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sociology of education + digital | Monash University | current interests: automation, AI, facial recognition, datafication, eco-justice + digital degrowth
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Publishers Marketplace deal report 
Category non-fiction science/technology September 26, 2024 

Luxury Surveillance by Chris Gilliard 
Imprint: MIT Press

The Atlantic and Wired contributor Chris Gilliard’s LUXURY SURVEILLANCE: HOW BIG TECH SELLS US THE PLEASURE OF BEING WATCHED, a first-person investigation into the proliferation of consumer surveillance technology and its implications for individuals and communities, to Gita Devi Manaktala at MIT Press, by Michael Signorelli at Aevitas Creative Management (NA).
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new podcast! Great conversation with Sonia Livingstone about how EdTech and data protection policies fail to protect children’s rights at school ... and why we need to push policymakers, regulators & governments to intervene more forcibly in the EdTech marketplace: www.buzzsprout.com/1301377/epis...

What’s the problem with Google Classroom?   - Education Technology Society
What’s the problem with Google Classroom? - Education Technology Society

We talk with Sonia Livingstone (LSE) about the ways in which EdTech and data protection policies often fail to protect children’s rights at school. In particular we look at Google Classroom as an exam...

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If you are interested in the sociology of education then do check out my interview with Kayla Mildren who is doing some fascinating work around school uniform policies and how schools attempt to regulate students' hair ... soundcloud.com/eetheducatio...

School uniforms and ‘appropriate appearance’ policies (Kayla Mildren)
School uniforms and ‘appropriate appearance’ policies (Kayla Mildren)

Many Australian schools have extensive rules around what students are expected to wear and what they should look like. Kayla Mildren (Griffith University) talks about her work on the sociology of sc

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season#2 of our 'Education Technology Society' podcast starts in a couple of weeks - first interviews = 'What's the problem with Google Classroom?' & 'AI cheating' ... check out last season's episodes here (and subscribe if you want to get the new content when it drops!): www.buzzsprout.com/1301377

Education Technology Society
Education Technology Society

Casting a critical eye over the world of digital education, education futures and EdTech. Join Neil Selwyn as he talks to experts from around the world committed to new ways of thinking about digital ...

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There are lots of academics around the world now taking a critical approach toward education & tech .... let's get together locally in order to make some lasting global connections ... (ps. I'll push this properly in Sept when the northern hemisphere is back online)

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I wrote the keynote article for the July/Aug issue of The Architectural Review. It's about campus protests, campus surveillance, + the history of universities as defensible spaces (spreads in part 2 ⬇️) www.architectural-review.com/essays/lette...

Double-page spread depicting a campus map with the title "Surveillance Space."
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School surveillance of students laptops in now commonplace ... the new article looks at the seemingly mundane take-up and use of 'Student Activity Monitoring Software' ... forget GenAI - these are the types of education AI that we need to be scrutinising! ojs.library.queensu.ca/index.php/su...

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TFW you’re packing to present your paper on learning about and against generative AI by mapping its ecologies and developing a Luddite praxis and you realize the pins from @neilselwyn.bsky.social make your argument pretty succinctly.

A picture of my backpack with two pins attached. The first pin reads, “Ed-tech is full of bullshit” and the second pin is an image of a balled fist holding a wrench.
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Neil Selwyn
@neilselwyn.bsky.social
sociology of education + digital | Monash University | current interests: automation, AI, facial recognition, datafication, eco-justice + digital degrowth
350 followers57 following20 posts