Affective Assemblages: Body Matters in the Pedagogic Practices of Contemporary School Classrooms

Pedagogy, Culture and Society

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 9-27

  Mulcahy, Dianne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

actor network theory; affect; embodiment; materiality; pedagogic practice

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858663109     PISSN: 14681366     EISSN: 17475104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14681366.2012.649413     Document Type: Article

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