ABSTRACT

This chapter explores technology as an example of educational relationality. Technology is one of the most central themes in posthuman philosophy and has always had a part in creating ideas about what education means. The chapter explains the studying how technology can be seen as an example of educational relationality, using the theoretical approaches of post-anthropocentrism and intra-relationality. It reviews some actor-network theory studies in education that follow the post-anthropocentrism. The chapter argues that these do not sufficiently fulfill the intra-relational approach of the study. Research on augmented reality technology in education mainly consists of empirical studies where various devices, apps, and technology have been used to teach particular content. The cyborg, a hybrid of human and machine, is used by Haraway not only as a means of studying technological aspects, but also as a figure for confusing and disrupting dualist distinctions in general. Using a cyborgian approach, technology was developed by humans and cannot be understood without that category.