Naslov
Free Information: Networked Learning Utopia

Autori
Peović Vuković, Katarina

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Poglavlja u knjigama, znanstveni

Knjiga
Critical Learning in Digital Networks

Urednik/ci
Jandric, Petar, Boras, Damir (Eds.)

Izdavač
Springer

Grad
New York (NY)

Godina
2015

Raspon stranica
37-56

ISBN
978-3319137513

Ključne riječi
information, decentralization, Internet, knowledge, Marxism, commons, conviviality, Ivan Illich

Sažetak
This chapter applies critical theory approach to the relationships between freedom of information and networked learning using Ivan Illich’s concept of tools for conviviality. It explores non-hierarchical nature of the Internet using the example of peer-to-peer networks, analyses issues pertaining to intellectual property in the age of information, and shows that radically different models of sharing knowledge and information offered by networked learning can be defined as ‘radical democratic politics’. In contrast to commodified e-learning discursively formulated through terms such as productiveness, inputs and outputs, therefore, networked learning conceived through horizontal connections and critical theory becomes the authentic alternative culture. On that basis, the chapter shows that advocating alternative modes of distributing knowledge requires deconstruction of naturalized relations such as copyright and knowledge. Looking for a space for Utopian ideas, it shows that networked learning disturbs the common understanding of the relationships between information and profit and therefore represents a form of de- territorialisation. Within the wide spectrum of theoretical frameworks from initial pragmatism to neo-Marxist formulations based on conflict in production and distribution of commons, finally, the chapter seeks a more critical definition of networked learning and elaborates specific definition of knowledge within its context.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Informacijske i komunikacijske znanosti, Filozofija, Filologija

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