Fostering regimes of truth: understanding and reflecting on the Freedom School way

Autor:	Kersha Smith
Rok vydání:	2010
Předmět:	Cultural Studies Michel foucault media_common.quotation_subject Research context Discourse community Unit of analysis Education Critical thinking Critical theory Pedagogy Survey data collection Sociology Ideology media_common
Zdroj:	Pedagogy, Culture & Society. 18:191-209
ISSN:	1747-5104 1468-1366
DOI:	10.1080/14681366.2010.488044
Popis:	The aim of the present paper is to investigate the inner workings of a North American summer enrichment programme named Freedom School. More specifically this research explores how participants of the Children’s Defense Fund (CDF) Freedom School programme experience ‘the Freedom School way’, an amalgam of ideologies, discourses, and behaviours endorsed by the CDF. First, observations are analysed which forward a picture of the research context. In addition, survey data are gathered from 36 youth participants of the programme. Data also are generated from interviews with Freedom School interns. Using Michel Foucault’s regimes of truth as a unit of analysis, results from this research highlight: (1) the process by which various Freedom School activities bolster CDF ideology; (2) the ways in which CDF ideologies are part of Freedom School discourse; and (3) how CDF ideology and Freedom School discourse perpetuate a regime of truth.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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