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Future issues in socio-technical change for UK citizenship: the importance of ‘place’

Nash, Nicholas ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4421-6041 2014. Future issues in socio-technical change for UK citizenship: the importance of ‘place’. [Online]. Futurelab. Available at: http://www.beyondcurrenthorizons.org.uk/future-iss...

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Abstract

This paper emphasises the importance of place in relation to identity, community and citizenship. In considering future technological advances it is argued that these concepts will continue to be understood in relation to place. Identification with place is an integral dimension of selfhood and evidence for a positive relationship civic engagement is discussed. In the future, people will continue to define themselves and their communities in relation to place, although identities will be increasingly grounded in virtual spaces created by online community networks. Therefore, citizenship initiatives should be geared towards understanding the complexity of relationships to place and people’s place-based meanings. In addition, the growth of online social networks will enrich and extend offline social networks rather than replace them. However, communities will be increasingly based on shared interests rather than shared locations, and communication devices will become more geared towards personal, rather than spatial, networks. This will create problems for policymakers and it will be necessary to adopt more flexible initiatives. Finally, it is proposed that citizenship will eventually become more fragmented and dislocated from the nation-state. Policymakers should gear interventions towards multiple forms of citizenship spaces, identities and practices, both online and offline.

Item Type: Website Content
Status: Published
Schools: Psychology
Subjects: H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General)
Additional Information: Paper part of the Beyond Current Horizons web site. "Beyond Current Horizons was a research programme set up to examine how social and technological change over the coming 20 or so years may present new challenges or opportunities for education. The overall goal of the project was to build a set of long-term and challenging scenarios for the future of education 2025 and beyond in the context of socio-technical change"
Publisher: Futurelab
Last Modified: 25 Oct 2022 09:10
URI: https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/57563

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