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FOCUS: Learning as a Geographical Process

Tweet Me Your Talk: Geographical Learning and Knowledge Production 2.0

Pages 369-377 | Received 01 Jun 2011, Accepted 01 Dec 2011, Published online: 29 Jun 2012
 

Abstract

We are in a Gutenberg moment in which we are migrating from book reading to Internet browsing. We are subtly shifting to more ephemeral, summary methods of learning and producing knowledge, shaped by how we consume information on the Web. Thus, a strong determinant of learning might be the very technology that hosts the information, such that technology is both the arbiter of our understanding of the world and how we come to gain that understanding. Based on recent evidence that the Internet is reshaping our learning processes, I argue that geographical knowledge production and translation are not so much products of individualism but rather shaped by rapidly changing work styles that favor concise and highly accessible methods of academic production. I offer examples of changes in journal formats, academic social networking, and academic reviewing to reveal that we are catering to shorter attention spans that prefer to browse.

Nos encontramos en una suerte de momento Gutenberg en el que estamos migrando de la lectura de libros a las búsquedas de Internet. Sutilmente nos desplazamos a métodos más efímeros y resumidos de aprendizaje y producción de conocimiento, configurados según la manera como consumimos información de la web. Por eso, un fuerte determinador del aprendizaje podría ser ahora la propia tecnología que ofrece la información, de modo que aquella es a la vez el árbitro de nuestro entendimiento del mundo y el modo llegamos a alcanzarlo. Basándome en evidencia reciente indicativa de que Internet está reformando nuestros procesos de aprendizaje, sostengo que la producción y transmisión del conocimiento geográfico no son tanto productos del individualismo sino que más bien se moldean por estilos de trabajo rápidamente cambiantes que favorecen métodos concisos y altamente accesibles de producción académica. Presento ejemplos de cambios ocurridos en los formatos de las revistas, en la construcción de redes sociales académicas y en la revisión académica para mostrar que estamos acomodándonos a lapsos de atención más cortos que prefieren lo que los vistazos en la web ofrecen.

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