A COVID-19 panacea in digital technologies? Challenges for democracy and higher education
Date
2020-06-02
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SAGE : Dialogues in Human Geography
Abstract
Universities have transitioned to online education in order to slow the spread of COVID-19. This transition mobilizes the technological utopian imaginary that digital technologies can rescue populations from the disease. It also raises the risk of deepening neoliberal educational reforms and, by extension, poses a threat to democracy itself. This commentary explores this risk and suggests ways to resist the resulting neoliberalization of education that it could entail.
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COVID-19, Democracy, Digital technologies, Online education, Neoliberalism
Citation
Burns, R. (2020). A COVID-19 panacea in digital technologies? Challenges for democracy and higher education. "Dialogues in Human Geography". pp. 1-4. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2043820620930832