Liberation and the Internet: Communities of Practice and the Power to Connect

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Christopher D. Sessums: Liberation and the Internet: Communities of Practice and the Power to Connect October 14, 2005

I enjoyed this paper, a look at online learning that takes as a point of departure “Reflections on Liberation,” by Suzanne Pharr, which discusses liberation politics as a means of “breaking down the barriers that prevent a large portion of the population from having access to economic and social justice.” What I found interesting was the comprison between communities of practice (or, more accurately, communities of interest) today and the practice of identity politics in previous eras. More...