Postdigital (Adjective). Of or pertaining to art forms that address the humanization of digital technologies through interplay between digital, biological, cultural, and spiritual systems, between cyberspace and real space, between embodied media and mixed reality in social and physical communication, between high tech and high touch experiences, between visual, haptic, auditory, and kinesthetic media experiences, between virtual and augmented reality, between roots and globalization, between autoethnography and community narrative, and between web-enabled peer-produced wikiart and artworks created with alternative media through participation, interaction, and collaboration in which the role of the artist is redefined.

But are we ready for postdigital pedagogy yet? I think there is some space for this in the definition. Certainly the humanising aspect reminds me of Lanier’s call to resist becoming a gadget and Rushkoff’s warnings about the biases of digital technologies.

So, an upcoming post on postdigital pedagogy …