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Knowledge justice : disrupting library and information studies through critical race theory / edited by Sofia Y. Leung and Jorge R. López-McKnight.

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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Leung, Sofia Y., editor.
López-McKnight, Jorge R., editor.
Series:
The MIT Press
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Minorities in library science--United States.
Minorities in library science.
Critical pedagogy--United States.
Critical pedagogy.
Social justice--United States.
Social justice.
Library science--Moral and ethical aspects--United States.
Library science.
Information science--Moral and ethical aspects--United States.
Information science.
United States--Race relations--Philosophy.
United States.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (x, 348 pages)
Place of Publication:
Cambridge The MIT Press 2021
Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2021]
Language Note:
English
Summary:
"Contributors analyze and re-envision the field and profession of library and information science from the perspective of critical race theory"-- Provided by publisher.
Contents:
Part I: Destroy White Supremacy
Introductionto Part I
Not the Shark, but the Water: How Neutrality and Vocational Awe Intertwine to Uphold White Supremacy
Moving Toward Transformative Librarianship: Naming and Identifying Epistemic Supremacy
Leaning on our Labor: Whiteness and Hierarchies of Power in LIS Work
Tribal Critical Race Theory in Zuni Pueblo: Information Access in a Cautious Community
Part II: Illuminate Erasure
Introductionto Part II: The Courage of Character and Commitment versus the Cowardliness of Comfortable Contentment
A Queer South Asian Librarian in Academia: Counterstory, Theory, Strategies
Ann Allen Shockley: An Activist-Librarian for Black Special Collections
The Development of U.S. Children's Librarianship and Challenging White Dominant Narratives
Relegated to the Margins: Faculty of Color, the Scholarly Record, and the Necessity of Anti-Racist Library Disruptions
Part III: Radical Collective Imaginations Towards Liberation
Introductionto Part III: Freedom Stories
Dewhitening Librarianship: A Policy Proposal for Libraries
The Praxis of Relation, Validation, Motivation: Articulating LIS Collegiality through a CRT Lens
Precarious Labor and Radical Care in Libraries and Digital Humanities
Praxis for the People: Critical Race Theory and Archival Practice
"Getting InFLOmation": A Critical Race Theory Tale from the School Library
Conclusion: Afterwor(l)ding Towards Imaginative Dimensions.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
ISBN:
9780262363204
0262363208
9780262363198
0262363194
OCLC:
1202266473

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