Chris Peers
Biographic Data
| ID | 3701245 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Chris Peers |
| GIVEN NAMES | Chris |
| FAMILY NAME | Peers |
| SIGNATURE | PEERS C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Monash University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2335-4587 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 29 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 14 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 29 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1901 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Amanda Weate's Genealogy of Creativity
This article looks back at the little-known work of an Australian art educationist, Amanda Weate, who conducted a study on the disparate origins of the concept of creativity in psychology, aesthetics, and art education. Adopting a Foucauldian lens, Weate provides a genealogical approach to this conceptual history in order to reflect on the ways in which psychological ideas tended to govern the idea of creativity, especially in the field of educat…
Catastrophe or apocalypse? The anthropocenologist as pedagogue
The fact that humans are responsible for climate change is certain. But the meaning of the fact of human responsibility is not disclosed by stating the fact: there is a distinction between the two principles, de facto and de jure, the right to state a fact and the right to assert the meaning of the fact. This distinction must be preserved in order that humans may interpret the nature of our responsibility, as a form of justice. In fact, the natur…
The deconstructed ethics of Martin Heidegger, or, the university sous rature
Could there be a better instance of ethical conflict at the scene of the modern Western university than the case of Martin Heidegger, who in 1933 became a Nazi, arguably to elevate his own standing and career? In this article I examine the opposing ethical forces that animated Heidegger’s brief foray into Nazism, to ask whether the same forces continue to be found in the technocratized university described by Bill Readings. I address Heidegger’s …
Belonging and language
This article contributes to a growing debate within the field of early childhood education about the concept of ‘belonging’. It continues from earlier discussions that commented on the adoption of Belonging as a key term in the development of a national curriculum for the early years in Australia in 2009, as well as increasingly common references to belonging in various aspects of debate within the field. The article focuses specifically on the i…
The spectral educationist
The scene of the classroom
Prakash Nair has made comments about the kind of spatial planning that educationists should make for the purpose of improving, and refining the architectural model of the school that can be adopted in the twenty-first century. These remarks imply that an “old” and out-dated architectural model needs to be replaced by one that is better suited to the kinds of workers that children will become when they graduate, so that schools can more effectivel…
Le Théâtre de la Cruauté } or When Caring ‘Is’
In this article we offer an ontological theorization of care. The article interrogates the self-evident quality of everyday meanings for ‘care’ that might be generated from psychological or biological discourses; we aim to question the way that ‘care’ is applied in a technical or an emotional sense within the field of early childhood education. The article works towards offering a new theorization that does not treat the meaning of ‘care’ as self…
The Theory of ‘Belonging’: Defining concepts used within Belonging, Being and Becoming—The Australian Early Years Learning Framework
The implementation in 2009–10 of the Early Years Learning Framework (EYLF) spearheaded the efforts of the Australian Commonwealth government to institute a national curriculum. The theme of the new early childhood framework follows three guiding concepts: Belonging, Being and Becoming. In this article, we discuss these three concepts in order to provide a theoretical context to the Early Years Learning Framework and to enrich the debate surroundi…
Response to Mackenzie
What is the ‘masculine imaginary’? The term ‘imaginary’ as it is applied in my article Freud, Plato and Irigaray: a morpho-logic of teaching and learning (2012) draws from mainly psychoanalytic sou
Freud, Plato and Irigaray: A morpho‐logic of teaching and learning
This article discusses two well‐known texts that respectively describe learning and teaching, drawn from the work of Freud and Plato. These texts are considered in psychoanalytic terms using a methodology drawn from the philosophy of Luce Irigaray. In particular the article addresses Irigaray's approach to the analysis of speech and utterance as a ‘cohesion between the source of the utterance and the utterance itself’ (Hass, 2000). I apply this a…
