Cultures, Identities and Divisions
Group Leader(s): Dr Lili Schwoerer
Contact: lschwoerer@brookes.ac.uk
About us
This is an interdisciplinary group which focuses on the empirical and theoretical investigations into multiple facets of cultures, identities and divisions. The interests of the group:
- span personal, collective, national/global identity formations
- interrogate the dynamics of power, capitalism, spatiality, temporality, inclusion, exclusion, agency and ethics.
The discursive and historical-material constitution of ‘the social’ inform our conceptual debates alongside a focus on feminist, Marxian, post-colonial and post-structural theory. With this in mind, the group aims to initiate, support and review individual and collaborative research that investigates aspects of the above themes.
Research impact
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The group encourages research across disciplines and research methods, and hosts the following activities:
- presenting and reviewing work-in-progress by group members or guests
- commenting on grant applications
- sharing research expertise and practical support
- hosting reading groups
- generating external grant applications
- generating internal funding bids to hold events and/or workshops
- fostering co-operation with external partners.
Recent presented papers which have subsequently been published include:
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Neal Harris and Gerard Delanty (Sussex), Critical theory and the question of technology: The Frankfurt School revisited, Thesis Eleven
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Owen Brown, 'Connection Lost: FALC, Critical Theory, and Psychoanalysis', forthcoming in Thinking Beyond Neoliberalism (Palgrave, 2021, part of Philosophy and Public Purpose).
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Peter Lugosi et al, Creating Family Friendly Pub Experiences: A Composite Data Study, International Journal of Hospitality Management
Leadership
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