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SUMMARY:Ukraine's Education Policy under a Foucauldian Gaze - Olena Fim'ya
 r (Freie Universität Berlin)
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CONTACT:Mel Bach
DESCRIPTION:This presentation by Dr Olena Fim'yar (Freie Universität Berl
 in) will report the findings of a recently completed study ‘Educational 
 Policy-Making in Post-Communist Ukraine: Policies\, Subjectivities\, Ratio
 nalities\, Power – A Foucauldian Perspective’\, which can be accessed.
 .. here: "http://ulmss-newton.lib.cam.ac.uk/vwebv/holdingsInfo?bibId=33647
 ":URL\n\nDr Fim'yar's discussion will offer a reflective account of a ‘W
 esternised post-communist intellectual’\, who critically assesses her su
 ccesses and struggles in establishing herself as a social science research
 er in Western academia. Reflecting on her various (sometimes conflicting a
 nd sometimes\, in a paradoxical way\, complementary) identities\, the pres
 enter will explain how her personal oscillation between and dissatisfactio
 n with two systems of thought and patterns of socialisation was translated
  into her research agenda and theoretical/methodological standpoint. Commi
 tted to a non-Euro/Americo-centric approach to research\, the presenter ad
 vocates a poststructuralist perspective as a more powerful explanatory too
 l\, which better accounts for the emerging hybridities\, uncertainties\, a
 nd oscillations that increasingly characterise everything that used to be 
 covered by the term “Soviet”: countries\, societies\, identities\, and
 — of particular relevance to the problematic raised in this paper—inte
 llectuals. The presenter will conclude by problematising predominant “We
 stern” analytical knowledge traditions\, and calling for a new form of p
 olitical engagement\, ethics\, and critique as these were once envisaged b
 y Foucault.\n\nThe seminar will encourage the participants to reflect upon
  their own positioning in (Western) academia and their interest in the Ukr
 ainian studies theme. The participants are advised to consult this and oth
 er papers by the presenter in order to ensure a lively and engaging discus
 sion.
LOCATION:Latimer Room\, Clare College
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