Towards a radical digital citizenship in digital education

In this article, we attempt to define and explore a concept of 'radical digital citizenship' and its implications for digital education. We argue that the 'digital' and its attendant technologies are constituted by on-going materialist struggles for equality and justice in the Gl...

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Published inCritical studies in education Vol. 60; no. 1; pp. 131 - 147
Main Authors Emejulu, Akwugo, McGregor, Callum
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Routledge 02.01.2019
Subjects
Activism
Black Lives Matter
Citizenship
digital activism
digital capitalism
digital citizenship
digital education
digital labour
digital literacy
digital materialism
Economic Factors
Educational Technology
Geographic Regions
Political Issues
Social Bias
Social Justice
social movements
Social Problems
Technological Literacy
Technology Uses in Education
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Summary:In this article, we attempt to define and explore a concept of 'radical digital citizenship' and its implications for digital education. We argue that the 'digital' and its attendant technologies are constituted by on-going materialist struggles for equality and justice in the Global South and North which are erased in the dominant literature and debates in digital education. We assert the need for politically informed understandings of the digital, technology and citizenship and for a 'radical digital citizenship' in which critical social relations with technology are made visible and emancipatory technological practices for social justice are developed.
ISSN:1750-8487
1750-8495
DOI:10.1080/17508487.2016.1234494