Fabricating neoliberal subjects through the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme

Neoliberalised capitalism, defined by flux and insecurity, engenders fear and anxiety. These affective dispositions discipline responsible citizens towards constant self-managing for capital appreciation. This chapter aims to understand the contours of neoliberal governmentality through the situated...

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Autores: Sunyol, Andrea|||0000-0001-5151-9708, Codó, Eva|||0000-0002-0884-6807
Tipo de documento: capítulo de livro
Data de publicação:2020
País:España
Recursos:Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Repositório:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB
Idioma:inglês
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Palavra-chave:Neoliberal governmentality
International baccalaureate
International education
Skillification of self
Standardisation of education
Commodification of pedagogy
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spelling Fabricating neoliberal subjects through the International Baccalaureate Diploma ProgrammeSunyol, Andrea|||0000-0001-5151-9708Codó, Eva|||0000-0002-0884-6807Neoliberal governmentalityInternational baccalaureateInternational educationSkillification of selfStandardisation of educationCommodification of pedagogyNeoliberalised capitalism, defined by flux and insecurity, engenders fear and anxiety. These affective dispositions discipline responsible citizens towards constant self-managing for capital appreciation. This chapter aims to understand the contours of neoliberal governmentality through the situated examination of the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme (IBDP), a 50-year-old diploma organised by a Swiss non-profit and implemented in schools all over the world. We draw on data obtained from a one-year ethnographic engagement with the IBDP offered by a private 'international' school located in Barcelona (Spain), as part of its attempt to gain distinctive advantage in the local marketplace and attract transnational families. The analysis centers on (1) the examination of the IB learner profile, a key discursive artefact encapsulating the programme's neoliberal rationality; and (2) the disciplining techniques put in place to enforce student self-transformation. We argue that the original IB humanist-liberal philosophy of educating the whole person has enabled a neoliberal co-optation of the programme. IB-commodified selves are protoworkers anxious to outperform in all aspects, brilliant academically but also excellent self-carers and disciplined affective selves. We show how he IBDP is a clear example of the dispersed, destatised and elitising forms of social governance prevalent under the neoliberal regime.Routledge 22020-01-0120202020-01-01Capítol de llibrehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_3248AMhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_ab4af688f83e57aainfo:eu-repo/semantics/bookPartapplication/pdfhttps://ddd.uab.cat/record/301095reponame:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UABinstname:Universitat Autònoma de BarcelonaInglésengopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2Aquest document està subjecte a una llicència d'ús Creative Commons. Es permet la reproducció total o parcial, la distribució, la comunicació pública de l'obra i la creació d'obres derivades, sempre que no sigui amb finalitats comercials, i sempre que es reconegui l'autoria de l'obra original.https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:ddd.uab.cat:3010952026-06-06T12:50:31Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Fabricating neoliberal subjects through the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme
title Fabricating neoliberal subjects through the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme
spellingShingle Fabricating neoliberal subjects through the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme
Sunyol, Andrea|||0000-0001-5151-9708
Neoliberal governmentality
International baccalaureate
International education
Skillification of self
Standardisation of education
Commodification of pedagogy
title_short Fabricating neoliberal subjects through the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme
title_full Fabricating neoliberal subjects through the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme
title_fullStr Fabricating neoliberal subjects through the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme
title_full_unstemmed Fabricating neoliberal subjects through the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme
title_sort Fabricating neoliberal subjects through the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Sunyol, Andrea|||0000-0001-5151-9708
Codó, Eva|||0000-0002-0884-6807
author Sunyol, Andrea|||0000-0001-5151-9708
author_facet Sunyol, Andrea|||0000-0001-5151-9708
Codó, Eva|||0000-0002-0884-6807
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author2 Codó, Eva|||0000-0002-0884-6807
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Neoliberal governmentality
International baccalaureate
International education
Skillification of self
Standardisation of education
Commodification of pedagogy
topic Neoliberal governmentality
International baccalaureate
International education
Skillification of self
Standardisation of education
Commodification of pedagogy
description Neoliberalised capitalism, defined by flux and insecurity, engenders fear and anxiety. These affective dispositions discipline responsible citizens towards constant self-managing for capital appreciation. This chapter aims to understand the contours of neoliberal governmentality through the situated examination of the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme (IBDP), a 50-year-old diploma organised by a Swiss non-profit and implemented in schools all over the world. We draw on data obtained from a one-year ethnographic engagement with the IBDP offered by a private 'international' school located in Barcelona (Spain), as part of its attempt to gain distinctive advantage in the local marketplace and attract transnational families. The analysis centers on (1) the examination of the IB learner profile, a key discursive artefact encapsulating the programme's neoliberal rationality; and (2) the disciplining techniques put in place to enforce student self-transformation. We argue that the original IB humanist-liberal philosophy of educating the whole person has enabled a neoliberal co-optation of the programme. IB-commodified selves are protoworkers anxious to outperform in all aspects, brilliant academically but also excellent self-carers and disciplined affective selves. We show how he IBDP is a clear example of the dispersed, destatised and elitising forms of social governance prevalent under the neoliberal regime.
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