Papers by Lee-Anne Broadhead
Education Policy Analysis Archives, Apr 19, 1998
In this article it is argued that the recent Research Assessment Exercise (RAE)-undertaken by the... more In this article it is argued that the recent Research Assessment Exercise (RAE)-undertaken by the United Kingdom's Higher Education Funding Councils (HEFC)-is part of a much larger process of assessment in education generally. By taking the RAE as its focus, this article uses a Foucaultian analysis to amplify the nature and practice of disciplinary power in the setting of Higher Education. Foucault's notion of an "integrated system" of control and production, with its routine operation of surveillance and assessment-and its dependence on coercion and consent-is directly applied to the RAE. The impact on research and teaching is discussed. The critical response of academics to the exercise has failed to challenge the process in any fundamental way. it is argued here that this failure is a reflection of the degree to which disciplinary logic is embedded in the academic system.
Edward Elgar Publishing eBooks, Oct 20, 2015
SOVEREIGN MYTHS AND MENTAL MAPSFor more than two decades the international community has sought a... more SOVEREIGN MYTHS AND MENTAL MAPSFor more than two decades the international community has sought actively to understand and deal with the anthropogenic causes of climate change. While debate has raged over what constitutes a practical commitment to common goals, the situation has continued to deteriorate rapidly, with an ever-increasing number of experts expressing concern that we are reaching a tipping point beyond which no effective corrective action will be possible, leaving only painful decisions about mitigating the effects of ecological coUapse. One of the regions experiencing the most dramatic change is the Arctic, where indigenous principles of ecological holism have long been sacrificed on the modern altars of state sovereignty, colonial expansion, and military security. As the polar ice cap melts and what is left of traditional lifestyle threatens to unravel, the inadequacies of the state-centric paradigm are becoming ever more apparent whue demands by Inuit across the region for a different model of political cooperation grow ever louder.The mental maps we have of a territory - the conceptual coordinates we impose upon it - can, to a far-reaching degree, shape its development or deformation. In the example of the Arctic we can readily compare the Inuit mental map (revised and relied on for millennia) with that held by representatives of Canadian state (largely unchanged since the 19th century) and through the contrast see a single place depicted as two different worlds. As we enter the frightening new world brought about by climate change, the question before Canadian policymakers, scholars, and citizens should be: how can we redraw our mental map of the Arctic to best reflect the realities of the territory itself - the real needs and stresses of the land and its peoples?Such a reappraisal will not be easy. Canadians like to think of themselves as a northern people, and pride in sovereignty over a large part of the Arctic region has long played a role in both the nationalistic rhetorical flourishes deemed useful in election campaigns and the more concrete policymaking of the government in the areas of resource exploitation and military security. From the defence of the Northwest Passage to the realization of untold mineral wealth, Canadians look upon the Arctic with a sense of pride and ownership. But at what cost? Viewing security solely in terms of military control and sovereign borders is a dangerous practice in an age where human insecurity can be dramatically increased by the very exercise of "national interest." It is my contention that the Canadian government's policy responses to the changes taking place in the Arctic region are an excellent example of an outmoded intellectual mental map, the retention of which is destined to exacerbate the effects of climate change and dramatically worsen an already precarious situation, thereby increasing the level of insecurity of the inhabitants of the area and beyond.Numerous aspects of the dramatic alteration of the Arctic environment demand our attention if we are to construct an adequate framework for critical reflection on current and possible policy. We need first of all to consider the changes chronicled by both the scientists who study the Arctic and the people who live there. Second, we must examine the actions of the Canadian government, place them in historical context, and explore both the appeal and the limitations of its approach. Why, for instance, do the vast majority of Canadians accept with little or no challenge the government's stated goals and ambitions for the increased militarization of the region and the exponential growth in resource extraction that sovereignty claims are designed to deliver? Finally, it is important to consider an alternative mental map that offers guidance as we struggle with the dramatic global consequences of Arctic climate change.Some preliminary remarks about "mental maps," as the concept is deployed and developed in this paper, may be useful. …
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BMJ, 1998
MJ. Variation in management of small invasive breast cancers detected on screening in the former ... more MJ. Variation in management of small invasive breast cancers detected on screening in the former South East Thames region: observational study.
International Journal, 2002
Peace and Conflict Studies, 2009
Inspired by the publication of a book celebrating the role of the women in the Manhattan Project,... more Inspired by the publication of a book celebrating the role of the women in the Manhattan Project, this paper seeks to demonstrate that such an effort-to the extent it accepts and endorses the historical, political and scientific legitimacy of the Project-is both misguided and dangerous. An alternative feminist critique is presented: one respecting the views of those scientists (men and women) who refused to participate or who have sought to challenge the reductionist Western scientific paradigm from which the Bomb emerged. Illumination of the repressive and hierarchal structures requisite for the "birth" of the nuclear age is undertaken and views excised by the official narrative-the voices of wives, daughters and victims-are recalled. In constructing this "counter-narrative", critical stress is laid on the multiple negative legacies of the Project and the positive requirement for humane, sustainable alternatives to the poisonous technologies often spawned by current forms of scientific inquiry.
