A schizoanalytic exploration of the potential of fabulation for the creation of new social collectivities in pre-service teacher education

Kruger, Frans; Le Roux, Adré

Abstract

This article draws on Felix Guattari’s proposition of subject and subjected groups to explore the interplay between individual and group subjectivity within the higher education context in South Africa. The exploration is specifically orientated towards considering the pedagogical possibilities of the concept of fabulation. Schizoanalysis is employed to map how six first-year pre-service teachers collectively envisioned a shared future. As a result of the mapping, diffraction is proposed as a pedagogical practice to create the conditions for fabulation to occur. It is argued that the act of fabulation enables pedagogy to be positioned as a practice of resistance to assumed orthodox truths. In addition, fabulation also orientates pedagogy as a practice of experimentation toward the creation of new social collectivities.

Citation

Kruger, F., & Le Roux, A. (2020). A schizoanalytic exploration of the potential of fabulation for the creation of new social collectivities in pre-service teacher education. Pedagogy, Culture and Society, 28(2), 241-259. https://doi.org/10.1080/14681366.2019.1629994

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Online Publication Date: Jun 11, 2019
• Publication Date: Apr 2, 2020
• Deposit Date: Aug 19, 2024
• Journal: Pedagogy, Culture & Society
• Print ISSN: 1468-1366
• Electronic ISSN: 1747-5104
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 28
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 241-259
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/14681366.2019.1629994
• Keywords: Fabulation; diffraction; pedagogy; experimentation; schizoanalysis; subject groups; subjected groups
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/38383408
• Publisher URL: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14681366.2019.1629994#abstract
• Additional Information: Peer Review Statement: The publishing and review policy for this title is described in its Aims & Scope.; Aim & Scope: http://www.tandfonline.com/action/journalInformation?show=aimsScope&journalCode=rpcs20; Published: 2019-06-11