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Towards a post-human distributed cognition environment

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  • Ali Yakhlef

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The view of communities of practice as the relevant context for generating and gaining knowledge has raised fears that these will fall prey to various organizational, social or political manipulations. This paper aims to question these humanist concerns, arguing that knowledge context is increasingly becoming a post-human context that lies beyond the direct control and manipulation of humans. In terms of this post-human position, the paper outlines this shift, suggesting that emergence replaces human intentionality and the dynamic partnership between humans and non-humans, and that intelligent machines replace the liberalist, humanist subject's manifest destiny to dominate and control knowledge. This paper aims to raise/rekindle the debate on the prospects of managing knowledge and learning in organizations. Finally, implications for the community-based learning theory are discussed.

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  • Ali Yakhlef, 2008. "Towards a post-human distributed cognition environment," Knowledge Management Research & Practice, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 6(4), pages 287-297, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:tkmrxx:v:6:y:2008:i:4:p:287-297
    DOI: 10.1057/kmrp.2008.17
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