PVSmith2022
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| BibType | ARTICLE |
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| Author(s) | Paul Vincent Smith |
| Title | In Universities, the Religious People Keep Their Mouths Shut: Solving an Interdiscursive Problem in Higher Education Literacy Practices |
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| Tag(s) | EMCA, Ethnomethodology, Religion, Foucault, Higher education, Academic literacies, Winch |
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| Year | 2022 |
| Language | English |
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| Journal | Forum: Qualitative Sozialforschung / Forum: Qualitative Social Research |
| Volume | 23 |
| Number | 3 |
| Pages | Art. 8 |
| URL | Link |
| DOI | 10.17169/fqs-23.3.3891 |
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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.
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