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Critical Perspective (critical + perspective)
Selected AbstractsSOCIAL MARKETING AND PROBLEM GAMBLING: A CRITICAL PERSPECTIVEADDICTION, Issue 5 2009CRAWFORD MOODIE First page of article [source] Governmental Accounting in Spain and the European Monetary Union: A Critical PerspectiveFINANCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY & MANAGEMENT, Issue 2 2000Vicente Montesinos During the last twenty-five years, the changes in Spanish accounting have been radical and significant, especially since 1986 when Spain joined the European Union. Those changes were first introduced in business accounting, following the patterns of the Fourth Directive, but governmental accounting has also been affected by structural reforms that have modified the financial reporting system, the accounting standards and the accounting principles to be applied. However, the governmental accounting system needs further improvement, particularly given the EMU framework and the relationship between governmental accounting and national accounting. [source] Questioning the Notion of Feminine Leadership: A Critical Perspective on the Gender Labelling of LeadershipGENDER, WORK & ORGANISATION, Issue 3 2000Yvonne Due Billing Traditionally, leadership has been equated with masculinity. Managerial jobs, at least in business and on senior levels, have been defined as a matter of instrumentality, autonomy, result-orientation, etc. something which is not particularly much in line with what is broadly assumed to be typical for females. Today, however, there seems to be a broad interest in leadership being more participatory, non-hierarchical, flexible and group-oriented. These new ideas on leadership are often seen by students of gender as indicating a feminine orientation. This article argues that it is necessary to critically discuss the whole idea of gender labelling leadership as masculine or feminine and suggests that we should be very careful and potentially aware of the unfortunate consequences when we use gender labels. Constructing leadership as feminine may be of some value as a contrast to conventional ideas on leadership and management but may also create a misleading impression of women's orientation to leadership as well as reproducing stereotypes and the traditional gender division of labour. [source] Sociological Ambivalence and Family Ties: A Critical PerspectiveJOURNAL OF MARRIAGE AND FAMILY, Issue 3 2002Ingrid Arnet Connidis We develop the concept of ambivalence as structurally created contradictions that are made manifest in interaction. We discuss how our reconceptualization enhances the relevance of ambivalence to sociological analyses of family ties. Ambivalence is a particularly useful concept when imbedded in a theoretical framework that views social structure as structured social relations, and individuals as actors who exercise agency as they negotiate relationships within the constraints of social structure. The strengths of conceptualizing ambivalence within this framework are illustrated with examples of caring for older family members and of balancing paid work and family responsibilities. [source] The Growing Interest of Biomedicine in Complementary and Alternative Medicine: A Critical PerspectiveMEDICAL ANTHROPOLOGY QUARTERLY, Issue 4 2002Hans A. Baer No abstract is available for this article. [source] Comment on ,The Eviction of Critical Perspectives from Gentrification Research'INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF URBAN AND REGIONAL RESEARCH, Issue 1 2008LANCE FREEMAN Abstract 'The eviction of critical perspectives from gentrification research' offers the premise that scholars are becoming less critical of gentrification and that this trend is detrimental to those most vulnerable to gentrification. This argument falls short on a number of grounds. First, the article does not persuasively show that the scholarly literature on gentrification has indeed become less critical. More significantly, Slater does not consider perhaps the most important reason that gentrification can be accurately described in both critical and less than critical terms , gentrification's impacts are multifaceted, affecting different people differently and even the same individuals in different ways. Finally, those most threatened by gentrification are likely to need a combination of resistance and persuasion to blunt the ill effects of gentrification. Slater's call for more critical approaches may inspire some to resist, but will do little to persuade the larger society to take their concerns seriously. Given that those most threatened by gentrification are among the least powerful, their cause will most benefit from a combination of literature that inspires resistance as well as literature that persuades others that gentrification is truly a predicament. Therefore, literature that not merely criticizes gentrification but offers a rationale for blunting its detrimental effects is needed as well. Résumé L'article intitulé The eviction of critical perspectives from gentrification research pose en principe que les chercheurs se font moins critiques sur la ,gentrification' et que cette tendance porte préjudice aux plus vulnérables face à ce phénomène. Cet argument ne tient pas pour plusieurs raisons. D'abord, il n'est pas montré de manière probante que la littérature académique sur la ,gentrification' soit vraiment devenue moins critique. De façon plus marquante, Slater n'étudie pas la raison, peut-être la plus importante, pour laquelle la ,gentrification' peut être décrit avec exactitude en termes à la fois critiques et moins critiques : en effet, ses impacts revêtent plusieurs aspects, affectant différemment les populations différentes, voire les mêmes populations. Enfin, les plus menacés par la ,gentrification' ont sans doute besoin d'un mélange de résistance et de persuasion pour atténuer les effets négatifs du processus. L'appel de Slater à des approches plus critiques peut susciter la résistance chez certains, mais va difficilement convaincre la société de traiter sérieusement le problème. Etant donné que les plus menacés font partie des moins puissants, leur cause bénéficiera surtout d'une combinaison de publications inspirant la résistance et de textes capables de convaincre de toute la complexité de la situation liée à la ,gentrification'. En conséquence, une littérature qui ne se contente pas de critiquer la ,gentrification', mais qui propose un raisonnement pour en atténuer les effets néfastes, a tout autant d'utilité. [source] The Eviction of Critical Perspectives from Gentrification ResearchINTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF URBAN AND REGIONAL RESEARCH, Issue 4 2006TOM SLATER Recent years have seen an extraordinary resurgence of interest in the process of gentrification, accompanied by a surge of articles published on the topic. This article looks at some recent literature , both scholarly and popular , and considers the reasons why the often highly critical perspectives on gentrification that we saw in earlier decades have dwindled. Whilst a number of reasons could be put forward, three in particular are discussed. First, the resilience of theoretical and ideological squabbles over the causes of gentrification, at the expense of examining its effects; second, the demise of displacement as a defining feature of the process and as a research question; and third, the pervasive influence of neoliberal urban policies of ,social mix' in central city neighbourhoods. It is argued that the ,eviction' of critical perspectives from a field in which they were once plentiful has serious implications for those at risk from gentrification, and that reclaiming the term from those who have sugarcoated what was not so long ago a ,dirty word' (Smith, 1996) is essential if political challenges to the process can be effective. [source] Critical Perspectives on Schooling and Fertility in the Developing World, by Caroline Bledsoe,John Casterline, Jennifer Johnson-Kuhn and John Haaga (eds).JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT, Issue 8 2000National Academy Press, Washington DC, pp.x + 320.Reviewed by Abbi Mamo Kedir. No abstract is available for this article. [source] Environmental Stewardship: Critical Perspectives,Past and Present , Edited by Robert James BerryRELIGIOUS STUDIES REVIEW, Issue 3 2007Daniel McFee No abstract is available for this article. [source] Critical perspectives on integrated water management EditorialTHE GEOGRAPHICAL JOURNAL, Issue 4 2007NIGEL WATSON No abstract is available for this article. [source] Randomized controlled trials in schizophrenia: a critical perspective on the literatureACTA PSYCHIATRICA SCANDINAVICA, Issue 4 2002S. Gilbody Objective:,The randomized trial provides an opportunity to minimize the inclusion of biases in the evaluation of interventions in psychiatry. Difficulties arise, however, when applying their results to `real world' clinical practice and decision-making. We, therefore, examined the real world applicability of schizophrenia trials. Method:,A narrative overview of the content and quality of the randomized trials relevant to the care of those with schizophrenia is provided. Results:,Complex, explanatory, under-powered randomized drug trials dominate evaluative research in schizophrenia. Conclusion:,Explanatory designs are a necessary but insufficient step in establishing the true worth of interventions in schizophrenia. Research from other spheres of mental health and wider health care suggest that pragmatic trials are feasible. This design allows large scale trials to be conducted which include patients which we would recognize from routine practice and which record outcomes which are of genuine interest to decision-makers. [source] Functional redundancy in heterogeneous environments: implications for conservationECOLOGY LETTERS, Issue 3 2001Todd Wellnitz It has been argued that one of the best ways to conserve biological diversity is to maintain the integrity of functional processes within communities, and this can be accomplished by assessing how much ecological redundancy exists in communities. Evidence suggests, however, that the functional roles species play are subject to the influences of local environmental conditions. Species may appear to perform the same function (i.e. be redundant) under a restricted set of conditions, yet their functional roles may vary in naturally heterogeneous environments. Incorporating the environmental context into ecological experiments would provide a critical perspective for examining functional redundancy among species. [source] Discursive constructions of terrorism in Spain: Anglophone and Spanish media representations of EtaINTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF APPLIED LINGUISTICS, Issue 1 2009Roberto A. Valdeón separatista; terrorista; medios de comunicación; noticias; enfoque crítico This paper studies the use of the terms ,separatist' and ,terrorist' in the aftermath of Madrid's 3/11 attacks and their discursive implications from a critical perspective, and attempts to throw some