ABSTRACT:
Aiming to broaden the discussion on the use of Open Educational Resources (OER) and its emancipatory potential, this article deepens the theoretical and philosophical reflection on what OER are and their social implications. The discussion takes place in three stages: i) the relationship of OER with others open-source movements; ii) the association between OER and Paulo Freire's emancipatory education precepts; iii) the projection of these results in Nico Stehr's Theory of Knowledge Societies. Based on this discussion, the article proposes the concept of Emancipatory Capacity to Act, understood as the knowledge and practices that need to be mobilized for the emancipation of individuals or groups. Thus, we intend to contribute to the idea that overcoming social injustices involves the incorporation, especially in education, of OER practices and philosophies, including free culture, open-source technologies, and open science.
Keywords:
Open educational resources; Emancipatory education; Knowledge society; Hyperobject; Emancipatory Capacity to Act