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

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

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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

Abdulrahman E. Al Lily, Jed Foland, David Stoloff, Aytac Gogus, Inan Deniz Erguvan, Mapotse Tome Awshar, Jo Tondeur, Michael Hammond, Isabella M. Venter, Paul Jerry, …

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

01/06/2017

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

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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. doi: 10.1177/0266666915622044.

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Title: Academic domains as political battlegrounds: A global enquiry by 99 academics in the fields of education and technology
Creators - without role: Abdulrahman E. Al Lily - King Faisal University
Jed Foland - KPMG
David Stoloff - Eastern Connecticut State University
Aytac Gogus - Okan University
Inan Deniz Erguvan - Gulf University
Mapotse Tome Awshar - University of South Africa
Jo Tondeur - Univ Ghent, Ghent, Belgium
Michael Hammond - University of Warwick
Isabella M. Venter - University of the Western Cape
Paul Jerry - Athabasca University
Dimitrios Vlachopoulos - European Univ, Engomi, Cyprus
Aderonke Oni - Covenant University
Yuliang Liu - Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
Radim Badosek - University of Ostrava
Maria Cristina Lopez de la Madrid - University of Guadalajara
Elvis Mazzoni - University of Bologna
Hwansoo Lee - Dankook University
Khamsum Kinley - Griffith University
Marco Kalz - The Open University
Uyanga Sambuu - Natl Univ Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
Tatiana Bushnaq - Al Asmarya Islam Univ, Zliten, Libya
Niels Pinkwart - Humboldt Univ, Berlin, Germany
Nafisat Afolake Adedokun-Shittu - Fountain University
Mikael Zander - Aalborg University
Kevin Oliver - North Carolina State University
Lucia Maria Teixeira Pombo - University of Aveiro
Jale Balaban Sali - Anadolu Univ, Eskisehir, Turkey
Sue Gregory - Univ New England, Armidale, NSW, Australia
Sonam Tobgay - Royal University of Bhutan
Mike Joy - University of Warwick
Jan Elen - KU Leuven
Mustafa Odeh Helal Jwaifell - Al-Hussein Bin Talal University
Mohd Nihra Haruzuan Mohamad Said - Univ Teknol Malaysia, Johor Baharu, Malaysia
Yeslam Al-Saggaf - Charles Sturt University
Antoanela Naaji - Vasile Goldis Western University of Arad
Julie White - University of Melbourne
Kathy Jordan - RMIT University
Jackie Gerstein - Boise State University
Ibrahim Umit Yapici - Dicle University
Camilius Sanga - Sokoine Univ Agr, Morogoro, Tanzania
Paul T. Nleya - University of Botswana
Boubker Sbihi - Mohammed V University
Margarida Rocha Lucas - University of Aveiro
Victor Mbarika - Southern Univ, Baton Rouge, LA USA
Torsten Reiners - Curtin University
Sandra Schoen - Salzburg Res, Salzburg, Austria
Laura Sujo-Montes - No Arizona Univ, Flagstaff, AZ USA
Mohammad Santally - University of Mauritius
Paivi Hakkinen - University of Jyväskylä
Abdulkarim Al Saif - Qassim University
Andreas Gegenfurtner - Maastricht University
Steven Schatz - University of Massachusetts Boston
Virginia Padilla Vigil - New Mexico Highlands University
Catherine Tannahill - Eastern Connecticut State University
Siria Padilla Partida - Univ Oberta Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain
Zuochen Zhang - University of Windsor
Kyriacos Charalambous - University of Nicosia
Antonio Moreira - University of Aveiro
Mayela Coto - Univ Nacl Costa Rica, Heredia, Costa Rica
Kumar Laxman - University of Auckland
Helen Sara Farley - University of Southern Queensland
Mishack T. Gumbo - University of South Africa
Ali Simsek - Anadolu Univ, Eskisehir, Turkey
E. Ramganesh - Bharathidasan University
Rita Birzina - University of Latvia
Catarina Player-Koro - University of Borås
Roza Dumbraveanu - Ion Creanga Pedagog State Univ, Kishinev, Moldova
Mmankoko Ziphorah - University of South Africa
Nawaz Mohamudally - Univ Technol, Port Louis, Mauritius
Sarah Thomas - Bridgewater State University
Margarida Romero - Univ Laval, Quebec City, PQ, Canada
Mungamuru Nirmala - Adama
Lauren Cifuentes - Texas A&M University – Corpus Christi
Raja Zuhair Khaled Osaily - The Open University
Ajayi Clemency Omoogun - University of Calabar
Sadi Seferoglu - Hacettepe University
Alev Elci - Aksaray University
Dave Edyburn - University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee
Kannan Moudgalya - Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
Martin Ebner - Graz University of Technology
Rosa Bottino - Inst Educ Technol ITD, Ispra, Italy
Elaine Khoo - University of Waikato
Luis Pedro - University of Aveiro
Hanadi Buarki - Publ Author Appl Educ & Training, Kuwait, Kuwait
Clara Roman-Odio - Kenyon Coll, Gambier, OH 43022 USA
Ijaz A. Qureshi - University of Lahore
Mahbub Ahsan Khan - University of Dhaka
Carrie Thornthwaite - Lipscomb University
Sulushash Kerimkulova - Nazarbayev University
Toni Downes - Charles Sturt University
Lauri Malmi - Aalto University
Salih Bardakci - Gazisomanpasa Univ, Tokat, Turkey
Jamil Itmazi - Palestine Ahliya University
Jim Rogers - Utah State University
Soonil D. D. V. Rughooputh - University of Mauritius
Mohammed Ali Akour - ASharqiyah Univ, Ibra, Oman
J. Bryan Henderson - Arizona State University
Sara de Freitas - Murdoch University
P. G. Schrader - University of Nevada Reno
For full list of authors, see end
Publication Details: Information development, Vol.33(3), pp.270-288
Publisher: Sage
Number of pages: 19
Identifiers: 9920042708331
Academic Unit: King Faisal University; Prince Sultan University; Qassim University
Language: English
Resource Type: Journal article