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

Black, Indigenous, and Peoples of Color reimagine library and information science through the lens of critical race theory. In Knowledge Justice, Black, Indigenous, and Peoples of Color scholars use critical race theory (CRT) to challenge the foundational principles, values, and assumptions of libra...

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Main Authors:	Leung, Sofia Y., López-McKnight, Jorge R.
Format:	eBook Book
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge MIT Press 2021 The MIT Press
Edition:	1
Series:	The MIT Press
Subjects:	Archives Black care Coding theory and cryptology Critical pedagogy Critical pedagogy > United States Critical race theory Indigenous Information science Information science > Moral and ethical aspects > United States Knowledge production Libraries Library and Information Studies Library science Library science > Moral and ethical aspects > United States Minorities in library science Minorities in library science > United States people of color race racism Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects Research and information: general Social and ethical issues Social discrimination and social justice Social justice Social justice > United States Society and culture: general Society and Social Sciences united states United States > Race relations > Philosophy white supremacy whiteness
ISBN:	9780262043502, 0262043505, 0262363208, 9780262363204
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Table of Contents:

Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: This is Only the Beginning -- I: Destroy White Supremacy -- Introduction to Part I -- 1. Not the Shark, but the Water: How Neutrality and Vocational Awe Intertwine to Uphold White Supremacy -- 2. Moving Toward Transformative Librarianship: Naming and Identifying Epistemic Supremacy -- 3. Leaning on our Labor: Whiteness and Hierarchies of Power in Lis Work -- 4. Tribal Critical Race Theory in Zuni Pueblo: Information Access in a Cautious Community -- II: Illuminate Erasure -- Introduction to Part II: The Courage of Character and Commitment Versus the Cowardliness of Comfortable Contentment -- 5. Counterstoried Spaces and Unknowns: A Queer South Asian Librarian Dreaming -- 6. Ann Allen Shockley: An Activist-Librarian for Black Special Collections -- 7. The Development of us Children's Librarianship and Challenging White Dominant Narratives -- 8. Relegated to the Margins: Faculty of Color, the Scholarly Record, and the Necessity of Antiracist Library Disruptions -- III: Radical Collective Imaginations Toward Liberation -- Introduction to Part III: Freedom Stories -- 9. Dewhitening Librarianship: A Policy Proposal for Libraries -- 10. The Praxis of Relation, Validation, and Motivation: Articulating Lis Collegiality Through A Crt Lens -- 11. Precarious Labor and Radical Care in Libraries and Digital Humanities -- 12. Praxis for the People: Critical Race Theory and Archival Practice -- 13. "Getting Inflomation": A Critical Race Theory Tale from the School Library -- Conclusion: Afterwor(l)ding Toward Imaginative Dimensions -- Contributor Biographies -- Index by Lori Salmon