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| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 270-288 |
| Journal | Information Development |
| Volume | 33 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 9 Jul 2016 |
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Keywords
- educational technology
- power
- organisational politics
- academic domains
- crowd authoring
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Academic domains as political battlegrounds: A global enquiry by 99 academics in the fields of education and technology. / Al Lily, Abdulrahman; Foland, Jed; Stoloff, David; Gogus, Aytac; Erguvan, Inan Deniz; Awshar, Mapotse Tome; Tondeur, Jo; Hammond, Michael; Venter, Isabella M.; Jerry, Paul; Vlachopoulos, Dimitrios; Oni, Aderonke; Liu, Yuliang; Badosek, Radim; Lopez de la Madrid, Maria Cristina; Mazzoni, Elvis; Lee, Hwansoo; Kinley, Khamsum; Kalz, Marco; Sambuu, Uyanga; Bushnaq, Tatiana; Pinkwart, Niels; Adedokun-Shittu, Nafisat Afolake; Zander, Pär-Ola Mikael; Oliver, Kevin; Teixeira Pombo, Lucia Maria; Sali, Jale Balaban; Gregory, Sue; Tobgay, Sonam; Joy, Mike; Elen, Jan; Jwaifell, Mustafa Odeh Helal; Said, Mood Nihra Haruzuan Mohamad; Al-Saggaf, Yeslam; Naaji, Antoanela; White, Julie; Jordan, Kathy; Gerstein, Jackie; Yapici, Ibrahim Umit; Sanga, Camilius; Nleya, Paul; Sbihi, Boubker; Lucas, Margarida Rocha; Mbarika, Victor; Reiners, Torsten; Schön, Sandra; Sujo-Montes, Laura; Santally, Mohammad; Häkkinen, Päivi; Al Saif, Abdulkarim; Gegenfurtner, Andreas; Schatz, Steven; Vigil, Virginia Padilla; Tannahill, Catherine; Zhang, Zuochen; Charalambous, Kyriacos; Moreira, Antonio; Coto, Mayela; Laxman, Kumar; Farley, Helen Sara; Gumbo, Mishack; Simsek, Ali; Ramganeh, E.; Birzina, Rita; Player-Koro, Catarina; Dumbraveanu, Roza; Ziphorah, Mmankoko; Mohamudally, Nawaz; Thomas, Sara; Romero, Margarida; Nirmala, Mungamuru; Cifuentes, Laura; Osaily, Raja Zuhair Khaled; Omoogun, Ajayi Clemency; Seferoglu, Sadi; Elci, Alec; Edyburn, Dave; Moudgalya, Kannan; Ebner, Martin; Bottino, Rosa Maria; Khoo, Elaine; Pedro, Luis; Buarki, Hanadi; Roman-Odio, Clara; Quereshi, Ijaz; Khan, Mahbub Ahsan; Thornthwaite, Carrie; Kerimkulova, Sulushash; Downes, Toni; Malmi, Lauri; Bardakci, Salih; Itmazi, Jamil; Rogers, Jim; Rughooputh, Soonil; Akour, Mohammed Ali; Henderson, Bryan; de Freitas, Sara; Schrader, PG.
In: Information Development, Vol. 33, No. 3, 09.07.2016, p. 270-288.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
TY - JOUR
T1 - Academic domains as political battlegrounds: A global enquiry by 99 academics in the fields of education and technology
AU - Al Lily, Abdulrahman
AU - Foland, Jed
AU - Stoloff, David
AU - Gogus, Aytac
AU - Erguvan, Inan Deniz
AU - Awshar, Mapotse Tome
AU - Tondeur, Jo
AU - Hammond, Michael
AU - Venter, Isabella M.
