On 'Knowing one's self' selfwriting, power and ethical practice: Reflections from an adult educator

Author: Chapman V-L.

Source: Studies in the Education of Adults, Volume 35, Number 1, 1 April 2003 , pp. 35-53(19)

Publisher: National Institute of Adult Continuing Education

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Abstract:

Adult educators are increasingly concerned with issues of power and identity. Drawing on my research text, The Body's Tale, and Foucault's writings, I explore how pastoral power effects construct subjectivities in learners. Using three genealogical narratives from my text - eating, elimination and 'swarming' - I show how we can interrupt our own self-regulation; I suggest we can surface our exercise of power in our daily work, and through self-writing, or askesis, the discipline and care of the self, develop an embodied ethical practice

Document Type: Research article

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