In an historical overview, this paper links to the paradox that the increasing scientification of politics leads to a politicisation of science. For a long time, scientists offered their capabilities as ‘speaking truth to power’. Since the beginning of the 1990s, this input has been transformed into an argumentative policy analysis. This reinvigorates political prudence as ‘making sense together’.

Evaluations play a critical role in shaping the way international development interventions are designed and managed. This contributes to fact that there intrinsic power dynamics at during production of evaluation knowledge. In wake growing commitments deal with repercussions colonial past prolonged history white supremacy, has been recognition need decolonize theory practice help foster equali...

Foucault’s work has provided critical applied linguists many tools for deconstructing dominant understandings of language. However, his work has not been significantly engaged with by scholars who have attempted to develop alternative pedagogical approaches outside of these dominant understandings of language. Specifically, these alternative pedagogical approaches continue to be embedded within...