Peace and Conflict Studies, 2019
For decades, scholars and policy-makers have disputed whether environmental degradation caused by... more For decades, scholars and policy-makers have disputed whether environmental degradation caused by human-induced climate change needs to be addressed and reversed in order to prevent conflict, or whether the instabilities generated by such degradation (resource scarcity, reduction of arable land, mass migration of so-called environmental refugees, etc.) provides a compelling new rationale for preparing militarily to fight the "climate change conflicts" of the future. Exploring the tension between these perspectives, the paper argues that any effective practical response implies and requires a change in the conceptual climate of the debate sufficient to discredit a literally devastating circular argument: that environmental problems, caused in part by the multiple impacts of industrial militarism, can be adequately addressed by new military strategies and spending, a "war reflex" only serving to exacerbate political tensions, widen and deepen already chronic inequa...
AlterNative: An International Journal of Indigenous Peoples, 2021
In the mid-2000s, the term Two-Eyed Seeing was introduced by Mi’kmaw Elder Albert Marshall to sug... more In the mid-2000s, the term Two-Eyed Seeing was introduced by Mi’kmaw Elder Albert Marshall to suggest the complementarity of Western and Indigenous sciences. The concept has since been adopted and applied in a diverse range of research. This article examines the latent tension in Two-Eyed Seeing between a desire to foster dialogue—in order, ideally, to generate a trans-cultural “third space” of understanding—and the denial or suppression of major contradictions between predominantly wholistic Indigenous and predominantly reductionist Eurocentric worldviews. Examples are considered of both fruitful Two-Eyed Seeing collaborations and areas where antithetical approaches cannot be combined, for reasons that a more critical application of the Two-Eyed Seeing concept could help make clear. Conversely, revisioned in this way, Two-Eyed Seeing can deepen appreciation of those areas of Western science, such as the delicate empiricism of Goethean science, authentically resonant with Indigenous...
Settler Colonial Studies, 2020
This paper considers two remarkable efforts to counter the repressive effects of 'colonial cartog... more This paper considers two remarkable efforts to counter the repressive effects of 'colonial cartography': the Nakba map project in Israel, and the Ta'n Weji-sqalia'tiek Mi'kmaw Place Names Digital Atlas and Website Project in Mi'kma'ki (Nova Scotia, Canada). Undertaken by the Israeli NGO Zochrot ('remembering' in Hebrew), the Nakba 'counter-mapping' project seeks to challenge settler foundation myths utilized to perpetuate ongoing oppression. The Ta'n Weji-sqalia'tiek Mi'kmaw Place Names project deploys cartographic revelationthe recovery of erased place namesas a mode of cultural reclamation, confronting settlers with the natural and human realities of the 'world' they 'discovered.' In addition, by delineating the legends and lore encoded and embedded in those place names, the project helps place the Mi'kmaw language and worldview back 'on the map' of remembrance and dialogue. Linkages between the two examples of settler occupation are highlighted through a consideration of the ways the Canadian government assists with the ongoing oppression of Palestine, as well as the ways Palestinian-Indigenous solidarity efforts seek to resist entrenched settler-centric narratives (mental maps). The case studies are presented as part of a necessarily larger, ongoing effort to give voice to those long silenced by the hegemonic 'truth' of settler societies.
International Journal: Canada's Journal of Global Policy Analysis, 2019
The Canadian Liberal government of Justin Trudeau claims to be ushering in a new era of a “femini... more The Canadian Liberal government of Justin Trudeau claims to be ushering in a new era of a “feminist” foreign policy. While serious steps have been taken in this direction, this paper focuses on the government’s opposition to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, a treaty that has been negotiated with a logic and language explicitly linking issues of disarmament and gender, reframing “security” as fundamentally a question not of state but of human (and environmental) security. Ignoring its own public statements that repeatedly link women with peace and security, the Trudeau government’s opposition to the Treaty exposes the hollowness of its claims.