light on whether there are sufficient grounds to substantiate the voices against ,separatist' when reporting on attacks carried out by the militant group Eta that involved killings. The study is divided into three sections, which examine, first, the choice(s) made by Spanish news websites and the intratextual cohesion devices used by the authors, and, secondly, the terms and devices used in British and American news websites. Finally, we shall discuss the ideological implications that might lie beneath the preference for ,separatist' in Anglophone media, and comment on the problems derived from it. En este artículo se analiza el uso de las palabras ,terrorist' y ,separatist' tras los atentados terroristas que tuvieron lugar en Madrid en marzo de 2004, así como sus implicaciones discursivas desde un enfoque crítico. Se comprobará si existen razones para justificar las críticas al uso del término ,separatista' para definir los atentados perpetrados por la banda Eta. El trabajo se divide en tres secciones. En la primera se estudian medios de noticias españoles en internet para establecer qué elementos léxicos se utilizan así como las estrategias de cohesión intratextual presentes. En el segundo se analizan medios de noticias de habla inglesa, tanto británicos como americanos. Por último se comentarán las implicaciones ideológicas del uso de ,separatist' en los medios de habla inglesa así como los problemas que ocasiona. [source] Social rights and social resistance: opportunism, anarchism and the welfare stateINTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SOCIAL WELFARE, Issue 3 2000Hartley Dean This conceptually oriented paper adopts a critical perspective on the question of social rights and asks whether, in contemporary circumstances, claims to social welfare based on rights can provide a meaningful basis for social resistance to poverty or oppression. Past approaches to the question of rights as a means of resistance are characterised as either opportunistic or anarchistic. Opportunistic approaches give rise to ameliorative compromise, anarchistic approaches to nihilistic or inherently hopeless struggle. Nonetheless, it is argued, it is possible to conceptualise rights to social welfare in ways that do not obscure the basis of social exploitation and that do project human need as the basis for social resistance. [source] What Is Critical Globalization Studies?INTERNATIONAL STUDIES PERSPECTIVES, Issue 3 2004James H. Mittelman From a critical perspective, precisely what kind of knowledge about globalization is meaningful? The distinctive province of a critical orientation to globalization is coming to be defined by a complex of five interacting components: reflexivity, historicism, decentering, crossovers between social inquiry and other streams of knowledge, and an emphasis on strategic transformations. Critical globalization studies may be employed to identify diverse tendencies in world order, parts of a contradictory whole that coexist, with different logics colliding with one another. These are elements of the old configuration, multilateral globalization; the contemporary structure, militarized globalization; and the potential constellation, democratic globalization. The motor of transformation is not only countervailing power but also alternative knowledge, which should be demystifying and enabling. [source] The art of public health nursing: using confession technè in the sexual health domainJOURNAL OF ADVANCED NURSING, Issue 4 2006Dave Holmes PhD RN Aim., This paper explores the sexual health interview from a critical perspective, and to demonstrate how the confession ritual involved in this interview is implicated in the construction of subjectivities (meaning identities) as well as in fostering self-surveillance (self-regulation). Background., The concept of public health depends primarily on several surveillance tools that monitor both the incidence and prevalence rates of certain diseases. Within the subgroup of infectious diseases, sexually transmitted infections comprise a group that is closely monitored. As a result, surveillance techniques, including policing sexual practices, are part of the public health worker's mandate. Method., Using a Foucauldian perspective, we demonstrate that confession is a political technology in the sexual health domain. Findings., As one group of frontline workers in the field of sexual health, nurses are responsible for data collection through methods such as interviewing clients. Nurses play an integral role in the sexual health experience of clients as well as in the construction of the client's subjectivity. We strongly believe that a Foucauldian perspective could be useful in explaining certain current client behavioural trends (for example, an avoidance by at-risk groups of interactions with nurses in sexual health clinics) being observed in sexual health clinics across the Western hemisphere. Conclusion., Clinicians need to be aware of the confessional nature of their questions and provide requested services rather than impose services that they determine to be important and relevant. By appreciating that the sexual health interview is an invasive and embarrassing sexual confession, healthcare providers and policy-makers may be better able to design and implement more user-oriented, population-sensitive sexual health services. [source] Moulding the migrant familyLEGAL STUDIES, Issue 4 2009Dr Helena Wray This paper offers a critical perspective on how immigration control regulates the family lives of British residents and nationals