Axis 3 of the MESOPOLHIS Laboratory, "Education and cultures in the digital age", which brings together researchers in the sociology of education and culture (art, literature), has obtained funding to organise a research seminar on the Sociological Approach to Digital Literacy Education (ASELN).
In fact, the growing role played by the development of new ICTs in all social spheres means that not only do we need to integrate the contributions of digital technology into the social and cultural practices we are analysing, but we also need to look at the way in which educational institutions are using these new tools.
By integrating digital issues into our long-standing work on literacy and educational inequalities, we are renewing the sociological approaches we use. That's why we wanted to organise a research seminar on digital issues, bringing in not only local researchers, but also national researchers in the sociology of education and the sociology of culture, as well as researchers in education and information and communication sciences from an interdisciplinary perspective. This will enable us, on the one hand, to nurture and flesh out our scientific thinking and enrich our knowledge and skills on digital literacy, and on the other, to create a network of researchers in the sociology of digital literacy while consolidating the links that already exist with research networks in sociology and information and communication sciences on digital, education and cultural practices.