Critical posthumanism in geomatics education: A storytelling intervention
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Date
2018
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University of the Western Cape
Abstract
This study is located in engineering education at a South African university of technology,
and is theorised using relational ontologies such as critical posthumanism, feminist new
materialism and non-representational theory. It explores the potential of a digital storytelling
intervention in an undergraduate geomatics diploma programme. Geomatics qualifications in
South Africa are critiqued for their embedded humanism and subtle anthropocentrism despite
attempts at post-apartheid curricular reform. Additionally, these qualifications are focused on
technical content, and heavily influenced by Western knowledges.
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Philosophiae Doctor - PhD (Post-School Studies)
Keywords
Geomatics, Posthumanism, Socially just pedagogy, Decolonisation, Cartography, Digital storytelling, Higher education, South Africa, Dualisms, Ethics