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Foucauldian Discourse Analysis

Foucauldian Discourse Analysis (FDA) is a qualitative method that examines how language, texts, and social practices produce knowledge, construct subjects, and exercise power. Drawing on Michel Foucault's archaeological and genealogical frameworks, FDA investigates the historical and institutional conditions that make certain statements possible, acceptable, and 'true' while silencing others. It is widely applied in critical social science, health, education, and policy research to expose how dominant discourses shape what can be said, known, and done within a given social field.

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Foucauldian Discourse Analysis
Taxonomic method record · process-pipeline / qualitative
  • Foucault, M. (1972). The Archaeology of Knowledge and the Discourse on Language. Pantheon Books. · URL
  • Mills, S. (2004). Discourse (2nd ed.). Routledge. · URL
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