Canadian Woman Studies, Jun 1, 2002
Cet article examine le concept de la mondialisation prhentk comme unphknomtne inkitable qui neser... more Cet article examine le concept de la mondialisation prhentk comme unphknomtne inkitable qui nesert qu 2 myst.$er les pratiques dommageables de lbrthodoxie nkolibkrale. Les politiques du Fond monktaire international, (FMI) de h
Choice Reviews Online, 1999
New Global Studies, 2012
For decades, policy prescriptions encouraging the privatization of nationalized industries and th... more For decades, policy prescriptions encouraging the privatization of nationalized industries and the de-regulation of business activities alongside the guaranteeing of foreign investor rights and capital mobility have been presented as the logical adaptations of the state to the supposedly irresistible economic force of corporate globalization. In the face of such pervasive conditioning discussion of alternative economic models has been pushed to the margins of public debate. In the wake of ‘the great recession,’ however, skepticism about modern capitalism is growing along with resentment at the mounting social and personal costs of maintaining the current structures of a demonstrably failing and iniquitous system. Beginning with a consideration of the political and institutional origins of modern international capitalism in the aftermath of the Second World War and the radical ‘globalizing’ of that project in the last thirty years – with especial emphasis on the expansion of neo-liberalism in the Americas – this article considers the possibility that a greater openness to other experiments and approaches is now apparent. Increased interest in non-competitive models disavowing the routine exploitation of resources and people is evident in many places, for example, Europeans increasingly resistant to the hypocritical dogma of ‘fiscal discipline’; North Americans counting the cost of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) in lost jobs, environmental deterioration and increased inequality; and Africans tired of corrupt politicians in the pockets of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank (WB). This article considers in detail the origins, merits, progress and contradictions of one such project: the Bolivarian Alliance for the Americas (ALBA). This project, although imperfect, offers an excellent example of a cooperative model of economic development that strives (in the words of the participating states) for a “system of peace based on social justice… a system that recovers the human condition … and does not reduce [people] to mere consumers or merchandise.”
Techné: Research in Philosophy and Technology, 2011
This paper approaches the ‘Drexler-Smalley’ debate on nanotechnology from a neglected angle – the... more This paper approaches the ‘Drexler-Smalley’ debate on nanotechnology from a neglected angle – the common denominator of ‘the frontier’ as a metaphor for scientific exploration. For Bensaude-Vincent, the debate exemplifies the clash of ‘two cultures’ – the ‘artificialist’ and biomimetic’ schools. For us, the portrayal of nanosphere as ‘new frontier’ stymies the prospect of genuine inter-cultural debate on the direction of molecular engineering. Drawing on Brandon, the‘dominium’ impulse of European imperialism is contrasted to the ‘communitas’ tradition of Native America. Proposing a single label – hybridist – for both schools, we juxtapose to this approach the holistic disposition of indigenous North American science.
Science & Society, 2010
While it may seem odd to respond to an article published in these pages more than six decades ago... more While it may seem odd to respond to an article published in these pages more than six decades ago, John Jacobs' musings on the "Development of Atomic Energy" in the summer of 1946 can be usefully revisited as we grapple with the profound issues raised by today's major emerging technology-"nanotechnology," the umbrella term for a wide array of new means of manipulating the basic structures and processes of matter and energy on the "nanoscale" (one billionth of a meter or less) of individual atoms and molecules, a domain hitherto inaccessible to human engineering. Jacobs' argument was straightforward. The development of atomic energy was "the greatest technical achievement in man's history," opening "new perspectives for human welfare [that] should eventually make possible sub-NANOTECHNOLOGY 553
International Journal: Canada's Journal of Global Policy Analysis, 2013
This article revisits volume 1 of International Journal to illustrate the power of “critical reme... more This article revisits volume 1 of International Journal to illustrate the power of “critical remembrance” to deepen the discourse about and sharpen the debate over contemporary global issues and Canada’s potential as a force for peace and progress. Setting the origins of the journal in historical context, the article considers the immediate postwar mood of its contributors and their myriad suggestions for Canada’s appropriate role. The article concludes with a plea for “historical literacy” as an indispensable starting point for reimagining the world in which we live.
International Journal, 2001
... The role of Canada as lynch-pin in difficult international nego-tiations is disturbingly far ... more ... The role of Canada as lynch-pin in difficult international nego-tiations is disturbingly far from reality. ... See, for example, Matthew Paterson, Global Warming and Global Politics (London: Routledge 1996), 17. ... INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL Summer 2001 465 Page 6. ...
International Journal, 1996
By the mid-1990s, the sense of optimism (in some quarters, triumph) experienced by the West at th... more By the mid-1990s, the sense of optimism (in some quarters, triumph) experienced by the West at the end of the Cold War was beginning to strain. Originally seen as a time of unlimited potential and unprecedented co-operation, the so-called new world order was, perhaps inevitably, called into question as a result of the apparent continuation of economic difficulties, environmental deterioration, and, indeed, international political crises which seemed to have come from the old mould.
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