Michael Barr
Biographic Data
| ID | 3652145 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Michael Barr |
| GIVEN NAMES | Michael |
| FAMILY NAME | Barr |
| SIGNATURE | BARR M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Newcastle University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6564-9052 |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 49 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 15 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1978 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Harmoniously Denied
While few would doubt that censorship is a form of surveillance, the practice and theory of censorship does not hold as prominent a place within surveillance studies as one might think. In this paper, we demonstrate the constitutive effects of censorship that seep into the collective mentality and, in Foucauldian terms, “conducts the conduct.” We examine the wider socio-political impact of China’s censorship of COVID-19. We argue that censorship …
The transformative power of commoning and alternative food networks
A commoning framework offers a critical lens to fully appreciate the scope and impact of alternative food networks (AFNs). Fieldwork from an AFN in southern China is drawn upon to show how commoning enacts changes in how members contextualise and anchor their social relations to one another with regards to sourcing food as a commons. A commoning framework gives a fuller picture of how the constitutive effects of AFNs reside not in their introduct…
Autoethnography as Pedagogy
While autoethnography has established itself as a research method, its utility in the classroom remains underexplored. Many writers use autoethnography to describe their roles as educators and students but far fewer detail an actual autoethnographic course. I analyze a highly original MA-level class on autoethnography in international relations. Students report that the course had the "potential to revolutionize" learning and teaching as a means …
Introduction
To what extent can authoritarian states wield soft power – the ability to shape the preferences of others through attraction rather than coercion – in their relations with other international actors? Over the past two decades authoritarian regimes across the world have increasingly embraced the idea of soft power. Yet, as argued by Joseph Nye (2013), their efforts to harness the ‘power of attraction’ are highly unlikely to bring any meaningful re…
The Ruling Elite of Singapore
Michael Barr explores the complex and covert networks of power at work in one of the world's most prosperous countries – the city-state of Singapore. He argues that the contemporary networks of power are a deliberate project initiated and managed by Lee Kuan Yew – former prime minister and Singapore's 'founding father' – designed to empower himself and his family. Barr identifies the crucial institutions of power - including the country's soverei…
Introduction for Special Section
New Editor's Message
Taking on the editorship of such a well-established journal as Asian Studies Review is a bit intimidating, not least because it was the first journal to publish my work, way back in 1997. In those
Recasting subjectivity through the lenses
Visual imagery in environmental politics can be an effective way to engage the public. However, research based on 21 interviewees with activists from nine environmental non-governmental organisations (ENGOs) in China suggests that the value of images in promoting environmental initiatives is not limited to the exhibition of them, but is also seen in the making of them. Increasingly in China, ENGOs are offering free natural photographic tutoring t…
Who’s Afraid of China
If China suddenly democratised, would it cease being labelled as a threat? This provocative book argues that fears of China often say as much about those who hold them as they do about the rising power itself. It focuses not on the usual trope of economic and military might, but on China's growing cultural influence and the connections between China's domestic politics and its attempts to brand itself internationally. Using examples from film, ed…
Nation Branding as Nation Building
The great ambivalence
Whilst antidepressant medications are widely used, they are ineffective for nearly 40 per cent of users and cause numerous adverse drug reactions. The pharmacogenomics of depression attempts to better understand the role of genetic variation in antidepressant metabolism in the hope of improving drug efficacy and tolerability. In this paper we present findings from a series of focus groups with the general public and with mental health service use…
I'm not Really Read up on Genetics’
Perpetual revisionism in Singapore
During the thirty years of Lee Kuan Yew’s premiership of Singapore, he spectacularly transformed the island into a tightly controlled corporatist state that mirrored his own beliefs about the nature of society, especially on matters of race, language, democracy and welfare. His successor has tried to make his own mark on Singapore, but his early experiences left lingering doubts about his capacity to introduce fundamental changes. Partly as a res…
Publications briefly noted
ONG JIN HUI, TONG CHEE KIONG and TAN ERN SER (eds). Understanding Singapore Society . Singapore: Times Academic Press, 1997. xxiv, 608 pp. US$29.00, paper. MARIA MIES. Patriarchy and Accumulation on a World Scale: women in the International Division of Labour . New Edition. Melbourne: Spinifex, 1999. xix, 272 pp. A$29.95, paper. V. R. SAVAGE, L. KONG and W. NEVILLE. The Naga Awakens: growth and Change in Southeast Asia . Singapore: Times Academic…
The Theory of Theories as a Model of Syntax Acquisition
Nation Branding as Nation Building
Introduction
To what extent can authoritarian states wield soft power – the ability to shape the preferences of others through attraction rather than coercion – in their relations with other international actors? Over the past two decades authoritarian regimes across the world have increasingly embraced the idea of soft power. Yet, as argued by Joseph Nye (2013), their efforts to harness the ‘power of attraction’ are highly unlikely to bring any meaningful re…
Autoethnography as Pedagogy
While autoethnography has established itself as a research method, its utility in the classroom remains underexplored. Many writers use autoethnography to describe their roles as educators and students but far fewer detail an actual autoethnographic course. I analyze a highly original MA-level class on autoethnography in international relations. Students report that the course had the "potential to revolutionize" learning and teaching as a means …
The transformative power of commoning and alternative food networks
A commoning framework offers a critical lens to fully appreciate the scope and impact of alternative food networks (AFNs). Fieldwork from an AFN in southern China is drawn upon to show how commoning enacts changes in how members contextualise and anchor their social relations to one another with regards to sourcing food as a commons. A commoning framework gives a fuller picture of how the constitutive effects of AFNs reside not in their introduct…
