Educational Science

Education in a digital world

The conference digitisation and securitization of upbringing: interdisciplinary interventions will take place in Liverpool on March 23 and 24.

This conference will bring together specialists in early childhood, digital sociology, and educational philosophy to explore the ethical, political, and pedagogical implications of these emerging and powerful trends.

The following Keynote Speakers will attend the conference: Babs Anderson (Liverpool Hope), Kip Kline (Lewis University, Chicago), Michel Vandenbroeck (Ghent University, Belgium) und Ben Williamson (University of Edinburgh).

This event is free, but registration is required at www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/86108066545. Further information on the location of the conference, travel, and accommodation options is available at: https://schoolofeducationathope.wordpress.com/events/digitisation-and-securitisation-of-upbringing-interdisciplinary-interventions/

The Call including the Abstracts of the Keynotes is available here as PDF.

The Mensch und Computer 2020 is happening in Magdeburg from the 6th until the 9th of September 2020. It is a yearly conference of the Gesellschaft für Informatik e.V. (GI) and the German Usability Professionals Association (UPA). It is one of the leading events in the German speaking community and one of the biggest European conferences in the area of interaction between humans and machines, user-oriented development methods and interactive applications. Important dates can be found in the Call For Papers.

On Monday, January 27, 2020, I followed the invitation to attend the research colloquium of Prof'in Dr. Christiane Thompson at the Goethe University Frankfurt. It was another good opportunity to discuss my perspective on the relationship between algorithmicity and the consequences for educational research and practice. I gave insights into an approach via Critical Code Studies, my seminar Educational Data Science (WS2019/2020) and touched upon the follow-up question of the epistemological consequences of data-driven procedures in interaction with qualitative methodologies.

In addition Prof. Dr. Stefan Ramaekers from the KU Leuven was also invited, who gave a very exciting insight into individual efforts for (parental) control or supervision by apps and thus the implications of digitization for humanity and social negotiation through speech (in educational settings). In addition to the reference to Cavell and the volume "Komplizen des Erkennungsdienstes: Das Selbst in der digitalen Kultur" by Bernard, the series Black Mirror, episode S04E02, Arkangel showed how processes of alienation and the handling of indeterminacy can be put in relation to educational theory and the philosophy of education  today.

Many thanks for the invitation and the exciting discussions with all participants!