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Language, Power, and Oppression in the LIS Diversity Void

Collins, Anastasia M.

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Title
Language, Power, and Oppression in the LIS Diversity Void
Author(s)
Collins, Anastasia M.
Issue Date
2018
Keyword(s)
  • Libraries
  • Information science
  • Library and information science
  • Diversity
  • Race
  • Ethnicity
  • Language
  • Power
  • Oppression
Abstract
This article explores the underinterrogated role of language and its relationship to power and oppression in the proliferation of discussion and dearth of action with regard to diversity in library and information science. Using critical discourse analysis as a framework, the article considers the institutional language practices that, without critical interrogation, establish and perpetuate hegemonic power structures and naturalize systems of oppression, creating a significant barrier to the goals of equity and meaningful diversity within the library and information science field.
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press. The School of Information Sciences at Illinois. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Series/Report Name or Number
Library Trends 67 (1). Summer 2018
Type of Resource
text
Language
en
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http://hdl.handle.net/2142/101935
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1353/lib.2018.0024
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Copyright 2018 Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois

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Library Trends 67 (1) Summer 2018: Race and Ethnicity in Library and Information Science: An Update PRIMARY
Library Trends 67 (1) Summer 2018: Race and Ethnicity in Library and Information Science: An Update. Edited by Nicole A. Cooke