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‘Experimentation in contact with the real’: networking with Deleuze & Guattari |
Kamp, Annelies
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This paper draws on data from an longitudinal case study of a Local Learning and Employment Network (LLEN) instituted by a state government in Victoria in the arena of post compulsory education and training to explore the possibilities of a new approach to thinking about networks, their formation and operation, one that is inspired by ‘A Thousand Plateaus’ (Deleuze & Guattari, 1987). Using a rhizomatic approach my focus is on the middle — the plateau — a space that is made of lines moving in multiple directions. Looking at the middle disrupts taken-for-granted understandings and perceptions of linearity; it is in considering middles and plateaus that it is possible to move beyond a concern with joining-up ‘fixed’ entities within existing, and constrained, ways of knowing and, in the process, finding new ways of understanding and realizing the potential of a phenomenon that is ‘fast becoming a standard explanation of structure and action in both the public and private domain’(Considine, 2002).
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Keyword(s):
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Education; Philosophy; Sociology; Public administration; Networking; Deleuze |
Publication Date:
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2011 |
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Conference item |
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Peer-Reviewed:
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Yes |
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Language(s):
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English |
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Institution:
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Dublin City University |
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Citation(s):
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Kamp, Annelies (2011) ‘Experimentation in contact with the real’: networking with Deleuze & Guattari. In: 9th International Conference in the Humanities, 8 - 11 June, 2011, Granada, Spain. |
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File Format(s):
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application/pdf |
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Related Link(s):
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http://doras.dcu.ie/16701/3/Kamp_NDH_2011.pdf |
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