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Burford, James – Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education, 2017
This article proposes that a queer reading of failure might offer opportunities to re-think the affective-political practice of doctoral writing. It examines data from one case in Aotearoa New Zealand to illustrate how a doctoral student negotiates "failure" in relation to their writing practice and identity. While higher education…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Graduate Students, Academic Failure, Homosexuality
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Batsleer, Janet – Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education, 2012
This article makes a connection between youth work spaces, emotions and some elements of memory, exploring the construction of spaces dangerous for social justice in both meanings of the term "dangerous for". It investigates the contribution to social justice of lesbian and gay youth work and other non-heteronormative youth work in a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adolescents, Psychological Patterns, Youth Programs