IDSB10H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Disintermediation, Knowledge Society
15 Sep 2016
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From information society to knowledge society: understanding knowledge inequality. Disintermediation, etc: there is massive inequality regarding spread of knowledge in the world. Map provided on slides: universities are powerhouses of knowledge. They are ranked in terms of knowledge production and are spread unevenly across the world leading to massive knowledge inequality: education bias is produced in universities through rankings. 5. that ranks everything leading to power roles being created in the global economy. They are often patented: knowledge assumes that knowledge should be a public good. The goal is to ensure that all members of a society has access to all resources and opportunities. Knowledge society can be perceived as a eutopic ideology: knowledge economy, a good example for distinguishing knowledge and information is dishes and recipes.
