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Onlife activism and collective networks in FridaysForFuture

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Title: Onlife activism and collective networks in FridaysForFuture
Authors: Francesconi, Denis
Publisher Information: Beltz Juventa, 2024.
Publication Year: 2024
Subject Terms: Onlife, SDG 11 – Nachhaltige Städte und Gemeinden, SDG 4 – Hochwertige Bildung, 503001 General education, SDG 11 - Sustainable Cities and Communities, Fridays for Future, SDG 13 – Maßnahmen zum Klimaschutz, Sustainability and Pedagogy, Collective networks, SDG 13 - Climate Action, Systemic pedagogy, Collective agency, Activism, 503001 Allgemeine Pädagogik, SDG 4 - Quality Education
Description: FridaysForFuture (FFF) is one of the most relevant social phenomena appeared in the last years, a civic and activist movement composed mainly by students protesting against the modern model of human development and acting in favor of sustainable development and quality of life. FFF operates as a hybrid network between embodied and online activism. After the creation of FFF in 2018, other related networks were created such as TeachersforFuture, SchoolsforFuture, ScientistsforFuture and others. All of them derived from FFF and aligned with it in terms of identity, structure, mission and action. This represents an interesting case of young people triggering and guiding civic engagement and activism in the adults. In this chapter, I discuss the theoretical implications of FFF by introducing the online educational activity of FFF and the asymmetric entanglement between FFF and other networks like TeachersforFuture in shaping a powerful multilayered network that advocates for sustainable development through internet activism and online civic engagement. In particular, I discuss the paideutic function of FFF and its linked networks, that is how they were able to disseminate (educate about) high-quality knowledge through a vast range of media, including the social media, in a sort of vast informal media education.
Document Type: Part of book or chapter of book
Language: English
DOI: 10.3262/978-3-7799-7627-1
Access URL: https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/de/publications/fd9e7cb7-6a0c-4d20-b9d2-e2ab5875e393
Rights: CC BY NC SA
Accession Number: edsair.dris...00911..e0c150b04135460fc765fe9f44fcac0c
Database: OpenAIRE
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Abstract:FridaysForFuture (FFF) is one of the most relevant social phenomena appeared in the last years, a civic and activist movement composed mainly by students protesting against the modern model of human development and acting in favor of sustainable development and quality of life. FFF operates as a hybrid network between embodied and online activism. After the creation of FFF in 2018, other related networks were created such as TeachersforFuture, SchoolsforFuture, ScientistsforFuture and others. All of them derived from FFF and aligned with it in terms of identity, structure, mission and action. This represents an interesting case of young people triggering and guiding civic engagement and activism in the adults. In this chapter, I discuss the theoretical implications of FFF by introducing the online educational activity of FFF and the asymmetric entanglement between FFF and other networks like TeachersforFuture in shaping a powerful multilayered network that advocates for sustainable development through internet activism and online civic engagement. In particular, I discuss the paideutic function of FFF and its linked networks, that is how they were able to disseminate (educate about) high-quality knowledge through a vast range of media, including the social media, in a sort of vast informal media education.
DOI:10.3262/978-3-7799-7627-1