Posthumanism and Positioning Theory: explorations of embodiment and affect from a critical perspective

Mary B. McVee; Kelly A. Schucker; Aijuan Cun

doi:10.1016/B978-0-12-818630-5.07083-4

Posthumanism and Positioning Theory: explorations of embodiment and affect from a critical perspective

Mary B. McVee
, Kelly A. Schucker
, Aijuan Cun

Learning and Instruction

SUNY Buffalo
University of New Mexico

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Abstract

This chapter explores positioning through the perspectives of posthumanism and Positioning Theory to consider their potential synergies as analytic and exploratory theories. A very brief introduction to posthumanism and Positioning Theory is provided with particular attention to scholars such as Foucault, Hollway, and Harré who have influenced work on positioning. Three intersecting areas of Positioning Theory and posthumanism are then explored through critical positioning and literacy, embodiment, and affect. We conclude that posthumanism and Positioning Theory hold potential affordances for literacy scholars who seek to address positioning, embodiment, and affect.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	International Encyclopedia of Education
Subtitle of host publication	Fourth Edition
Publisher	Elsevier
Pages	918-927
Number of pages	10
ISBN (Electronic)	9780128186299
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-818630-5.07083-4
State	Published - Jan 1 2022

Keywords

Affect
Critical
Embodiment
Literacy
Positionality
Positioning theory
Posthumanism
Subject positions

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