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Knowledge justice : disrupting library and information studies through critical race theory /

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"Contributors analyze and re-envision the field and profession of library and information science from the perspective of critical race theory"--

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Other Authors: Leung, Sofia Y. (Editor), López-McKnight, Jorge R. (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2021]
Subjects:
Minorities in library science > United States.
Critical pedagogy > United States.
Social justice > United States.
Library science > Moral and ethical aspects > United States.
Information science > Moral and ethical aspects > United States.
United States > Race relations > Philosophy.
Library science.
Social justice.
Library Science
Ethnic and Racial Minorities
Systemic Racism
Social Justice
United States
Minorités en bibliothéconomie > États-Unis.
Pédagogie critique > États-Unis.
Justice sociale > États-Unis.
Bibliothéconomie > Aspect moral > États-Unis.
Sciences de l'information > Aspect moral > États-Unis.
États-Unis > Relations raciales > Philosophie.
Bibliothéconomie.
Justice sociale.
library science.
Critical pedagogy
Information science > Moral and ethical aspects
Library science > Moral and ethical aspects
Minorities in library science
Race relations > Philosophy
Social justice
Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction: This is only the beginning / Sofia Y. Leung, Jorge R. López-McKnight.
  • I. Destroy White supremacy: Introduction to Part I / Todd Honma
  • 1. Not the shark, but the water : how neutrality and vocational awe intertwine to uphold White supremacy / Anastasia Chiu, Fobazi M. Ettarh, Jennifer A. Ferretti
  • 2. Moving toward transformative librarianship : naming and identifying epistemic supremacy / Myrna E. Morales, Stacie Williams
  • 3. Leaning on our labor : whiteness and hierarchies of power in LIS work / Jennifer Brown, Nicholae Cline (Coharie), Marisa Méndez-Brady
  • 4. Tribal critical race theory in Zuni Pueblo : information access in a cautious community / Miranda H. Belarde-Lewis (Zuni/Tlingit), Sarah R. Kostelecky (Zuni Pueblo).
  • II. Illuminate erasure: Introduction to Part II : The courage of character and commitment versus the cowardliness of comfortable contentment / Anthony W. Dunbar
  • 5. Counterstoried spaces and unknowns : a queer South Asian librarian dreaming / Vani Natarajan
  • 6. Ann Allen Shockley : an activist-librarian for Black special collections / Shaundra Walker
  • 7. The development of U.S. children's librarianship and challenging White dominant narratives / Sujei Lugo Vázquez
  • 8. Relegated to the margins : faculty of color, the scholarly record, and the necessity of antiracist library disruptions / Harrison W. Inefuku.
  • III. Radical collective imaginations towards liberation: Introduction to Part III : Freedom stories / Tonia Sutherland
  • 9. Dewhitening librarianship : a policy proposal for libraries / Isabel Espinal, April M. Hathcock, Maria Rios
  • 10. The praxis of relation, validation, and motivation : articulating LIS collegiality through a CRT Lens / Torie Quiñonez, Lalitha Nataraj, Antonia Olivas
  • 11. Precarious labor and radical care in libraries and digital humanities / Anne Cong-Huyen, Kush Patel
  • 12. Praxis for the people : critical race theory and archival practice / Rachel E. Winston
  • 13. "Getting inFLOmation" : A critical race theory tale from the school library / Kafi Kumasi
  • Conclusion: Afterwor(l)ding toward imaginative dimensions / Sofia Y. Leung, Jorge R. López-McKnight.
  • Contributor biographies
  • Index / Lori Salmon.