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Posthumanism and educational research for sustainable futures

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Kruger, Frans·2016·Journal of Education
DOI 10.17159/i65a04
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Karen Barad’s (2007) concept of intra-action and Rosi Braidotti’s (2013) nomadic posthumanism are employed in this article to problematise the notion of educational research for sustainable futures. In rejecting the hierarchical dualism of Cartesian objectivism, which places the human above the non-human, I challenge the stable selfcontained subject that presuppose a dialectical relation to the other on which most educational research is premised. Instead, in drawing on the work of Barad and Braidotti, subjectivity is posited as always in the process of becoming-other through the actualisation of new relations. In light of such a subjectivity, I consider the implications for educational research for sustainable futures. Furthermore, four avenues of thought are proposed on how educational research informed by posthumanism could contribute towards sustainable futures.

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Authors
Kruger, F.
Affiliations
Universidade Federal de Sergipe (BR)
Corresponding author
Kruger, Frans
ORCID
Kruger, Frans
Venue
Journal of Education
Publisher
Academy of Science of South Africa
Published
2016
Issue
65
ISSN
  • 0259-479X (ISSN-L)
  • 2520-9868
DOI
10.17159/i65a04
OpenAlex
W3129176256
Cited by
12
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2025: 1 · 2024: 1 · 2023: 1 · 2022: 2 · 2021: 2 · 2020: 5
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Language
en
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  • Journal of Education (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
  • Repository@Nottingham (University of Nottingham) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
  • Repository@Nottingham (University of Nottingham) (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Cultural Studies › Posthumanist Ethics and Activism
  • Social Sciences › Education › Digital Education and Society
  • Social Sciences › Education › Sustainability in Higher Education
Keywords
posthumanism, intra-action, Karen Barad, Rosi Braidotti, sustainable futures, Cartesian dualism, subjectivity, becoming-other, human-nonhuman relations

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