Making art invisible: Visual Education and the Cultural Stagnation of Neo-Liberal Rationality
The popularity of visual literacy may have resulted, in part, from some school authorities rushing the process of determining school curriculum. This article argues that the haste is reflective of pressure placed on educational discourse to conform to neo-liberal reforms of the sector, and is not the result of a careful and complex debate within the education community. In Australia, such reform has contributed to the erosion of visual art as a d…
What does a pedagogue look like? Masculinity and the repression of sexual difference in ancient education
This article traces the historicization of the “pedagogue” as a social function in Graeco-Roman antiquity. The article examines the position of the pedagogue as representative of a space or interval between the varying social authorities of the family and state, as well as the early Christian church, and asks how a pedagogue identified himself: could he bring value or desire to his duties? In asking what the pedagogue looked like, the article imp…
Destroying’ the Pedagogical Imaginary: Some implications of sexual difference for educational philosophy
(2004). ‘Destroying’ the Pedagogical Imaginary: Some implications of sexual difference for educational philosophy. Educational Philosophy and Theory: Vol. 36, No. 4, pp. 399-415
Anniversary Address
Our 225th Anniversary finds the Society making steady progress with the undertakings to which we have set our hands, and in no lack of material for future enterprise. Our financial position, through the care and foresight of our Treasurer, may be considered sound, though we have all too little to devote to the various researches on which we are engaged. Of our normal and permanent activities it is not necessary for me to speak: the session with i…
Recent Discoveries in the Minsters of Ripon and York
The two matters which I have to lay before you to-night are the results of chance discoveries made at Ripon during the installation of a heating system and at York in digging a grave. That certain points must remain doubtful is obvious, but since nothing short of the complete ruin of the two Minsters would ensure a full examination we may content ourselves with the reflection that it is possible to pay too high a price for knowledge
Mattersey Priory, Nottinghamshire
Interim Report on the Excavations at Glastonbury Abbey
The last Interim Report on the excavations at Glastonbury was read before this Society on 29th November 1928, and a precis of this report was printed in vol. lxxiv of the Proceedings of the Somersetshire Archaeological Society
Rievaulx Abbey: The Shrine in the Chapter House
(1929). Rievaulx Abbey: The Shrine in the Chapter House. Archaeological Journal: Vol. 86, No. 1, pp. 20-28
The Earliest Christian Churches in England
The earliest Christian churches of England must have been built'while the Romans yet dwelt in Britain'. It is quite possible that some remains of them exist, unrecognized by modern eyes, and offering in their arrangements none of the conventions which have since so greatly influenced the development of the church plan. But we have at Silchester the plan of a building which has been claimed as a Christian church, probably of 4th century date, and …
VIII.— St. Augustine's Abbey Church, Canterbury, before the Norman Conquest
The paper which we have to lay before the Society marks a stage in, we will not say the end of, a long story. The exploration of the site of St. Augustine's Abbey, Canterbury, has now been proceeding for over twenty-five years, and writing in 1901 on a group of early churches connected with St. Augustine's mission, one of us expressed the hope that his own church of St. Peter and St. Paul, and that of St. Mary built to the east of it a few years …
X. Reculver: Its Saxon Church and Cross
The history of the monastery of Reculver is short and scanty. The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle records that in 669 Egbert, king of Kent, gave ‘Raculf’ to Bassa, the mass priest, mynster to tymbrianne . Ten years later there occurs a grant by King Lothair of Kent to Brihtwald, abbot of the monastery of ‘Raculf’, showing that the monastery was then in being. In 692 abbot Brihtwald was made Archbishop of Canterbury, a promotion unlikely to have come to the…
XI.— The Inscribed and Sculptured Stones of Lindisfarne
In March 1915 I made a short communication to the Society on two gravestones recently found in the ruins of Lindisfarne Priory. The works of repair, in the course of which these stones came to light, have since been continued, with such interruptions as may easily be understood, and are now nearly finished. Other gravestones of the same class have been found from time to time, and a good many fragments of standing crosses and cross-slabs, in addi…
