Higher Education, Collaboration and a New Economics
Higher Education, Collaboration and a New Economics
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11952226 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Amanda Fulford (0000-0002-5063-0022, Leeds Trinity University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 50 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 371-383 |
| Publication date | 2015-08-22 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Philosophy of Education (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0309-8249 • E-ISSN: 1467-9752 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1111/1467-9752.12152 |
| OpenAlex | W1935688173 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 8 |
In this paper I take as my starting point the economist, Jeremy Rifkin's, claims about the rise of what he calls the 'collaborative commons'. For Rifkin, this is nothing less than the emergence of a new economic paradigm where traditional consumers exploit the possibilities of technology, and position themselves as 'pro-sumers'. This emphasises their role in production rather than consumption alone, and shows how they aim to bypass a range of capitalist markets from publishing to the music industry. In asking how education is situated in relation to the collaborative commons, I consider the growth in technology-driven, cost-negative services as a response to the current market in higher education. This raises the issue of what we mean by 'collaboration' in the university, and how this might be different from, for example, cooperation or teamwork. In seeking to provide a richer conception of collaboration in higher education, I look to Martin Buber's concept of the relational act and the life of dialogue, and to some of the seminal work of Ronald Barnett on the philosophy and economics of higher education. The paper suggests that these concepts afford a new perspective on collaboration that amount to a new economics for education. Such economics require a radical shift in how we perceive the role of responsibility, reciprocity and the educative possibilities of conversation
Commercialism · Commons · Conversation · Economic growth · Economics · Economics education · Higher education · Management · Political science · Positive economics · Public relations · Reciprocity (cultural anthropology · Social science · Sociology · Teamwork · Knowledge Management and Sharing · Law · Web and Library Services
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| Citations per year | 0.17 |
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| Citation span | 2020 - 2020 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |