Abstract
Digital technologies are increasingly engrained in education policies and practices. This chapter develops some initial ideas on (the question of) how the historical role of educational institutions as conduits of national socialization is enacted through digital policies and practices constituting contemporary education. These ideas are illustrated with examples from existing research and the author's ongoing study of Estonia as a self-proclaimed `digital nation' based on the analyses of textual and visual sources such as media articles, policies and promotional materials. First the chapter delves into the onto-epistemological assumptions that might explain the sparse interest in the link between educational digitalization and nationalism. It then moves to the role of commercial, non-state actors and questions the assumption of their disinterestedness in the prerogatives of nation-building. It shows how commercial actors involved in the digitalization of education capitalize on and reiterate national narratives on the one hand and offer material means for (re)producing the nation on the other. Finally the chapter proposes three intertwined ways in which the digitalization of education reproduces nationhood.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | National Literacies in Education: Historical Reflections on the Nexus of Nations, National Identity, and Education |
Editors | Stephanie Fox, Lukas Boser |
Place of Publication | Cham |
Publisher | Springer |
Pages | 189-202 |
Number of pages | 14 |
Edition | 1 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 978-3-031-41762-7 |
ISBN (Print) | 978-3-031-41764-1, 978-3-031-41761-0 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2023 |
Publication type | A3 Book chapter |
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- Publication forum level 2