Two Relic-holders from Altars in the Nave of Rievaulx Abbey, Yorkshire
The Cistercian Abbey of Rievaulx owes its foundation to a mission from Clairvaux, sent to England under the direction of St. Bernard in 1131. Waverley Abbey in Surrey, and Tintern in Monmouthshire, daughter houses of L'Aumône, were already in existence, having been founded in 1128 and 1131, the first Cistercian houses in England. A beginning having thus been made in the South, it was no doubt a matter of policy that the order should be planted in…
Notes on the Development of the Tower of London
XII.— On the Stone Bridge at Hampton Court
The Palace of Hampton Court is a building to which even the most unimaginative person cannot be indifferent. Built by one of the greatest and most splendid of English statesmen, and completed by one of the most magnificent of our kings, it has always been a royal pleasure-house, recalling rather the intimate private life of our sovereigns than their formal acts of state. In four years' time it will complete its fourth century of existence, and th…
The Theory of ‘Belonging’: Defining concepts used within Belonging, Being and Becoming—The Australian Early Years Learning Framework
The implementation in 2009–10 of the Early Years Learning Framework (EYLF) spearheaded the efforts of the Australian Commonwealth government to institute a national curriculum. The theme of the new early childhood framework follows three guiding concepts: Belonging, Being and Becoming. In this article, we discuss these three concepts in order to provide a theoretical context to the Early Years Learning Framework and to enrich the debate surroundi…
Recent Discoveries in the Minsters of Ripon and York
The two matters which I have to lay before you to-night are the results of chance discoveries made at Ripon during the installation of a heating system and at York in digging a grave. That certain points must remain doubtful is obvious, but since nothing short of the complete ruin of the two Minsters would ensure a full examination we may content ourselves with the reflection that it is possible to pay too high a price for knowledge
Interim Report on the Excavations at Glastonbury Abbey
The last Interim Report on the excavations at Glastonbury was read before this Society on 29th November 1928, and a precis of this report was printed in vol. lxxiv of the Proceedings of the Somersetshire Archaeological Society
Catastrophe or apocalypse? The anthropocenologist as pedagogue
The fact that humans are responsible for climate change is certain. But the meaning of the fact of human responsibility is not disclosed by stating the fact: there is a distinction between the two principles, de facto and de jure, the right to state a fact and the right to assert the meaning of the fact. This distinction must be preserved in order that humans may interpret the nature of our responsibility, as a form of justice. In fact, the natur…
Freud, Plato and Irigaray: A morpho‐logic of teaching and learning
This article discusses two well‐known texts that respectively describe learning and teaching, drawn from the work of Freud and Plato. These texts are considered in psychoanalytic terms using a methodology drawn from the philosophy of Luce Irigaray. In particular the article addresses Irigaray's approach to the analysis of speech and utterance as a ‘cohesion between the source of the utterance and the utterance itself’ (Hass, 2000). I apply this a…
Rievaulx Abbey: The Shrine in the Chapter House
(1929). Rievaulx Abbey: The Shrine in the Chapter House. Archaeological Journal: Vol. 86, No. 1, pp. 20-28
The Earliest Christian Churches in England
The earliest Christian churches of England must have been built'while the Romans yet dwelt in Britain'. It is quite possible that some remains of them exist, unrecognized by modern eyes, and offering in their arrangements none of the conventions which have since so greatly influenced the development of the church plan. But we have at Silchester the plan of a building which has been claimed as a Christian church, probably of 4th century date, and …
Two Relic-holders from Altars in the Nave of Rievaulx Abbey, Yorkshire
The Cistercian Abbey of Rievaulx owes its foundation to a mission from Clairvaux, sent to England under the direction of St. Bernard in 1131. Waverley Abbey in Surrey, and Tintern in Monmouthshire, daughter houses of L'Aumône, were already in existence, having been founded in 1128 and 1131, the first Cistercian houses in England. A beginning having thus been made in the South, it was no doubt a matter of policy that the order should be planted in…
On Saxon Churches of the St. Pancras type
