[Xmca-l] Fwd: Re: Gee, Knowledge, Intelligence and Affinity Spaces

[Jenna McWilliams]

Greg and all,
I went ahead and emailed the man himself, Jim Gee, to see if he could 
help clarify. He wrote the following and gave me permission to share it 
on the listserv.

-- 
Jenna McWilliams
Learning Sciences Program, Indiana University
jenmcwil@indiana.edu

> *From:* James Gee <James.Gee@asu.edu>
> *Date:* Monday, July 28, 2014 11:42 AM
> *To:* Jenna McWilliams <jennamcjenna@gmail.com>
> *Subject:* [Xmca-l] Gee, Knowledge, Intelligence and Affinity Spaces
> Affinity spaces can be seen as about knowledge in that they create it, 
> store it, teach it, disseminate it, distribute it, and link to it and 
> network with it across other spaces.  This is a sort of collective 
> intelligence that transcends any one person or group in the Affinity 
> Space.  The Anti-Education book argues that humans as individuals are 
> stupid and ever more dangerous to themselves and others as the world 
> gets ever more complex--thus, the need for ethically-driven collective 
> intelligence.  Earlier work was more focused on Affinity spaces as 
> sites for teaching and learning in competition with schools and 
> institutions.
>
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