Digital literacy practices and pedagogical moments: Human and non-human intertwining in early childhood education
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Lafton, T. (2015). Digital literacy practices and pedagogical moments: Human and non-human intertwining in early childhood education. Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood, 16(2), 142-152. doi: 10.1177/1463949115585657 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1463949115585657Sammendrag
Various forms of digital devices have established themselves as resources within constructions of
professional practices in early childhood education. This article is centred on the question of how
we might rethink an example of digital practice based on a Foucauldian understanding of discourse
and a rhizomatic understanding of digital practice through the actor network theory. The article
puts forth several theoretical arguments to examine data illustrating recurring situations from an
ethnographically inspired fieldwork in Norwegian kindergartens. Acknowledging how material
agency destabilises human knowledge, the final section of the paper presents the Deleuzian
concept of ‘event’ to examine some elements that evoke forces and actions in the network. The
article argues that the potential of these forces can both open up pedagogy in relation to digital
practices and challenge notions of agency when non-humans are understood as actors.