AU - Jerry, Paul
AU - Vlachopoulos, Dimitrios
AU - Oni, Aderonke
AU - Liu, Yuliang
AU - Badosek, Radim
AU - Lopez de la Madrid, Maria Cristina
AU - Mazzoni, Elvis
AU - Lee, Hwansoo
AU - Kinley, Khamsum
AU - Kalz, Marco
AU - Sambuu, Uyanga
AU - Bushnaq, Tatiana
AU - Pinkwart, Niels
AU - Adedokun-Shittu, Nafisat Afolake
AU - Zander, Pär-Ola Mikael
AU - Oliver, Kevin
AU - Teixeira Pombo, Lucia Maria
AU - Sali, Jale Balaban
AU - Gregory, Sue
AU - Tobgay, Sonam
AU - Joy, Mike
AU - Elen, Jan
AU - Jwaifell, Mustafa Odeh Helal
AU - Said, Mood Nihra Haruzuan Mohamad
AU - Al-Saggaf, Yeslam
AU - Naaji, Antoanela
AU - White, Julie
AU - Jordan, Kathy
AU - Gerstein, Jackie
AU - Yapici, Ibrahim Umit
AU - Sanga, Camilius
AU - Nleya, Paul
AU - Sbihi, Boubker
AU - Lucas, Margarida Rocha
AU - Mbarika, Victor
AU - Reiners, Torsten
AU - Schön, Sandra
AU - Sujo-Montes, Laura
AU - Santally, Mohammad
AU - Häkkinen, Päivi
AU - Al Saif, Abdulkarim
AU - Gegenfurtner, Andreas
AU - Schatz, Steven
AU - Vigil, Virginia Padilla
AU - Tannahill, Catherine
AU - Zhang, Zuochen
AU - Charalambous, Kyriacos
AU - Moreira, Antonio
AU - Coto, Mayela
AU - Laxman, Kumar
AU - Farley, Helen Sara
AU - Gumbo, Mishack
AU - Simsek, Ali
AU - Ramganeh, E.
AU - Birzina, Rita
AU - Player-Koro, Catarina
AU - Dumbraveanu, Roza
AU - Ziphorah, Mmankoko
AU - Mohamudally, Nawaz
AU - Thomas, Sara
AU - Romero, Margarida
AU - Nirmala, Mungamuru
AU - Cifuentes, Laura
AU - Osaily, Raja Zuhair Khaled
AU - Omoogun, Ajayi Clemency
AU - Seferoglu, Sadi
AU - Elci, Alec
AU - Edyburn, Dave
AU - Moudgalya, Kannan
AU - Ebner, Martin
AU - Bottino, Rosa Maria
AU - Khoo, Elaine
AU - Pedro, Luis
AU - Buarki, Hanadi
AU - Roman-Odio, Clara
AU - Quereshi, Ijaz
AU - Khan, Mahbub Ahsan
AU - Thornthwaite, Carrie
AU - Kerimkulova, Sulushash
AU - Downes, Toni
AU - Malmi, Lauri
AU - Bardakci, Salih
AU - Itmazi, Jamil
AU - Rogers, Jim
AU - Rughooputh, Soonil
AU - Akour, Mohammed Ali
AU - Henderson, Bryan
AU - de Freitas, Sara
AU - Schrader, PG
PY - 2016/7/9
Y1 - 2016/7/9
N2 - This article theorizes the functional relationship between the human components (i.e., scholars) and non-human components (i.e., structural configurations) of academic domains. It is organized around the following question: in what ways have scholars formed and been formed by the structural configurations of their academic domain? The article uses as a case study the academic domain of education and technology to examine this question. Its authorship approach is innovative, with a worldwide collection of academics (99 authors) collaborating to address the proposed question based on their reflections on daily social and academic practices. This collaboration followed a three-round process of contributions via email. Analysis of these scholars’ reflective accounts was carried out, and a theoretical proposition was established from this analysis. The proposition is of a mutual (yet not necessarily balanced) power (and therefore political) relationship between the human and non-human constituents of an academic realm, with the two shaping one another. One implication of this proposition is that these non-human elements exist as political ‘actors’, just like their human counterparts, having ‘agency’ – which they exercise over humans. This turns academic domains into political (functional or dysfunctional) ‘battlefields’ wherein both humans and non-humans engage in political activities and actions that form the identity of the academic domain.
AB - This article theorizes the functional relationship between the human components (i.e., scholars) and non-human components (i.e., structural configurations) of academic domains. It is organized around the following question: in what ways have scholars formed and been formed by the structural configurations of their academic domain? The article uses as a case study the academic domain of education and technology to examine this question. Its authorship approach is innovative, with a worldwide collection of academics (99 authors) collaborating to address the proposed question based on their reflections on daily social and academic practices. This collaboration followed a three-round process of contributions via email. Analysis of these scholars’ reflective accounts was carried out, and a theoretical proposition was established from this analysis. The proposition is of a mutual (yet not necessarily balanced) power (and therefore political) relationship between the human and non-human constituents of an academic realm, with the two shaping one another. One implication of this proposition is that these non-human elements exist as political ‘actors’, just like their human counterparts, having ‘agency’ – which they exercise over humans. This turns academic domains into political (functional or dysfunctional) ‘battlefields’ wherein both humans and non-humans engage in political activities and actions that form the identity of the academic domain.
KW - educational technology
KW - power
KW - organisational politics
KW - academic domains
KW - crowd authoring
U2 - 10.1177/0266666916646415
DO - 10.1177/0266666916646415
M3 - Article
VL - 33
SP - 270
EP - 288
JO - Information Development
JF - Information Development
SN - 0266-6669
IS - 3
ER -