Constructivism

Additional material


Technical:
Youtube video: constructivism by Prof Caleb Gallemore
Mini-lectures on contructivism by Prof Daniel Nexon: the basics, part 1, part 2, part 3.
Youtube video: lecture on constructivism by Dr Gerard van Der Ree
Youtube video: constructivism by PhD researcher Rebecca Farnum (this is a nicely accessible video)
Book chapter: Constructivism in IR (2006) in Introduction to International Relations Theories and Approaches
Youtube video: excerpt from 'Conversations with Ernst Von Glasersfeld Part II: Cybernetics, Wisdom and Radical Constructivism' (2005)

Journal articles:
Article: 'Feminism and Constructivism: Worlds Apart or Sharing the Middle Ground?' by Birgit Locher and Elisabeth Prügl
Article: 'Stirring Gender into the Mainstream: Constructivism, Feminism and the Uses of IR Theory' by R. Charli Carpenter

Examples:
The Independent: Get off your high horses, lefties – Big Government, not 'austerity', has brought Greece to its knees. Have a look at the comments section here: how do people construct the Greek debt? Who is blamed? What are the solutions offered? Is there a left and rightwing discourse?
Website: 'What would Wittgenstein say about that dress?' Discusses #dressgate: 'it's not just what we see but how we think about what we see that influences how something looks.'
Youtube video: Prof. Barry Buzan on threat construction
Youtube video: Toni Morrison Breaks Down Race as a Social Construct to Stephen Colbert
Youtube video: Spock giving a sort of explanation of social constructivism
Website: Stanford Encyclopedia of philosophy on gender as a social construct