(1901). On Saxon Churches of the St. Pancras type. Archaeological Journal: Vol. 58, No. 1, pp. 402-434
XVI— Recent Discoveries in Romsey Abbey Church
The remains of walls found in October and November, 1900, during the process of laying down a wood block floor in the nave and crossing of Romsey Abbey, are shown on the accompanying plan (Plate XLL). Those on the south side of the nave may be dealt with first, as they have no bearing on the structural history of the church, and the record of them is chiefly of value because they are now buried beneath 6 inches of concrete and a wood block floor,…
On Saxon Churches of the St. Pancras type
(1901). On Saxon Churches of the St. Pancras type. Archaeological Journal: Vol. 58, No. 1, pp. 402-434
The White Monastery Near Sohag, Upper Egypt
XX.— On the Excavation of the Site of Basing House, Hampshire
The village of Basing lies in the upper Loddon Valley a mile and a half east of Basingstoke on the south bank of the river, which rises some four miles to the east, near Worting, and here runs in a flat and marshy channel. At either end of the village is a mill, the Lower Mill at the west end and Old Basing Mill at the east, near the church. A third mill mentioned in Domesday does not now exist. The ground rises gently southwards, the road runnin…
XII.— On the Stone Bridge at Hampton Court
The Palace of Hampton Court is a building to which even the most unimaginative person cannot be indifferent. Built by one of the greatest and most splendid of English statesmen, and completed by one of the most magnificent of our kings, it has always been a royal pleasure-house, recalling rather the intimate private life of our sovereigns than their formal acts of state. In four years' time it will complete its fourth century of existence, and th…
Notes on the Development of the Tower of London
Two Relic-holders from Altars in the Nave of Rievaulx Abbey, Yorkshire
The Cistercian Abbey of Rievaulx owes its foundation to a mission from Clairvaux, sent to England under the direction of St. Bernard in 1131. Waverley Abbey in Surrey, and Tintern in Monmouthshire, daughter houses of L'Aumône, were already in existence, having been founded in 1128 and 1131, the first Cistercian houses in England. A beginning having thus been made in the South, it was no doubt a matter of policy that the order should be planted in…
XI.— The Inscribed and Sculptured Stones of Lindisfarne
In March 1915 I made a short communication to the Society on two gravestones recently found in the ruins of Lindisfarne Priory. The works of repair, in the course of which these stones came to light, have since been continued, with such interruptions as may easily be understood, and are now nearly finished. Other gravestones of the same class have been found from time to time, and a good many fragments of standing crosses and cross-slabs, in addi…
VIII.— St. Augustine's Abbey Church, Canterbury, before the Norman Conquest
The paper which we have to lay before the Society marks a stage in, we will not say the end of, a long story. The exploration of the site of St. Augustine's Abbey, Canterbury, has now been proceeding for over twenty-five years, and writing in 1901 on a group of early churches connected with St. Augustine's mission, one of us expressed the hope that his own church of St. Peter and St. Paul, and that of St. Mary built to the east of it a few years …
X. Reculver: Its Saxon Church and Cross
The history of the monastery of Reculver is short and scanty. The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle records that in 669 Egbert, king of Kent, gave ‘Raculf’ to Bassa, the mass priest, mynster to tymbrianne . Ten years later there occurs a grant by King Lothair of Kent to Brihtwald, abbot of the monastery of ‘Raculf’, showing that the monastery was then in being. In 692 abbot Brihtwald was made Archbishop of Canterbury, a promotion unlikely to have come to the…
Rievaulx Abbey: The Shrine in the Chapter House
(1929). Rievaulx Abbey: The Shrine in the Chapter House. Archaeological Journal: Vol. 86, No. 1, pp. 20-28
The Earliest Christian Churches in England
The earliest Christian churches of England must have been built'while the Romans yet dwelt in Britain'. It is quite possible that some remains of them exist, unrecognized by modern eyes, and offering in their arrangements none of the conventions which have since so greatly influenced the development of the church plan. But we have at Silchester the plan of a building which has been claimed as a Christian church, probably of 4th century date, and …
Mattersey Priory, Nottinghamshire
Interim Report on the Excavations at Glastonbury Abbey
The last Interim Report on the excavations at Glastonbury was read before this Society on 29th November 1928, and a precis of this report was printed in vol. lxxiv of the Proceedings of the Somersetshire Archaeological Society
