Discourse in a Material World

Abstract

We challenge recent assertions that discourse studies cannot de facto address materiality. We demonstrate how a Foucauldian theorization of discourse provides a way to analyse the co-constitutive nature of discursive and material processes, as well as explore the power relations implicated in these relationships. To illustrate our argument, we identify exemplary studies that have effectively combined a study of discourse and different aspects of materiality - bodies, objects, spaces, and practices. In doing so, we show how discourse scholars are able to study both materiality and power relations.