Outputs (4)

Eerie (2022)
Journal Article
Cattien, J., & Stopford, R. (2022). Eerie. Angelaki: Journal of Theoretical Humanities, 27(5), https://doi.org/10.1080/0969725x.2022.2110399

In this paper, we explore what it means for an object to be eerie. We argue that the Eerie is an index of phenomenology’s limits: it is a complex, contradictory moment in the dialectics of subject/object formation. If the familiar story of phenomenol... Read More about Eerie.

The appropriating subject: Cultural appreciation, property and entitlement (2022)
Journal Article
Cattien, J., & Stopford, R. J. (2023). The appropriating subject: Cultural appreciation, property and entitlement. Philosophy and Social Criticism, 49(9), 1061–1078. https://doi.org/10.1177/01914537211059515

What is cultural ‘appropriation’? What is cultural ‘appreciation’? Whatever the complex answer to this question, cultural appropriation is commonly defined as ‘the taking of something produced by members of one culture by members of another’ (Young 2... Read More about The appropriating subject: Cultural appreciation, property and entitlement.

Threshold concepts and certainty: a critical analysis of ‘troublesomeness’ (2020)
Journal Article
Stopford, R. (2021). Threshold concepts and certainty: a critical analysis of ‘troublesomeness’. Higher Education, 82(1), 163-179. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10734-020-00628-w

The threshold concept framework is a key contemporary theory in pedagogy. The core idea is that ‘threshold concepts’ are distinctively ‘troublesome’ for students and act as gatekeepers to their disciplines. No doubt the theory is compelling because t... Read More about Threshold concepts and certainty: a critical analysis of ‘troublesomeness’.

Teaching feminism: Problems of critical claims and student certainty (2020)
Journal Article
Stopford, R. (2020). Teaching feminism: Problems of critical claims and student certainty. Philosophy and Social Criticism, 46(10), 1203-1224. https://doi.org/10.1177/0191453720903473

Learning about feminism can be a revelation for many students. However, for others, it can be a confounding, troubling experience. These difficulties return as problems for the teacher: how to help sceptical, resistant students understand the theory.... Read More about Teaching feminism: Problems of critical claims and student certainty.