on Sexual Violence-And Trauma -- On Developing a Relationship with a Theorist's Work: Sketching the Terrain -- Engaging with Rose and Abi-Rached: Or the Problem of Where to Focus One's Attention.

How Did This Theory/Theorist Affect the Way I Approach the Issue? -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 7: What Do We Talk About When We Talk About Neuro? A Response to Suzanne Egan -- Neuroscience and Progressive Agendas for Educationalists -- From Bio to Biopsychosocial and the Historical Political Dimension -- Neuro-The Book and Its Intervention -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 8: The Power, Passions, and Perils of Identity: On Chantal Mouffe -- 'Those Teachers' -- Chantal Mouffe and the Uses of Identity -- Oxytocin and the Janus Face of Social Bonds -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 9: Connections, Engagements, and Troubles: A Response to Remy Low -- References -- Chapter 10: The Foggy Window: Passive Empathy and the Fight for Testimonial Reading in Neoliberal Higher Education -- Thinking with Nussbaum -- Thinking with Boler -- Passive Empathy -- Testimonial Reading -- SysEd and the Threat to Testimonial Reading -- Conclusion: Where to from Here? -- References -- Chapter 11: Performing Empathy with Neoliberalism, or Kendall Jenner on the Streets, Thomas Gradgrind in the Sheets: A Response to Lauren Weber -- Introduction -- The Public Pedagogy of Neoliberalism: Don't Be Political! -- Empathy and Politics Under Neoliberalism -- Pedagogies That Add the Human Back into Humanity -- References -- Chapter 12: Understanding Higher Education Enrolment Through Michel Foucault's Biopolitics -- References -- Chapter 13: Students, Biopolitics, and State Racism: A Response to Ren-Hao Xu -- References -- Chapter 14: Wrestling with Monsters: Critique, Climate Change, and Comets -- Introduction -- Fantasies, Masks, and Hegemony -- Climate Change and School Strikes -- Re-articulating the Problem: Which Climate Is in Crisis? -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 15: Still Wrestling with Monsters: A Response to Pat Norman -- References.

Chapter 16: Dialogues Between Activist Knowledge and Southern Theory -- Introduction -- On This Contribution -- On Southern Theory, Social Justice and Activism -- On Knowing but Not-Knowing -- Useful Knowledge -- Articulating Knowledge -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 17: Approximate Geographies: A Response to José Fernando Serrano Amaya -- The Problem of the North -- We Were Never Southern-Australia and Where It Is -- Code Switching-Writing from the North and the South -- Up, Down, and Across-Geographic Metaphors and Analyses -- Reading or Applying-Actually Using Southern Theory -- References -- Chapter 18: The Historian as Pedagogue: On Hayden White's Practical Past -- References -- Chapter 19: What Stories to Tell: A Response to Remy Low -- References -- Chapter 20: The Good University? Colourful Histories, Ongoing Troubles, and Changing Contexts -- The Guru in the Good University (Meenakshi Krishnaraj) -- Moving Beyond the Neoliberal Agenda? The Story of University Research in Taiwan (Ren-Hao Xu) -- Professional Staff and the Neoliberal University (Pat Norman) -- References -- Chapter 21: The Good University Examined: A Response to Meenakshi Krishnaraj, Ren-Hao Xu, and Pat Norman -- References -- Chapter 22: How We Use Social Theory: Common Threads and Concluding Thoughts -- Common Threads -- Theory Is Personal and Contextual -- What Theory Does -- Grappling -- The Collective Individual -- Beyond This Book -- Closing Reflections -- References -- Index.