A presentation/performance about online identity and authenticity at Online Educa 2015. The web challenges the idea of an authentic, stable ‘self’, as it enables (even demands) the performance of identity across multiple platforms. At the same time, contemporary capitalist society perpetuates a continual quest for authenticity, and frames uniqueness as a moral imperative. How should students, academics and educators negotiate and challenge this techno-social situation? Read the script here: bit.ly/artofbeingu

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The art of
being you
online

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Digital
Social
Capital

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Image: CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
velo_city via Flickr

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CC BY 2.0 Roman Boed via Flickr

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“Always self-censoring with the
idea that an employer is looking
makes it impossible for any sort of
genuine self-expression”
Alice Marwick, Chronicle of Higher Education, 2014

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The Onion/Youtube

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Image: Warhol with dog, Jack Mitchell
CC BY-SA 4.0-3.0-2.5-2.0-1.0
via Wikimedia Commons

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Image: Jonn Leffmann
CC BY 3.0 via
Wikimedia Commons

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“There’s no such thing as an
authentic Warhol”
Paul Morrissey, former manager of The Factory

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Image: Daily Utah Chronicle, January 1968 via greg.org

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There’s no such thing as an
inauthentic Warhol

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Image source: essenaoneill/Instagram

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@SantiagoSwallow

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“ the aspiring artists have been
made equal to the world famous
ones, the young gallery to the rich
institution, the critic to the wealthy,
power hungry collector ”
Constant Dullaart

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The art of
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