Customised Diversity?
The notion of diversity is widely accepted as a positive value in Europe and beyond. However, in the context of current capitalist relations in general, diversity has long since developed into a marketable slogan and has been customised as a technology of corporate management. Under the formula “cus...
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| author | Valentin Dander Lilli Riettiens Rachel Shanks Nina Grünberger Theo Hug |
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| description | The notion of diversity is widely accepted as a positive value in Europe and beyond. However, in the context of current capitalist relations in general, diversity has long since developed into a marketable slogan and has been customised as a technology of corporate management. Under the formula “customised diversity?”, this special issue addresses a core ambivalence of capitalist markets. In this regard, the educational context is particularly interesting as Big Tech and for-profit educational industries are pushing into the ed tech (educational technology) sector, seeking to install mono-cultures of digital infrastructures of teaching and learning.
This issue brings together different traces of capitalism in the digital age through all types of education and media and across several European countries. The empirical and theoretical contributions examine how capitalist logics shape educational technologies, policies, and research practices, often prioritising datafication, measurability, and optimisation. They ask how media education can support democratic, equitable, and sustainable futures, and how researchers can challenge the reproduction of capitalist structures in education through critical, utopian, or subversive practices.
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| spelling | doaj-art-d1fd28a3330c4ef8a6dc0ed5c88469552025-08-20T03:22:39ZengInland Norway University of Applied SciencesSeminar.net1504-48312025-06-0121110.7577/seminar.6356Customised Diversity?Valentin DanderLilli RiettiensRachel ShanksNina GrünbergerTheo HugThe notion of diversity is widely accepted as a positive value in Europe and beyond. However, in the context of current capitalist relations in general, diversity has long since developed into a marketable slogan and has been customised as a technology of corporate management. Under the formula “customised diversity?”, this special issue addresses a core ambivalence of capitalist markets. In this regard, the educational context is particularly interesting as Big Tech and for-profit educational industries are pushing into the ed tech (educational technology) sector, seeking to install mono-cultures of digital infrastructures of teaching and learning. This issue brings together different traces of capitalism in the digital age through all types of education and media and across several European countries. The empirical and theoretical contributions examine how capitalist logics shape educational technologies, policies, and research practices, often prioritising datafication, measurability, and optimisation. They ask how media education can support democratic, equitable, and sustainable futures, and how researchers can challenge the reproduction of capitalist structures in education through critical, utopian, or subversive practices. https://journals.oslomet.no/index.php/seminar/article/view/6356Knowledge Production DataficationDigital CapitalismDigital Infrastructures Optimisation Inequality |
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| topic | Knowledge Production Datafication Digital Capitalism Digital Infrastructures Optimisation Inequality |
| url | https://journals.oslomet.no/index.php/seminar/article/view/6356 |
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