Recasting subjectivity through the lenses
Visual imagery in environmental politics can be an effective way to engage the public. However, research based on 21 interviewees with activists from nine environmental non-governmental organisations (ENGOs) in China suggests that the value of images in promoting environmental initiatives is not limited to the exhibition of them, but is also seen in the making of them. Increasingly in China, ENGOs are offering free natural photographic tutoring t…
The great ambivalence
Whilst antidepressant medications are widely used, they are ineffective for nearly 40 per cent of users and cause numerous adverse drug reactions. The pharmacogenomics of depression attempts to better understand the role of genetic variation in antidepressant metabolism in the hope of improving drug efficacy and tolerability. In this paper we present findings from a series of focus groups with the general public and with mental health service use…
Perpetual revisionism in Singapore
During the thirty years of Lee Kuan Yew’s premiership of Singapore, he spectacularly transformed the island into a tightly controlled corporatist state that mirrored his own beliefs about the nature of society, especially on matters of race, language, democracy and welfare. His successor has tried to make his own mark on Singapore, but his early experiences left lingering doubts about his capacity to introduce fundamental changes. Partly as a res…
Harmoniously Denied
While few would doubt that censorship is a form of surveillance, the practice and theory of censorship does not hold as prominent a place within surveillance studies as one might think. In this paper, we demonstrate the constitutive effects of censorship that seep into the collective mentality and, in Foucauldian terms, “conducts the conduct.” We examine the wider socio-political impact of China’s censorship of COVID-19. We argue that censorship …
The Theory of Theories as a Model of Syntax Acquisition
Publications briefly noted
ONG JIN HUI, TONG CHEE KIONG and TAN ERN SER (eds). Understanding Singapore Society . Singapore: Times Academic Press, 1997. xxiv, 608 pp. US$29.00, paper. MARIA MIES. Patriarchy and Accumulation on a World Scale: women in the International Division of Labour . New Edition. Melbourne: Spinifex, 1999. xix, 272 pp. A$29.95, paper. V. R. SAVAGE, L. KONG and W. NEVILLE. The Naga Awakens: growth and Change in Southeast Asia . Singapore: Times Academic…
Perpetual revisionism in Singapore
During the thirty years of Lee Kuan Yew’s premiership of Singapore, he spectacularly transformed the island into a tightly controlled corporatist state that mirrored his own beliefs about the nature of society, especially on matters of race, language, democracy and welfare. His successor has tried to make his own mark on Singapore, but his early experiences left lingering doubts about his capacity to introduce fundamental changes. Partly as a res…
I'm not Really Read up on Genetics’
The great ambivalence
Whilst antidepressant medications are widely used, they are ineffective for nearly 40 per cent of users and cause numerous adverse drug reactions. The pharmacogenomics of depression attempts to better understand the role of genetic variation in antidepressant metabolism in the hope of improving drug efficacy and tolerability. In this paper we present findings from a series of focus groups with the general public and with mental health service use…
Who’s Afraid of China
If China suddenly democratised, would it cease being labelled as a threat? This provocative book argues that fears of China often say as much about those who hold them as they do about the rising power itself. It focuses not on the usual trope of economic and military might, but on China's growing cultural influence and the connections between China's domestic politics and its attempts to brand itself internationally. Using examples from film, ed…
Nation Branding as Nation Building
New Editor's Message
Taking on the editorship of such a well-established journal as Asian Studies Review is a bit intimidating, not least because it was the first journal to publish my work, way back in 1997. In those
Recasting subjectivity through the lenses
Visual imagery in environmental politics can be an effective way to engage the public. However, research based on 21 interviewees with activists from nine environmental non-governmental organisations (ENGOs) in China suggests that the value of images in promoting environmental initiatives is not limited to the exhibition of them, but is also seen in the making of them. Increasingly in China, ENGOs are offering free natural photographic tutoring t…
The Ruling Elite of Singapore
Michael Barr explores the complex and covert networks of power at work in one of the world's most prosperous countries – the city-state of Singapore. He argues that the contemporary networks of power are a deliberate project initiated and managed by Lee Kuan Yew – former prime minister and Singapore's 'founding father' – designed to empower himself and his family. Barr identifies the crucial institutions of power - including the country's soverei…
Introduction for Special Section
Introduction
To what extent can authoritarian states wield soft power – the ability to shape the preferences of others through attraction rather than coercion – in their relations with other international actors? Over the past two decades authoritarian regimes across the world have increasingly embraced the idea of soft power. Yet, as argued by Joseph Nye (2013), their efforts to harness the ‘power of attraction’ are highly unlikely to bring any meaningful re…
The transformative power of commoning and alternative food networks
A commoning framework offers a critical lens to fully appreciate the scope and impact of alternative food networks (AFNs). Fieldwork from an AFN in southern China is drawn upon to show how commoning enacts changes in how members contextualise and anchor their social relations to one another with regards to sourcing food as a commons. A commoning framework gives a fuller picture of how the constitutive effects of AFNs reside not in their introduct…
Autoethnography as Pedagogy
While autoethnography has established itself as a research method, its utility in the classroom remains underexplored. Many writers use autoethnography to describe their roles as educators and students but far fewer detail an actual autoethnographic course. I analyze a highly original MA-level class on autoethnography in international relations. Students report that the course had the "potential to revolutionize" learning and teaching as a means …
Harmoniously Denied
While few would doubt that censorship is a form of surveillance, the practice and theory of censorship does not hold as prominent a place within surveillance studies as one might think. In this paper, we demonstrate the constitutive effects of censorship that seep into the collective mentality and, in Foucauldian terms, “conducts the conduct.” We examine the wider socio-political impact of China’s censorship of COVID-19. We argue that censorship …
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