of migrant descent. Family migration is problematic for a government determined to restrict long-term immigration to the skilled. The extended or ,corporate' family is particularly problematic because it also causes the reproduction of forms of family life that are regarded as oppressive and a barrier to cohesion. Policies have tended to minimise these forms of migration, and recent changes and proposals are consistent with that. The result is the increased marginalisation or exclusion of some migrants and pressure on migrant family life to conform more closely to majority norms. [source] Sexual Utterances and Common LifeMODERN THEOLOGY, Issue 4 2000David Matzko McCarthy The essay discusses sexual activity as forms of communication that are constitutive of social practices. In this context, marriage is understood as a representative practice of the church, nothing more and nothing less. The essay draws on Thomas Nagel's essay, ,Sexual Perversion', and Robert Solomon'ls ,Sexual Paradigms' for its account of sexual communication. For its critical perspective, it frames questions about sex with Herbert McCabe's account of bodily utterances as ,ways of entering into social life' [source] A critique of knowledge management: using a social constructionist modelNEW TECHNOLOGY, WORK AND EMPLOYMENT, Issue 2 2000Rodney McAdam There is a increasing interest in the area of knowledge management. Few studies exist which are holistic and seek to cover knowledge management as an emerging paradigm which embraces both theory and practice. This article describes such a study, throughout the article a critical perspective is adopted and applied to Knowledge Management. [source] Reflection and moral maturity in a nurse's caring practice: a critical perspectiveNURSING PHILOSOPHY, Issue 3 2010Jane Sumner PhD Abstract The likelihood of nurse reflection is examined from the theoretical perspectives of Habermas' Theory of Communicative Action and Moral Action and Sumner's Moral Construct of Caring in Nursing as Communicative Action, through a critical social theory lens. The argument is made that until the nurse reaches the developmental level of post-conventional moral maturity and/or Benner's Stage 5: expert, he or she is not capable of being inwardly directed reflective on self. The three developmental levels of moral maturity and Benner's stages are presented with discussion on whether or not there can be self-reflection because of an innate vulnerability that leads to self-protective behaviours. It is only when the confidence from mastery of practice has been achieved can the nurse be comfortable with reflection that enables him or her to become enlightened, emancipated, and empowered. The influences and constraints of the knowledge power between nurse and patient are acknowledged. The power hierarchy of the institution is recognized as constraining. [source] The Legal Status of MercenariesPOLITICS & POLICY, Issue 4 2002Jeffrey S. Morton Mercenaries date to antiquity and have played important roles in conflict. While the regulation of mercenaries has long been discussed, efforts to codify laws pertaining to mercenarism are more contemporary. This paper examines the existing international regime on mercenaries from a critical perspective and offers suggestions for a rearticulation of the legal regime on mercenaries. [source] Front and Back Covers, Volume 24, Number 3.ANTHROPOLOGY TODAY, Issue 3 2008June 200 Front cover and back cover caption, volume 24 issue 3 Front cover Front cover: Front cover In this issue of ANTHROPOLOGY TODAY, Adrian Peace takes a critical look at the way in which neo-evolutionary theories and anthropological concepts are brought together in an award-winning campaign to sell more meat in Australia (his article is debated by four respondents on pp 23,25). Among others adopting a critical perspective, the animal rights movement was outraged at claims made about red meat as a ,natural', ,healthy' and ,essential' part of the average Australian diet. Just as a prominent film star was recruited to the ,Red Meat , Feel Good' campaign, the hugely popular Missy Higgins was deployed to front the response from the animal rights movement. The youthful and fresh-faced Australian singer-songwriter, cuddling the vulnerable white piglet, iconically represents an informed, intelligent and humane vegetarian approach to the future in the relationship between human and non-human animals. Higgins here makes a striking plea for ,enlightenment'. Enlightenment of a different kind is offered by the poster reprinted on the back cover, where an Indian transvestite celebrates the joy of a minority gender identity. Although the rights of both human minorities and non-human animals may be ,universal', they must be rendered in culturally specific terms in order to be politically effective. Back cover Back cover: modern enlightenment in ancient sacred sites ,Be enlightened!' In 2006 ,Shelly Innocence' launched a new phone service in Bodhgaya, Bihar, offering customers the opportunity to receive personal text messages of EnlightenmentÔ on their mobile phones. Large billboards with images of this virtual transgendered guru were erected outside the main temple to advertise the service. Not only is Bodhgaya a site of inspiration for millions of Buddhists around the world, but the seat of enlightenment has also come to mean very different things as this cosmopolitan pilgrimage town goes global. For many decades the state of Bihar, where Bodhgaya is located, has been one of the least attractive destinations for pilgrims, tourists