Postdigital education in a biotech future

Jandrić, P and Hayes, S ORCID: 0000-0001-8633-0155 (2023) 'Postdigital education in a biotech future.' Policy Futures in Education, 21 (5). pp. 503-513. ISSN 1478-2103

Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1177/14782103211049915

Abstract

This paper explores a possible future of postdigital education in 2050 using the means of social science fiction. The first part of the paper introduces the shift from 20th century primacy of physics to 21st century primacy of biology with an accent to new postdigital–biodigital reconfigurations and challenges in and after the COVID-19 pandemic. The second part of the paper presents a fictional speech at the graduation ceremony of a fictional military academy in a fictional East Asian country in 2050. This fictional world is marked by global warfare and militarization, and addressed graduates are the first generation of artificially evolved graduates in human history. The third part of the paper interprets the fictional narrative, contextualizes it into educational challenges of today, and argues for a dialogical, humanistic conception of new postdigital education in a biotech future.

Item Type:	Article
Keywords:	postdigital, biodigital, education, futures, biotechnology, bioeconomy, speculative fiction, social science fiction, COVID-19
Divisions:	School of Education
Identification Number:	https://doi.org/10.1177/14782103211049915
Date Deposited:	23 Jul 2023 14:09
Last Modified:	23 Jul 2023 14:09
URI / Page ID:	https://researchspace.bathspa.ac.uk/id/eprint/15501

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