Alaa Al-Aswany: A Foucauldian Reading

Reading Aguayo et al

The reading for Friday’s class is a seminal wireless research paper. What makes this paper especially interesting experimentally is that while it is astoundingly careful, deep, and complete, ultimately one of the major conclusions of the paper turns out to be incorrect. Furthermore, this error is due to a mistake in the experimental methodology. This document explains the error and provides eno...

Migrant ESOL Learners: a Foucauldian Discourse Analysis

The Rule of Law: A Foucauldian Interpretation

Although Foucault can be rightly seen as one of the most influential thinkers of our times, his ideas have hardly been straightforwardly accepted. His vision of law in the modern era, in particular, has drawn some severe criticism. Scholar as diverse as Habermas and Poulantzas have expressed strong doubts with regards to Foucault’s approach to law, accusing him of downplaying the role of the le...

Foucauldian Reading of Gholam Hossein Saedi's An Eye for an Eye

AbstractThe present paper seeks to investigate how power relations work in Saedi’s An Eye for an Eye and how discursive formation of justice brings the conflicts of the play to resolution. Foucault believes that power and knowledge create each other reciprocally. This creation happens within a domain of relationships in which discursive statements are voiced alongside and against each other. Tr...

Alaa Shaban-Final Paper (2)

The strength and durability of concrete are the most essential parameters for determining structural performance of any concrete structure. Thus, there has been always a need to develop an appropriate test method to evaluate and identify concrete properties in various structural members. In recent years, several researchers have strived to exploit hyperspectral technology as a non destructive t...