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This chapter discusses tenets of ‘post-race theory,’ a newly emerging theories that I am interrogating in my current PhD study on migrant teachers in Australia. Postrace theory remains underdeveloped and has been to be highly contentious. At this point, I treat post-race theory as a tentative and experimental project that is directed at questioning researchers’ own preoccupations and presumptions about ‘race.’ While post-race theory seems to possess many tenets that require further consideration, I will limit my discussion to its critique of ‘race’ from the antifoundationalist perspective, and how the development post-race theory can inform and is informed by the current works of global consciousness and reflexivity.
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Sanada, S. (2012). Writing ‘Race’ into Absence? Post-race Theory, Global Consciousness and Reflexivity. In: Vicars, M., McKenna, T., White, J. (eds) Discourse, Power, and Resistance Down Under. Transgressions, vol 88. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6209-037-8_8
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