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Collective Intellectualities is a program that explores issues related to education within our world today. Convivial discussions with a diverse group of scholars, from different places in the world, engaging with different theoretical traditions, from multiple epistemological viewpoints on education, culture, politics, ecology, and related issues. Hosted by Amy Sojot and Alex Means. We are produced in conjunction with the Philosophy of Education Society of Australasia, their new digital venture PESA Agora, and the journal Educational Philosophy and Theory. || Philosophy of Education Society of Australasia - https://pesa.org.au/ || PESA Agora - https://pesaagora.com/ || Educational Philosophy and Theory - https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/rept20/current

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19 Kenneth Saltman - Beyond Bodies and Numbers: AI, Education, and the Digital Politics of Knowledge

November 17, 2023 • Alex Means and Amy Sojot • Season 1 • Episode 19

Kenneth J. Saltman is Professor of Educational Policy Studies at the University of Illinois Chicago. Ken’s work covers neoliberal privatization, politics of education, culture, and subjectivity in education through critical theory and critical educational tradition. He joins us on this episode of Collective Intellectualities to chat about his new book, The Alienation of Fact: Digital Educational Privatization, AI, and the False Promise of Bodies and Numbers, out now on MIT Press.

Links to selected works:
The Alienation of Fact: Digital Educational Privatization, AI, and the False Promise of Bodies and Numbers (MIT Press, 2022)
https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262544368/the-alienation-of-fact/

The Disaster of Resilience: Education, Digital Privatization, and Profiteering (Bloomsbury, 2023)
https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/disaster-of-resilience-9781350342439/