Luddism, Isolation and Education

As the pandemic descended, even educators who resisted e-learning were forced to move their classes online. Undoubtedly, access to advanced communications technology has made all of this more bearable. Yet there are problems with technology. Some have more access than others, which further entrenches inequality in education. Surveillance provides only more power to the powerful. Luddism has for a long time offered a way to resist the unequal powers of technology through resisting the use of specifically those technologies which further inequality. Here, I offer a framework for Luddism that can be applied in the long term by educators and anyone else who seeks to build power in community.