Posthumanism and Educational Research

Focusing on the interdependence between human, animal, and machine, posthumanism redefines the meaning of the human being previously assumed in knowledge production. This movement challenges some of the most foundational concepts in educational theory and has implications within educational research, curriculum design and pedagogical interactions. In this volume, a group of international contributors use posthumanist theory to present new modes of institutional collaboration and pedagogical practice. They position posthumanism as a comprehensive theoretical project with connections to philosophy, animal studies, environmentalism, feminism, biology, queer theory and cognition. Researchers and scholars in curriculum studies and philosophy of education will benefit from the new research agendas presented by posthumanism.

Nathan Snaza is Director of the Bridge to Success Program and member of the English Department at the University of Richmond, USA. His writings have appeared in journals such as Journal of Curriculum and Pedagogy, Angelaki, Educational Researcher and Journal of Critical Animal Studies.

John A. Weaver is Professor of Curriculum Studies at Georgia Southern University, USA. He is the author of Educating the Posthuman (2010), Popular Culture: A Primer (2004/8), Rethinking Academic Politics in Germany and The United States (2000) and editor of four other books including (Post) Modern Science (Education) (2001). He is the author of 30 journal articles and book chapters.