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DESCRIPTION:Dean's Speaker Series:\n	Featuring Professor Marina Avelar\n\nMo
 nday\, March 23\, 2026\n\nEducation Building (3700 McTavish)\, 1st Floor\n
 \n \n\nSchedule:\n\n10:30 AM Seminar: Disputing Education Futures: the Pol
 itical Project of Digitalization\n\n12:00 PM Lunch\n\n1:00 PM Workshop: Fo
 llowing Policy: an Introduction to Network Ethnography\n\nRegistrants may 
 attend one or both sessions. Light lunch provided to all participants. Reg
 istration requested. (Scroll down for the registration link.)\n\nDigitaliz
 ation has transitioned from a peripheral concern to the center stage of th
 e global educational agenda. Frequently framed as an apolitical\, moderniz
 ing necessity\, digital tools are now embedded across all educational cont
 exts. However\, amid the hype\, there is also a growing resistance\, with 
 concerns over student mental health\, data surveillance\, and structural i
 nequalities\, among other issues. Making sense of this scenario requires a
 n analysis of the actors who set the agendas and the power struggles over 
 the definition of 'desirable' educational futures. This lecture will exami
 ne the stakeholders and governance structures of digitalization\, mapping 
 the networks of technological\, financial\, and philanthropic organization
 s currently defining the field. By analyzing their working logics and arch
 itectures\, we can understand how these actors reorganize educational stru
 ctures and displace traditional democratic oversight. Ultimately\, the ses
 sion explores how digitalization functions as an active political project 
 rather than a neutral evolution\, providing scholars and practitioners wit
 h tools to navigate the current dispute over the future of education.\n\n 
 \n\nMarina Avelar is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Education of
  the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG)\, Brazil.\n\n \n\nRegister 
 Now!\n
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LOCATION:1st Floor\, Education Building\, CA\, QC\, Montreal\, H3A 1Y2\, 37
 00 rue McTavish
SUMMARY:Dean's Speaker Series Featuring Prof. Marina Avelar
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