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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doaj-ba9a086c6756452a851a3d815d1e7f112020-11-25T03:44:33ZengUniversitat de Vic - Universitat Central de CatalunyaObra Digital2462-63842014-50392020-09-0119152810.25029/od.2020.260.19260Digital technologies, big data and ideological (neoliberal) fantasiesDion Rüsselbæk Hansen0University of Southern DenmarkMany 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.http://revistesdigitals.uvic.cat/index.php/obradigital/article/view/260distribution of the sensibleinstrumentarian powernumerical imaginationdigital pictures |
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Digital technologies, big data and ideological (neoliberal) fantasies |
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Digital technologies, big data and ideological (neoliberal) fantasies |
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Digital technologies, big data and ideological (neoliberal) fantasies |
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Digital technologies, big data and ideological (neoliberal) fantasies |
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Universitat de Vic - Universitat Central de Catalunya |
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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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distribution of the sensible instrumentarian power numerical imagination digital pictures |
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