Examining structural oppression as a component of information literacy: A call for librarians to support #BlackLivesMatter through our teaching | Zendy

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Examining structural oppression as a component of information literacy: A call for librarians to support #BlackLivesMatter through our teaching

Author(s) -

Angela Pashia

Publication year - 2017

Publication title -

journal of information literacy

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.479

H-Index - 10

ISSN - 1750-5968

DOI - 10.11645/11.2.2245

Subject(s) - information literacy , oppression , racism , sociology , field (mathematics) , literacy , public relations , pedagogy , political science , gender studies , politics , law , mathematics , pure mathematics

This article calls for librarians to expand our understanding of information literacy to include the connections between structural racism and information production, dissemination, and organisation. It begins with an examination of some of the ways libraries have recorded and replicated inequities endemic in Western society. These issues are connected to both the field of critical information literacy and the #BlackLivesMatter movement. The author then provides an overview of how these issues are taught in a credit bearing information literacy course.

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