Knowledge Justice: Disrupting Library and Information Studies through Critical Race Theory [Paperback]

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 Library and Information Science and Studies (LIS) in the United States. They propel CRT to center stage in LIS, to push the profession to understand and reckon with how white supremacy affects practices, services, curriculum, spaces, and policies.ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ix
INTRODUCTION: THIS IS ONLY THE BEGINNING 1
Sofia Y. Leung and Jorge R. López-McKnight
I DESTROY WHITE SUPREMACY 43
INTRODUCTION TO PART I 45
Todd Honma
1 NOT THE SHARK, BUT THE WATER: HOW NEUTRALITY AND VOCATIONAL
AWE INTERTWINE TO UPHOLD WHITE SUPREMACY 49
Anastasia Chiu, Fobazi M. Ettarh, and Jennifer A. Ferretti
2 MOVING TOWARD TRANSFORMATIVE LIBRARIANSHIP: NAMING
AND IDENTIFYING EPISTEMIC SUPREMACY 73
Myrna E. Morales and Stacie Williams
3 LEANING ON OUR LABOR: WHITENESS AND HIERARCHIES OF POWER
IN LIS WORK 95
Jennifer Brown, Nicholae Cline (Coharie), and Marisa Méndez-Brady
4 TRIBAL CRITICAL RACE THEORY IN ZUNI PUEBLO: INFORMATION ACCESS
IN A CAUTIOUS COMMUNITY 111
Miranda H. Belarde-Lewis (Zuni/Tlingit) and Sarah R. Kostelecky (Zuni Pueblo)
II ILLUMINATE ERASURE 129
INTRODUCTION TO PART II: THE COURAGE OF CHARACTER AND
COMMITMENT VERSUS THE COWARDLINESS OF COMFORTABLE
CONTENTMENT 131
Anthony W. Dunbar
5 COUNTERSTORIED SPACES AND UNKNOWNS: A QUEER SOUTH ASIAN
LIBRARIAN DREAMING 141
Vani Natarajan
6 ANN ALLEN SHOCKLEY: AN ACTIVIST-LIBRARIAN FOR BLACK
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