PVSmith2022

From emcawiki
Revision as of 20:42, 30 September 2022 by JakubMlynar (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{BibEntry |BibType=ARTICLE |Author(s)=Paul Vincent Smith; |Title="In Universities, the Religious People Keep Their Mouths Shut": Solving an Interdiscursive Problem in Higher...")
(diff) ← Older revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)
Jump to: navigation, search
PVSmith2022
BibType ARTICLE
Key PVSmith2022
Author(s) Paul Vincent Smith
Title "In Universities, the Religious People Keep Their Mouths Shut": Solving an Interdiscursive Problem in Higher Education Literacy Practices
Editor(s)
Tag(s) EMCA, Ethnomethodology, Religion, Foucault, Higher education, Academic literacies, Winch
Publisher
Year 2022
Language English
City
Month
Journal Forum: Qualitative Sozialforschung / Forum: Qualitative Social Research
Volume 23
Number 3
Pages Art. 8
URL Link
DOI 10.17169/fqs-23.3.3891
ISBN
Organization
Institution
School
Type
Edition
Series
Howpublished
Book title
Chapter

Download BibTex

Abstract

Religious faith, despite being a protected characteristic under UK law, is under-studied in higher education. In this article, I answer the call for studies that demonstrate the difference that religious adherence can make to the student experience of higher education instruction and assessment. In my qualitative study, I used ideas from ethnomethodology, FOUCAULT's archaeological work, academic literacies, and the Wittgensteinian perspective of WINCH to characterise the meeting of religious faith and sociological constructionism as a discursive problem occasioned by a born-again Christian student. I show how this discursive problem was described after it had been solved, pragmatically if not academically, in the student's writing. The solution comprised an interdiscursive technique of presenting faith-inspired ideas without pressing them into the service of an argument structure. My analysis of materials demonstrates a series of considerations that would not be relevant to non-religious students.

Notes