ERIC Number: EJ1044349
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2014
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The Future of Digital Working: Knowledge Migration and Learning
Malcolm, Irene
Learning, Media and Technology, v39 n4 p449-467 2014
Against the backdrop of intensified migration linked to globalisation, this article considers the implications of knowledge migration for future digital workers. It draws empirically on a socio-material analysis of the international software localisation industry. Localisers' work requires linguistic, cultural and software engineering skills to adapt digital products to be marketed worldwide. The article addresses the problem of the need for better understanding of knowledge practices in digital working and offers new insights by examining work and learning against the theoretical question of how knowledge migrates. Drawing on the writing of sociologist Karin Knorr Cetina, it illustrates how workers reformulate knowledge and practise visibility through object relations that support learning. The article concludes with five recommendations for incorporating insights gained through this analysis in education.
Descriptors: Futures (of Society), Migration, Global Approach, Computer Software, Industry, Engineering, Marketing, Learning Processes, Heuristics, Guidelines, Knowledge Level, Language Skills, Foreign Countries, Interviews
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Ireland; United Kingdom
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