Recent Discoveries in the Minsters of Ripon and York
The two matters which I have to lay before you to-night are the results of chance discoveries made at Ripon during the installation of a heating system and at York in digging a grave. That certain points must remain doubtful is obvious, but since nothing short of the complete ruin of the two Minsters would ensure a full examination we may content ourselves with the reflection that it is possible to pay too high a price for knowledge
Anniversary Address
Our 225th Anniversary finds the Society making steady progress with the undertakings to which we have set our hands, and in no lack of material for future enterprise. Our financial position, through the care and foresight of our Treasurer, may be considered sound, though we have all too little to devote to the various researches on which we are engaged. Of our normal and permanent activities it is not necessary for me to speak: the session with i…
Destroying’ the Pedagogical Imaginary: Some implications of sexual difference for educational philosophy
(2004). ‘Destroying’ the Pedagogical Imaginary: Some implications of sexual difference for educational philosophy. Educational Philosophy and Theory: Vol. 36, No. 4, pp. 399-415
What does a pedagogue look like? Masculinity and the repression of sexual difference in ancient education
This article traces the historicization of the “pedagogue” as a social function in Graeco-Roman antiquity. The article examines the position of the pedagogue as representative of a space or interval between the varying social authorities of the family and state, as well as the early Christian church, and asks how a pedagogue identified himself: could he bring value or desire to his duties? In asking what the pedagogue looked like, the article imp…
Freud, Plato and Irigaray: A morpho‐logic of teaching and learning
This article discusses two well‐known texts that respectively describe learning and teaching, drawn from the work of Freud and Plato. These texts are considered in psychoanalytic terms using a methodology drawn from the philosophy of Luce Irigaray. In particular the article addresses Irigaray's approach to the analysis of speech and utterance as a ‘cohesion between the source of the utterance and the utterance itself’ (Hass, 2000). I apply this a…
Making art invisible: Visual Education and the Cultural Stagnation of Neo-Liberal Rationality
The popularity of visual literacy may have resulted, in part, from some school authorities rushing the process of determining school curriculum. This article argues that the haste is reflective of pressure placed on educational discourse to conform to neo-liberal reforms of the sector, and is not the result of a careful and complex debate within the education community. In Australia, such reform has contributed to the erosion of visual art as a d…
Le Théâtre de la Cruauté } or When Caring ‘Is’
In this article we offer an ontological theorization of care. The article interrogates the self-evident quality of everyday meanings for ‘care’ that might be generated from psychological or biological discourses; we aim to question the way that ‘care’ is applied in a technical or an emotional sense within the field of early childhood education. The article works towards offering a new theorization that does not treat the meaning of ‘care’ as self…
The Theory of ‘Belonging’: Defining concepts used within Belonging, Being and Becoming—The Australian Early Years Learning Framework
The implementation in 2009–10 of the Early Years Learning Framework (EYLF) spearheaded the efforts of the Australian Commonwealth government to institute a national curriculum. The theme of the new early childhood framework follows three guiding concepts: Belonging, Being and Becoming. In this article, we discuss these three concepts in order to provide a theoretical context to the Early Years Learning Framework and to enrich the debate surroundi…
Response to Mackenzie
What is the ‘masculine imaginary’? The term ‘imaginary’ as it is applied in my article Freud, Plato and Irigaray: a morpho-logic of teaching and learning (2012) draws from mainly psychoanalytic sou
The scene of the classroom
Prakash Nair has made comments about the kind of spatial planning that educationists should make for the purpose of improving, and refining the architectural model of the school that can be adopted in the twenty-first century. These remarks imply that an “old” and out-dated architectural model needs to be replaced by one that is better suited to the kinds of workers that children will become when they graduate, so that schools can more effectivel…
The spectral educationist
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