‘Making Strange’: Discourse Analysis Tools for Teaching Critical Development Studies

Title: ‘Making Strange’: Discourse Analysis Tools for Teaching Critical Development Studies
Creator: Gasper, Des
Date: 2022
Subject: discourse analysis; research methods; development
Identifier: doi:10.1177/14649934221080828; issn:1464-9934
Source: Original source
Is Part Of: Progress in Development Studies
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Abstract: Critical development studies require not just a critical attitude, but also usable tools. This article suggests some forms of discourse analysis that can add substance to critical development studies’ aspirations and that can yet be learnt and used by students without specialist background. Central are tools for ‘making strange’ (defamiliarization), so that we view both texts and social realities in a fresh independent way and start to discern better their blindspots, and our own. The article presents accessible yet helpful forms of text analysis, argumentation analysis and content analysis that contribute in required processes of defamiliarization and reconstruction.
Bibliographic Citation: Gasper, Des. (2022). '‘Making Strange’: Discourse Analysis Tools for Teaching Critical Development Studies'. Progress in Development Studies, 22(3), pp. 288-304.
Extent: Vol. 22, Issue 3, pp. 288-304
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Type: journal-article
Kaanu ID: kb001557