Digital technologies, big data and ideological (neoliberal) fantasies
Many fantasies hold that digitalisation can construct democratic spaces for discussing experiences about educational matters. However, based on thinkers such as Rancière, Žižek and Agamben, it is argued that increased big data production in education through digitalisation does not support such demo...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Universitat de Vic - Universitat Central de Catalunya
2020-09-01
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| Series: | Obra Digital |
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| Online Access: | http://revistesdigitals.uvic.cat/index.php/obradigital/article/view/260 |
| Summary: | Many fantasies hold that digitalisation can construct democratic spaces for discussing experiences about educational matters. However, based on thinkers such as Rancière, Žižek and Agamben, it is argued that increased big data production in education through digitalisation does not support such democratic spaces. Instead, it mirrors a neoliberal fantasy and a form of instrumentarian power that distributes the sensible in mechanical (numerical) ways. Democracy in education is at risk of being dismantled by perceptions that democratic conversations and struggles are unproductive and do not contribute to the desired numerical visualization of learning results, achievements and competitiveness of students. |
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| ISSN: | 2462-6384 2014-5039 |