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

Abdulrahman E Al Lily; Jed Foland; Dimitrios Vlachopoulos; Aderonke Oni; Yuliang Liu; Radim Badosek; Maria Cristina Lopez de la Madrid; Elvis Mazzoni; Hwansoo Lee; Khamsum Kinley; Marco Kalz; Uyanga Sambuu; David Stoloff; Tatiana Bushnaq; Niels Pinkwart; Nafisat Afolake Adedokun-Shittu; Par-Ola Mikael Zander; Kevin Oliver; Lucia Maria Teixeira Pombo; Jale Balaban Sali; Sue Gregory; Sonam Tobgay; Mike Joy; Aytac Gogus; Jan Elen; Mustafa Odeh Helal Jwaifell; Mohd Nihra Haruzuan Mohamad Said; Yeslam Al-Saggaf; Antoanela Naaji; Julie White; Kathy Jordan; Jackie Gerstein; Ibrahim Umit Yapici; Camilius Sanga; Inan Deniz Erguvan; Paul T Nleya; Boubker Sbihi; Margarida Rocha Lucas; Victor Mbarika; Torsten Reiners; Sandra Schon; Laura Sujo-Montes; Mohammad Santally; Paivi Hakkinen; Abdulkarim Al Saif; Mapotse Tome Awshar; Andreas Gegenfurtner; Steven Schatz; Virginia Padilla Vigil; Catherine Tannahill; Siria Padilla Partida; Zuochen Zhang; Kyriacos Charalambous; Antonio Moreira; Mayela Coto; Kumar Laxman; Jo Tondeur; Helen Sara Farley; Mishack T Gumbo; Ali Simsek; E Ramganesh; Rita Birzina; Catarina Player-Koro; Roza Dumbraveanu; Mmankoko Ziphorah; Nawaz Mohamudally; Sarah Thomas; Michael Hammond; Margarida Romero; Mungamuru Nirmala; Lauren Cifuentes; Raja Zuhair Khaled Osaily; Ajayi Clemency Omoogun; S Sadi Seferoglu; Alev Elci; Dave Edyburn; Kannan Moudgalya; Martin Ebner; Isabella M Venter; Rosa Bottino; Elaine Khoo; Luis Pedro; Hanadi Buarki; Clara Roman-Odio; Ijaz A Qureshi; Mahbub Ahsan Khan; Carrie Thornthwaite; Sulushash Kerimkulova; Toni Downes; Paul Jerry; Lauri Malmi; Salih Bardakci; Jamil Itmazi; Jim Rogers; Soonil D D V Rughooputh; Mohammed Ali Akour; J Bryan Henderson; Sarah 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

Abdulrahman E Al Lily
, Jed Foland
, Dimitrios Vlachopoulos
, Aderonke Oni
, Yuliang Liu
, Radim Badosek
, Maria Cristina Lopez de la Madrid
, Elvis Mazzoni
, Hwansoo Lee
, Khamsum Kinley
, Marco Kalz
, Uyanga Sambuu
, David Stoloff
, Tatiana Bushnaq
, Niels Pinkwart
, Nafisat Afolake Adedokun-Shittu
, Par-Ola Mikael Zander
, Kevin Oliver
, Lucia Maria Teixeira Pombo
, Jale Balaban Sali

Sue Gregory, Sonam Tobgay, Mike Joy, Aytac Gogus, Jan Elen, Mustafa Odeh Helal Jwaifell, Mohd Nihra Haruzuan Mohamad Said, Yeslam Al-Saggaf, Antoanela Naaji, Julie White, Kathy Jordan, Jackie Gerstein, Ibrahim Umit Yapici, Camilius Sanga, Inan Deniz Erguvan, Paul T Nleya, Boubker Sbihi, Margarida Rocha Lucas, Victor Mbarika, Torsten Reiners, Sandra Schon, Laura Sujo-Montes, Mohammad Santally, Paivi Hakkinen, Abdulkarim Al Saif, Mapotse Tome Awshar, Andreas Gegenfurtner, Steven Schatz, Virginia Padilla Vigil, Catherine Tannahill, Siria Padilla Partida, Zuochen Zhang, Kyriacos Charalambous, Antonio Moreira, Mayela Coto, Kumar Laxman, Jo Tondeur, Helen Sara Farley, Mishack T Gumbo, Ali Simsek, E Ramganesh, Rita Birzina, Catarina Player-Koro, Roza Dumbraveanu, Mmankoko Ziphorah, Nawaz Mohamudally, Sarah Thomas, Michael Hammond, Margarida Romero, Mungamuru Nirmala, Lauren Cifuentes, Raja Zuhair Khaled Osaily, Ajayi Clemency Omoogun, S Sadi Seferoglu, Alev Elci, Dave Edyburn, Kannan Moudgalya, Martin Ebner, Isabella M Venter, Rosa Bottino, Elaine Khoo, Luis Pedro, Hanadi Buarki, Clara Roman-Odio, Ijaz A Qureshi, Mahbub Ahsan Khan, Carrie Thornthwaite, Sulushash Kerimkulova, Toni Downes, Paul Jerry, Lauri Malmi, Salih Bardakci, Jamil Itmazi, Jim Rogers, Soonil D D V Rughooputh, Mohammed Ali Akour, J Bryan Henderson, Sarah de Freitas, P G Schrader

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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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	270-288
Journal	Information Development
Volume	33
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/0266666916646415
Publication status	Published - 31 Dec 2017

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Higher Education
Educational Technology and Computing
Science, Technology and Engineering Curriculum and Pedagogy

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Al Lily, A. E., Foland, J., Vlachopoulos, D., Oni, A., Liu, Y., Badosek, R., de la Madrid, M. C. L., Mazzoni, E., Lee, H., Kinley, K., Kalz, M., Sambuu, U., Stoloff, D., Bushnaq, T., Pinkwart, N., Adedokun-Shittu, N. A., Zander, P.-O. M., Oliver, K., Pombo, L. M. T., ... Schrader, P. G. (2017). Academic domains as political battlegrounds: A global enquiry by 99 academics in the fields of education and technology. Information Development, 33(3), 270-288. https://doi.org/10.1177/0266666916646415

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