Hi again all,

In response to the question about renewing SIG dues, see the following  
instructions:

Membership in the Foucault and Education SIG is Open to All Current  
Members of AERA.

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only run for the period up until your AERA membership renews for the  
first year of membership.

Best,

Chris
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On Jun 24, 2009, at 3:05 PM, [log in to unmask] wrote:

> HI I want to stay with Mr. Foucault and will pay for the sig. I'm  
> puzzled and intrigued by yr comment about "broadening te church" and  
> "including ...Butler" Is this an "in -joke"? Can it be explained or  
> is it then no longer funny? I  owe dues for 0910, but will be able  
> to pay july 1. Don't know when I need a new subscription but I  
> figure now.
>
> Martena Smokey Wilson
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>
> ----- Original Message -----
>
> From: Linda Graham
>
> To: AERA SIG FOUCAULT AND ED-FORUM
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> Sent: Mon, 22 Jun 2009 20:48:49 +0000 (UTC)
>
> Subject: New AERA SIG rules
>
>
>
> Dear Foucault List and SIG Members,
>
>
>
> Firstly, my apologies if this goes to folks who have recently  
> requested removal from the listserv.  We will action that as soon as  
> we can but we also have busy schedules, so if you wish to be  
> removed, please just send a request to delete your details from the  
> Foucault list directly to Christine or I and this will help reduce  
> traffic to the whole list.
>
>
>
> However, it is very pleasing to see that the main volume of emails  
> to the list are those requesting to remain on it!  Thank you to each  
> of you for your interest and commitment.
>
>
>
> Overnight I received an email from AERA management and there are a  
> few changes that I want to share with the list as these will affect  
> the future of the SIG.  These relate to the administrative culling  
> of small SIGs, the new process of review and lastly, the new AERA  
> session allocation method:
>
>
>
> 1. Membership Minimums: As in past years, AERA will take the  
> official membership count on June 30. SIGs with fewer than 45  
> members, the minimum number of members required for a SIG in good  
> standing, will be notified that they have one year to increase their  
> membership to that minimum.
>
>
>
> 2. Review Panels: This is the time when you and your program  
> committee are creating the review panels to rate the submissions for  
> the 2010 Annual Meeting program. Smaller SIGs may wish to share  
> panel members, or panels on specific topics with another SIG or  
> division with similar interests.
>
>
>
> On the first topic, I urge those of you who do want to see the  
> Foucault SIG remain as a space for critical theoretical work to make  
> sure that your Foucault SIG membership is up to date.  This is  
> easily done when you renew your AERA membership. It is not a matter  
> of funding I can assure you as Christine and I have kept the  
> membership rates lower than other SIGs.  It is a matter of keeping  
> the SIG viable for, as you can see from the above AERA  
> communication, those with less than 45 members will be forced to  
> justify their existence.
>
>
>
> As to the second, I have to admit I'm still confused and somewhat  
> ambivalent about the review panel idea. In any case, it excludes  
> graduate students from the review process (they can still review but  
> their scores are not counted). Christine has objected about this  
> process to AERA management, particularly because of its affect on  
> small SIGs but ... to no avail.
>
>
>
> 3. My final point is an important one:  the SIGs presence at AERA  
> has been seriously dwindling over the last few years because AERA  
> have changed how they allocate sessions.  It is now allocated on  
> number of proposals submitted - not number of SIG members, as it  
> used to be.
>
>
>
> This has drastically affected us.  For example, in 2007 we received  
> about 34 proposals and were allocated 19 slots (mainly individual  
> paper sessions and we massaged this up to 21 by requesting longer  
> sessions - not ideal but better than rejecting good papers).  In  
> 2008 however, we only received 11 proposals and were granted 4 slots  
> - all individual roundtables.  This also has implications for the  
> presence of SIG members at the conference as one of our  
> international presenters couldn't get funding to present at a  
> roundtable and so didn't come (this is common in Australia also).   
> So basically in 2008 we had three people present in the Foucault SIG.
>
>
>
> This can't continue.  Therefore I ask folks to remember the Foucault  
> SIG when they renew their AERA membership and, if you are hatching  
> something Foucauldianesque right now, do submit it to the SIG for  
> Denver in 2010.
>
>
>
> Christine and I will be getting back to you soon with some plans for  
> a revitalisation of the SIG that will hopefully broaden the church  
> to include those members now experimenting with Agamben, Deleuze,  
> Butler and so on.  We raised this at the 2009 SIG Business Meeting -  
> although one of the people most interested in the reasons for change  
> happened to be a right-wing member of the press!  Her question was  
> "So, why don't people like Foucault?"
>
>
>
> We gleefully gave her a number of reasons, so she probably doesn't  
> like us now but let me remind you, this SIG's reason for being is to  
> act as a space for those who do.  (ie., Welcome Joseph Kurz, new  
> program co-chair!)
>
>
>
> I hope you all continue to submit your work and, if you do attend  
> AERA next year, please come to the Business Meeting.
>
>
>
> Regards,
>
>
>
> Linda (2010 Foucault SIG Chair and Program Co-Chair)
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>
> Dr Linda J. Graham
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> Macquarie University Research Fellow
>
> Children and Families Research Centre
>
> Faculty of Human Sciences
>
> Macquarie University  NSW  2109
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