About new techno-social networks: political and educational emergencies
This article is based on a qualitative research done with ﬁve countercultural groups in Colombia, which inten-sively use information and communication technologies. The results are analyzed in relation to new ways to share and disseminate knowledge and new forms of social and political organization. They are comprehended as an expanded social educative practice. These technosocial practices are considered as ways of being resistant against dominant and homogenizing political and cultural models. They also show alternative forms of community and knowledge. Nevertheless, it is a novelty observed in relation to the power and inequality that exist in those collectives.
TECNOCULTURA Y SUJETO CYBORG: ESBOZOS DE UNA TECNOPOLÍTICA EDUCATIVA
En el presente articulo se senalan algunas de las transformaciones
que el nuevo escenario tecnocultural esta planteando
a la subjetividad hoy. Una metafora polemica y al
mismo tiempo esperanzadora es la que nos ofrece el concepto
�cyborg�, como una nueva ontologia que fusiona
naturaleza, humanidad y tecnologia. Pero tal perspectiva
no deja de estar llena de nuevas preguntas cuando la trasladamos
al escenario educativo y politico. Hemos traido la
apuesta hacker, como un movimiento que al margen, en
los limites, nos proporciona algunas ideas de creacion y al
mismo tiempo de resistencia en el ambito de la cibercultura.
Heritage Languages: In the 'Wild' and in the Classroom
Heritage speakers are people raised in a home where one language is spoken who subsequently switch to another dominant language. The version of the home language that they have not completely acquired – heritage language – has only recently been given the attention it deserves from linguists and language instructors. Despite the appearance of great variation among heritage speakers, they fall along a continuum based upon the speakers’ distance from the baseline language. Such a continuum-based model enables researchers and instructors to classify heritage speakers more accurately and readily. This article discusses the results of research on lower-proficiency speakers, identifying recurrent features of heritage languages in phonology, morphology, and syntax. Preliminary results indicate that different heritage languages share a number of structural similarities; this finding is important for the understanding of general processes involved in language acquisition. The article also presents implications of the main findings for language education and identifies areas needing further study.