Youth uses of actor-network theory for undermining societal consumerism
Book chapter
Bencze, J. L., Carter, Lyn and Krstovic, Mirjan. (2018). Youth uses of actor-network theory for undermining societal consumerism. In In G. Reis, M. Mueller and R. Gisewhite, L. Siveres and R. Brito (Ed.). Sociocultural Perspectives on Youth Ethical Consumerism pp. 71 - 99 Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-65608-3
Authors | Bencze, J. L., Carter, Lyn and Krstovic, Mirjan |
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Editors | G. Reis, M. Mueller and R. Gisewhite, L. Siveres and R. Brito |
Abstract | School science and fields of professional science and technology appear to be cooperatively-enmeshed in a global economic system prioritizing enrichment of few capitalists while compromising wellbeing of many individuals, societies and environments. Governments and extra-national entities like the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development promote strategic (non-)intervention in markets aimed at maximizing private profit, partly facilitated by externalization of personal, social and environmental costs. A major mechanism of this system appears to be creation of elastic and enthusiastic consumer desires – particularly among the minority with few needs and who may repeatedly ignore problems associated with commodities. School science (including through Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics education) appears to be contributing to such consumerism. Fields of science are, for example, portrayed as overly systematic, efficient, unbiased – and unproblematic regarding harms to individuals, societies and environments. Learners also may become alienated from opportunities to self-determine perspectives and practices important to them and their communities. Drawing, in part, from liberatory pedagogy, this chapter features the case of a radical science teacher whose uses of actor-network theory to promote student-led research-informed and negotiated actions to address critical socio-scientific problems seem to counter tendencies towards consumerism and associated potential personal, social and environmental harms. |
Page range | 71 - 99 |
Year | 2018 |
Book title | Sociocultural Perspectives on Youth Ethical Consumerism |
Publisher | Springer |
ISBN | 9783319656076 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-65608-3 |
Research Group | School of Education |
Publisher's version | File Access Level Controlled |
Journal citation | 16, pp. 71 - 99 |
https://acuresearchbank.acu.edu.au/item/85yw0/youth-uses-of-actor-network-theory-for-undermining-societal-consumerism
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