Posthumanism and Higher Education Reimagining Pedagogy, Practice and
This book explores ways in which posthumanist and new materialist thinking can be put to work in order to reimagine higher education pedagogy, practice and research. The editors and contributors illuminate how we can move the thinking and doing of higher
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Posthumanism and Higher Education
Carol A. Taylor · Annouchka Bayley Editors
Posthumanism and Higher Education Reimagining Pedagogy, Practice and Research
Editors Carol A. Taylor Department of Education University of Bath Bath, UK
Annouchka Bayley Royal College of Art London, UK
ISBN 978-3-030-14671-9 ISBN 978-3-030-14672-6 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-14672-6 Library of Congress Control Number: 2019932954 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2019 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Cover credit: © Alex Linch/shutterstock.com This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by the registered company Springer Nature Switzerland AG The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland
Forward-ing
Doing Thinking Undoing and rethinking
together collectively MOVING-ING and LOOK-ING forward with an unlimited number of questions MAYBE-ing FUTURE-ing RELATE-ing
It is possible that a posthuman Forward to a posthuman book—rather than a Foreword—could be nothing but a human. Maybe a Forward of this kind functions as a human-initiated move promoting textual interchanges and shifting related matter while at the same time inviting, acknowledging, and relating to the plants, animals, viruses, and machines surrounding us. After all, it is not that posthumanism rejects the role of human but for many it questions certain independent and autonomous conceptions of the human and humanity. Forward-ing the posthuman could also draw attention to the complex and relational subjects shaped by the life beyond the self. Braidotti (2013: 66) proposed that posthuman theory ‘strikes an alliance with the v
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productive and immanent force of zoe, or life in its non-human aspects.’ The authors in this book take on the challenging task to engage with life’s human and non-human form
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