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A Living Framework for Abolitionist Teaching in Computer Science

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Institutions of learning are deeply entangled with, and often reproduce, dominant hierarchies. Shielded by normative conceptions of scientific legitimacy, objectivity, and benevolence, computer science (CS) education-produced technologies have been shown to facilitate systemic oppression. Abolition, or the theory and practice of seeking freedom from oppression, provides a powerful lens with which to reveal and replace dominant practices in CS education with those that sustain human lives and livelihoods. The following organizational framework synthesizes the work of abolitionist teachers toward confronting and changing the role of CS education-produced technologies in strengthening systems of oppression.

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