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Arkaitz Letamendia―Popular Learnings and Alternatives in the Digital Age

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The question of what learning is can be tackled from very different points of view. I propose to do so from the perspective of political sociology and, more specifically, considering the processes of political conflict, and social movements. The idea that I would like to emphasize is that learning processes, as dynamic social processes, are affected by profound structures, or cleavages, which define power relations and resistances.

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Kergel, D. et al. (2022). Arkaitz Letamendia―Popular Learnings and Alternatives in the Digital Age. In: Learning in the Digital Age. Diversität und Bildung im digitalen Zeitalter. Springer VS, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-35536-4_4

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