Academic domains as political battlegrounds: a global enquiry by 99 academics in the fields of education and technology

A.E. Al Lily; J. Foland; D. Stoloff; A. Gogus; I.D. Erguvan; M.T. Awshar; J. Tondeur; M. Hammond; I.M. Venter; P. Jerry; D. Vlachopoulos; A. Oni; Y. Liu; R. Badosek; M.C.L. de la Madrid; E. Mazzoni; H. Lee; K. Kinley; M. Kalz; U. Sambuu; T. Bushnaq; N. Pinkwart; N.A. Adedokun-Shittu; P.-O.M. Zander; K. Oliver; L.M.T. Pombo; J.B. Sali; S. Gregory; S. Tobgay; M. Joy; J. Elen; M.O.H. Jwaifell; M.N.H.M. Said; Y. Al-Saggaf; A. Naaji; J. White; K. Jordan; J. Gerstein; İ.U. Yapici; C. Sanga; P.T. Nleya; B. Sbihi; M.R. Lucas; V. Mbarika; T. Reiners; S. Schön; L. Sujo-Montes; M. Santally; P. Häkkinen; A.A. Saif; A. Gegenfurtner; S. Schatz; V.P. Vigil; C. Tannahill; S.P. Partida; Z. Zhang; K. Charalambous; A. Moreira; M. Coto; K. Laxman; H.S. Farley; M.T. Gumbo; A. Simsek; E. Ramganesh; R. Birzina; C. Player-Koro; R. Dumbraveanu; M. Ziphorah; N. Mohamudally; S. Thomas; M. Romero; M. Nirmala; L. Cifuentes; R.Z.K. Osaily; A.C. Omoogun; S.S. Seferoglu; A. Elçi; D. Edyburn; K. Moudgalya; M. Ebner; R. Bottino; E. Khoo; L. Pedro; H. Buarki; C. Román-Odio; I.A. Qureshi; M.A. Khan; C. Thornthwaite; S. Kerimkulova; T. Downes; L. Malmi; S. Bardakci; J. Itmazi; J. Rogers; S.D.D.V. Rughooputh; M.A. Akour; J.B. Henderson; S. de Freitas; P.G. Schrader

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Academic domains as political battlegrounds: a global enquiry by 99 academics in the fields of education and technology

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Academic domains as political battlegrounds: a global enquiry by 99 academics in the fields of education and technology

A.E. Al Lily, J. Foland, D. Stoloff, A. Gogus, I.D. Erguvan, M.T. Awshar, J. Tondeur, M. Hammond, I.M. Venter, P. Jerry, …

Information Development, Vol.33(3), pp.270-288

2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/0266666916646415

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Abstract

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. For more information about the authorship approach, please see Al Lily AEA (2015) A crowd-authoring project on the scholarship of educational technology. Information Development.

