Steps of Foucauldian Discourse Analysis

Question 1

List the steps of a Foucauldian Discourse Analysis

Answer 1

Discursive constructions
Discourses
Action orientation
Positioning
Practice
Subjectivity

Question 2

What is discussed during the discursive constructions section of a Foucauldian Discourse Analysis

Answer 2

What is being discussed? How is it discussed?

Question 3

What is discussed during the discourses section of a Foucauldian Discourse Analysis

Answer 3

Tie what is being discussed to a broader type of knowledge (e.g. romantic discourse, dieting discourse, religious discourse)

Question 4

What is discussed during the action orientation section of a Foucauldian Discourse Analysis

Answer 4

How is this language being used? What do these ways of speaking about the issue open up or close down? Who gains or loses from these ways of speaking

Question 5

What is discussed during the positioning section of a Foucauldian Discourse Analysis

Answer 5

How are people labelled or categorised as a result of what is being discussed? What is their social standing?

Question 6

What is discussed during the practice section of a Foucauldian Discourse Analysis

Answer 6

What does this labelling do to power relationships? Who has more or less control or privilege?

Question 7

What is discussed during the subjectivity section of a Foucauldian Discourse Analysis

Answer 7

Subsequently, what are the consequences for how certain positioned people think, behave and feel? Psychologically, emotionally etc

Question 8

Describe the steps of a thematic analysis

Answer 8

Familiarisation - reading and re-reading data
Coding - methodically reviewing the data and searching for segments that appear interesting, relevant, provoking – in relation to the research question – and then writing brief descriptions (codes) next to them.
Generating initial themes - a theme captures the patterning of meaning across the dataset
Developing and reviewing themes - review, check and adjust the themes
Refining, defining and naming themes - A key aid in refining and defining your theme is to create an abstract for your theme. n the abstract of a theme, you should be able to explain the central organising principle, convey the uniqueness of the theme and how it will contribute to the overall analysis.
Writing up

Question 9

List the steps of a critical discourse analysis

Answer 9

Text - analysing and familarising
Discursive practices - production, consumption, distribution of texts
Social practices - power relations, ideologies and hegemonic struggles that discourses reproduce, challenge or restructure