I enjoyed this paper, a look at online learning that takes as a point of departure “Reflections on Liberation,†by Suzanne Pharr, which discusses liberation politics as a means of “breaking down the barriers that prevent a large portion of the population from having access to economic and social justice.†What I found interesting was the comprison between communities of practice (or, more accurately, communities of interest) today and the practice of identity politics in previous eras. As Pharr notes, there is always a risk that these communities can become “limited, hierarchical [in their] approach, reducing people of multiple identities to a single identity.â€
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