and anthropologists because of its notorious reputation as one of the most impoverished and ,lawless' states in the country. However in recent years the Mahabodhi Temple complex in Bodhgaya has become the object of global attention as a UNESCO World Heritage site, setting in motion a series of initiatives to encourage tourism and city development plans. As a result of new conservation policies and demands on the built environment, the World Heritage designation has become invested with a diverse set of claims and meanings by various stakeholders and religious communities. As a site of dense historical, religious and political significance, Bodhgaya today is a unique locus where spiritual and digital worlds collide in the shade of the bodhi tree. [source] Making the Business School More ,Critical': Reflexive Critique Based on Phronesis as a Foundation for ImpactBRITISH JOURNAL OF MANAGEMENT, Issue 2010Elena P. Antonacopoulou This paper explores how the business school can become more critical by advancing the notion of reflexive critique. Drawing on diverse literatures propounding a critical perspective, this paper integrates the various interpretations of ,what it is to be critical' and proposes phronesis as a foundation for responding to and extending the relevance and rigour debate by articulating what it means for business schools to have a critical impact on management practice. A phronetic analysis of management education provides an innovative lens for understanding the power of critique in engaging academics and business practitioners in the co-creation of knowledge. This is illustrated by distilling the main insights from the experience of introducing an innovative course entitled ,Critical Thinking' offered to MBA students over a five-year period. The paper discusses the importance of critique in the business curriculum and explains the rationale for introducing the course and its objectives, as well as the learning and teaching techniques employed. The analysis considers how reflexive critique can be a platform for integrating a critical analysis of management informed by management research and academic thinking in relation to business practitioners' practical experiences of managing. The paper concludes with a review of the main lessons learned and the implications for future initiatives intended to foster engagement of theory and practice and the collaboration of academics and business practitioners. [source] Inclusive education: a critical perspectiveBRITISH JOURNAL OF SPECIAL EDUCATION, Issue 1 2003Geoff Lindsay The Gulliford Lecture 2002 was given by Professor Geoff Lindsay, Director of the Centre for Educational Development, Appraisal and Research (CEDAR) at the University of Warwick. Professor Lindsay's lecture, on which this paper is based, addressed a number of key topics, including the development of inclusion and inclusive practices; models of special educational needs and disability; and the values that underpin our thinking about these matters. Basing his argument on the research evidence, Professor Lindsay provides a searching critique of prevailing notions about inclusion and of current approaches to research. His conclusions will be of interest to everyone concerned with the education of children and young people with special educational needs. [source] ,Education for sustainability' in the business studies curriculum: a call for a critical agendaBUSINESS STRATEGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT, Issue 3 2005Delyse Springett Abstract The critical theorization of education for sustainability developed from the earlier political conception of ,education for the environment'. This critical perspective underpins the theory of education for sustainability that the paper introduces, and informs the goals, structure and content of the post-graduate course that it describes. It is posited that education for sustainability challenges the ,rationality' of the capitalist paradigm of production and consumption, thereby providing a challenge for the tertiary curriculum in general and for the business curriculum in particular. A ,window' is provided on the way in which theory drives the narrative of sustainability in the course, ,Business and Sustainability', and a brief overview of the course introduces the pedagogical approach based in action methods as well as insights from student self-reflection and course evaluation. Copyright © 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd and ERP Environment. [source] Children's participation in the policy process: some thoughts on policy evaluation based on the Irish National Children's StrategyCHILDREN & SOCIETY, Issue 2 2004John Pinkerton Prompted by Article 12 of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, there is a growing number of examples of children and young people being involved in the policy process. To date this had not been matched by evaluation of the practice. This situation needs to change to ensure that existing experience provides learning for more widespread and more effective involvement. Using the development of the Irish National Children's Strategy for illustration, this article argues that the evaluation required must be more than monitoring. There is a need to get below the formal documented surface of participatory initiatives through developing analysis based in a critical perspective on both policy and evaluation. [source] Communication and the reflective practitioner: a shared perspective from sociolinguistics and organisational communicationINTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF APPLIED LINGUISTICS, Issue 2 2004Deborah Jones This paper provides an overview of an interdisciplinary project which draws together sociolinguistic analyses of workplace discourse and recent work in the field of organisational studies. The starting point for this collaboration was a set of questions which arose from attempts to apply the findings of a large-scale sociolinguistic study into workplace language: (i) How can sociolinguistic tools and models generate useful feedback for practitioners and contribute to organisational learning? (ii) How can the understanding researchers have developed of workplace discourse help individuals and teams critically reflect on their own communication practices? (iii) What can the action research process add to our theoretical knowledge about workplace discourse? The authors explore these questions in the context of a number of current issues in the field of organisational studies, including an increasing interest in language and communication; emerging critical perspectives on the notion of competence in workplaces; and debates over the relationships between expert and practitioner knowledges. The concept of ,reflective practice' is presented as a framework to address these issues in the evaluation and development of workplace communication. [source] The role of law in welfare reform: critical perspectives on the relationship between law and social work practiceINTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SOCIAL WELFARE, Issue 1 2006Suzy Braye This article considers the complex relationships between law, welfare policy and social work practice, in order to address the question of what role legal frameworks might play in achieving welfare policy and professional practice goals. It traces how law has developed as a core component of professional practice, and challenges some of the false expectations placed upon it. It then draws on findings from an international knowledge review of law teaching in social work education to propose a model for understanding how professional practice incorporates legal perspectives, and proposes ways in which legal frameworks can provide positive and constructive vehicles for accountable practice. [source] Researching human resource development: emergence of a critical approach to HRD enquiryINTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT, Issue 1 2006Claire Valentin This paper argues that mainstream research in management and human resource development (HRD) is dominated by a positivist paradigm. In a theoretical discussion and review of literature on management, human resource management, HRD and organization studies, it explores critical perspectives in research, which draw on postmodernism and critical theory. It examines how they have contributed to the emergence of a critical HRD and discusses the features of a critical HRD research. [source] Gentrification ,Research' and the Academic Nobility: A Different Class?INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF URBAN AND REGIONAL RESEARCH, Issue 1 2008CHRIS ALLEN Abstract This essay is a response to Tom Slater's article ,The eviction of critical perspectives from gentrification research'. My essay addresses two issues. First, I consider the issue of why gentrification research appears to be losing its critical edge. I argue that social position infects understanding and, inevitably therefore, academic knowledge production. Thus the social proximity of the academic nobility to gentrifiers (and social distance between the academic nobility and the displaced) has epistemological consequences, notably, the lack of critical perspectives in gentrification research. Second, Slater's paper appears to be an appeal for more ,critical' research from the academic nobility. Perhaps we should go even further. We should actually question the epistemic authority of the academic nobility, which claims its legitimacy to speak about gentrification on the grounds that it undertakes ,research' into the phenomenon. There are strong and sound epistemological reasons for also listening to the marginalized voices of people that have ,first hand' (albeit not ,research') experience of the negative effects of gentrification. Résumé Ce texte est une réponse à l'article de Tom Slater sur ,l'éviction' des perspectives critiques des études sur la ,gentrification'. Il aborde deux points. En premier lieu, il traite des raisons pour lesquelles ces études semblent perdre leur acuité critique. La position sociale entache la compréhension et, donc inévitablement, la production de savoir académique. Ainsi, la proximité sociale entre la noblesse académique et les nouveaux propriétaires aisés (et la distance sociale entre la noblesse académique et les déplacés) a des conséquences au plan épistémologique, notamment l'absence de points de vue critiques dans la recherche sur la ,gentrification'. En second lieu, le texte de Slater apparaît comme un appel à des études plus critiques de la part de la noblesse académique. Peut-être faudrait-il aller plus loin, jusqu'à une réelle remise en cause de l'autoritéépistémique de la noblesse académique, laquelle revendique sa légitimité pour parler de la ,gentrification' en arguant qu'elle mène des ,recherches' sur un phénomène. Il existe des raisons épistémologiques solides et sensées pour écouter les voix marginalisées des gens qui ont une expérience de ,l'intérieur' (pas de ,recherche') sur les effets néfastes de la ,gentrification'. [source] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||