Page, text and screen in the university: Revisiting the Illich hypothesis
Lavinia Marin|Jan Masschelein|Maarten Simons
In the age of web 2.0, university is constantly challenged to re-adapt its ‘old-fashioned’ pedagogies new possibilities opened up by digital technologies. This article proposes a rethinking relation between and (digital) technologies focusing not on how function in university, but their constituting meta-condition for existence pedagogy inquiry. Following Ivan Illich’s idea that textual played crucial role inception we will first show structural similarities thinking text as profanation book. Secondly, describe type critical based materiality text-on-the-page, explaining why has been at centre since beginning. third part, Illich came see end culture challenge describing features text-as-code incompatible with reading study. Finally, this pessimistic call profanatory could mirror revolutionary behind mediaeval invention text.
Educational Philosophy and Theory|PhilPapers (PhilPapers Foundation)