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Title: Academic domains as political battlegrounds: a global enquiry by 99 academics in the fields of education and technology
Authors/Creators: A.E. Al Lily (Author/Creator) - King Faisal University
J. Foland (Author/Creator) - KPMG (United Kingdom)
D. Stoloff (Author/Creator) - Eastern Connecticut State University
A. Gogus (Author/Creator) - Okan University
I.D. Erguvan (Author/Creator) - Gulf University for Science & Technology
M.T. Awshar (Author/Creator) - University of South Africa
J. Tondeur (Author/Creator) - Ghent University
M. Hammond (Author/Creator) - University of Warwick
I.M. Venter (Author/Creator) - University of the Western Cape
P. Jerry (Author/Creator) - Athabasca University
D. Vlachopoulos (Author/Creator) - European University Cyprus
A. Oni (Author/Creator) - Covenant University
Y. Liu (Author/Creator) - Southern Illinois University Carbondale
R. Badosek (Author/Creator) - University of Ostrava
M.C.L. de la Madrid (Author/Creator) - Universidad de Guadalajara
E. Mazzoni (Author/Creator) - University of Bologna
H. Lee (Author/Creator) - Dankook University
K. Kinley (Author/Creator) - Griffith University
M. Kalz (Author/Creator) - The Open University
U. Sambuu (Author/Creator) - National University of Mongolia
T. Bushnaq (Author/Creator) - Islamic University
N. Pinkwart (Author/Creator) - Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
N.A. Adedokun-Shittu (Author/Creator) - Fountain University
P.-O.M. Zander (Author/Creator) - Aalborg University
K. Oliver (Author/Creator) - North Carolina State University
L.M.T. Pombo (Author/Creator)
J.B. Sali (Author/Creator) - Anadolu University
S. Gregory (Author/Creator) - University of New England
S. Tobgay (Author/Creator) - Royal University of Bhutan
M. Joy (Author/Creator) - University of Warwick
J. Elen (Author/Creator) - KU Leuven
M.O.H. Jwaifell (Author/Creator)
M.N.H.M. Said (Author/Creator) - University of Technology Malaysia
Y. Al-Saggaf (Author/Creator) - Charles Sturt University
A. Naaji (Author/Creator) - Western University
J. White (Author/Creator) - Victoria University
K. Jordan (Author/Creator) - RMIT University
J. Gerstein (Author/Creator) - Boise State University
İ.U. Yapici (Author/Creator) - Dicle University
C. Sanga (Author/Creator) - Sokoine University of Agriculture
P.T. Nleya (Author/Creator) - University of Botswana
B. Sbihi (Author/Creator) - Mohammed V University
M.R. Lucas (Author/Creator) - University of Aveiro
V. Mbarika (Author/Creator) - Southern University and Agricultural and Mechanical College
T. Reiners (Author/Creator) - Curtin University
S. Schön (Author/Creator) - Salzburg Research
L. Sujo-Montes (Author/Creator) - Northern Arizona University
M. Santally (Author/Creator) - University of Mauritius
P. Häkkinen (Author/Creator) - University of Jyväskylä
A.A. Saif (Author/Creator)
A. Gegenfurtner (Author/Creator) - Maastricht University
S. Schatz (Author/Creator) - University of Massachusetts Boston
V.P. Vigil (Author/Creator) - New Mexico Highlands University
C. Tannahill (Author/Creator) - Eastern Connecticut State University
S.P. Partida (Author/Creator) - Universitat Oberta de Catalunya
Z. Zhang (Author/Creator) - University of Windsor
K. Charalambous (Author/Creator) - Frederick University
A. Moreira (Author/Creator) - University of Aveiro
M. Coto (Author/Creator) - Universidad Nacional
K. Laxman (Author/Creator) - University of Auckland
H.S. Farley (Author/Creator) - University of Southern Queensland
M.T. Gumbo (Author/Creator) - University of South Africa
A. Simsek (Author/Creator) - Anadolu University
E. Ramganesh (Author/Creator) - Bharathidasan University
R. Birzina (Author/Creator) - University of Latvia
C. Player-Koro (Author/Creator) - University of Borås
R. Dumbraveanu (Author/Creator)
M. Ziphorah (Author/Creator) - University of South Africa
N. Mohamudally (Author/Creator) - University of Technology, Mauritius
S. Thomas (Author/Creator) - Bridgewater State University
M. Romero (Author/Creator) - Université Laval
M. Nirmala (Author/Creator) - Adama Science and Technology University
L. Cifuentes (Author/Creator) - Texas A&M University – Corpus Christi
R.Z.K. Osaily (Author/Creator) - Al-Quds Open University
A.C. Omoogun (Author/Creator) - University of Calabar
S.S. Seferoglu (Author/Creator) - Hacettepe University
A. Elçi (Author/Creator) - Aksaray University
D. Edyburn (Author/Creator) - University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee
K. Moudgalya (Author/Creator) - Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
M. Ebner (Author/Creator) - Graz University of Technology
R. Bottino (Author/Creator)
E. Khoo (Author/Creator) - University of Waikato
L. Pedro (Author/Creator) - University of Aveiro
H. Buarki (Author/Creator)
C. Román-Odio (Author/Creator) - Kenyon College
I.A. Qureshi (Author/Creator) - University of Lahore
M.A. Khan (Author/Creator) - University of Dhaka
C. Thornthwaite (Author/Creator)
S. Kerimkulova (Author/Creator) - Nazarbayev University
T. Downes (Author/Creator) - Charles Sturt University
L. Malmi (Author/Creator) - Aalto University
S. Bardakci (Author/Creator)
J. Itmazi (Author/Creator)
J. Rogers (Author/Creator) - Utah State University
S.D.D.V. Rughooputh (Author/Creator) - University of Mauritius
M.A. Akour (Author/Creator)
J.B. Henderson (Author/Creator) - Arizona State University
S. de Freitas (Author/Creator) - Murdoch University
P.G. Schrader (Author/Creator) - University of Nevada, Reno
Publication Details: Information Development, Vol.33(3), pp.270-288
Identifiers: 991005539992307891
Copyright: © The Author(s) 2016
Murdoch Affiliation: School of Education
Language: English
Resource Type: Journal article

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