A COVID-19 panacea in digital technologies? Challenges for democracy and higher education

被引：27

作者：

Burns, Ryan ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada

来源：

DIALOGUES IN HUMAN GEOGRAPHY | 2020年 / 10卷 / 02期

关键词：

COVID-19; democracy; digital technologies; online education; neoliberalism;

D O I：

10.1177/2043820620930832

中图分类号：

P9 [自然地理学]; K9 [地理];

学科分类号：

0705 ; 070501 ;

摘要：

Universities have transitioned to online education in order to slow the spread of COVID-19. This transition mobilizes the technological utopian imaginary that digital technologies can rescue populations from the disease. It also raises the risk of deepening neoliberal educational reforms and, by extension, poses a threat to democracy itself. This commentary explores this risk and suggests ways to resist the resulting neoliberalization of education that it could entail.

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页码：246 / 249

页数：4

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