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Our presentation on Metaphors of Code at ITK-Conference. See slides with comments here: http://www.thispagehassomeissues.com/blog/2015/4/16/metaphors-of-code-presentation-at-itk-conference-2015 Abstract Information and communication technology (ICT) has become embedded into our daily lives. Code is in the heart of this technology. The way code is perceived influences the way our everyday interaction with ICT is perceived: is it an objective exchange of ones and zeros, or a value-laden power struggle between white male programmers and those who think they are users, when they are, in fact, the product being sold. Understanding the nature of the code thus enables the imagination and exploration of the present state and alternative future developments of ICT. This better understanding is especially important for developing basic education so that it gives capabilities for coping with these developments. Currently, the discussion has been mainly on the technical details of the code. In this article, we study how to broaden this narrow view in order to support the design of more comprehensive and future-proof ICT education. We approach the concept of code through nine different metaphors from existing literature on systems thinking and organisational studies. The metaphors we use are machine, organism, brain, flux and transformation, culture, political system, psychic prison, instrument of domination and carnival. We describe their epistemological background and give examples of how code is perceived through each of them. We then use the metaphors to suggest different complementary ways ICT could be taught in schools. The metaphors illustrate different contexts and help to understand the discussions related to developments in ICT such as open source community, democratization of information and internet of things. They also help to identify the dominant view and the tensions between the views. We propose that the systematic use of metaphors described in this paper would be a useful tool for structuring the dialogue around code in designing ICT education.

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