A Preliminary Study Interrogating the Cataloging and Classification Schemes of a K-12 Book Discovery Platform through a Critical Race Theory Lens

Kumasi, Kafi D; Jimes, Cynthia; Godwin, Amee Evans; Petrides, Lisa A.; Karaglani, Anastasia

doi:10.1515/opis-2020-0009

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“…The third resource pool completing the juxtaposition of connotative and denotative shaping of CRiT are the CRT Tools. The CRT tenets of interest convergence and intersectionality (Delgado et al, 2017;Kumasi et al, 2020) are repositioned as CRT Tools in CRIT. The traditional CRT tools of counterstory and whiteness as property round out this resource pool, detailed in the "Seminal CRT Tools" section of Figure 3.…”

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“…The CRT tenets of interest convergence and intersectionality (Delgado et al. , 2017; Kumasi et al. , 2020) are repositioned as CRT Tools in CRIT.…”

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“…The existing CRT tenets that are part of the CRiT infrastructure come from Delgado, Stephanic, and Harris' "Basic Tenets of Critical Race Theory" in the third edition of Critical Race Theory: An Introduction (2017, pp. 9-11) as well as modified version of the CRT tenets framing presented by Kumasi et al (2020) in A Preliminary Study Interrogating the Cataloging and Classification Schemes of a K-12 Book Discovery Platform through a Critical Race Theory Lens. CRiT draws from four clearly stated tenets, listed in Figure 3 under "Existing CRT Tenets."…”

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Every information context is a CRiTical Race information Theory opportunity: informatic considerations for the information industrial complex

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2023

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PurposeThis paper is an extension of a panel presentation delivered in response to a joint call for panels by the Social Informatics and Information Ethics and Policy Special Interest Groups for the 2022 Association for Information Science and Technology conference. The purpose is to introduce critical race frameworks and tenets as a lens to develop, assess and analyze the social informatics (SI) within information science (IS) research, professional discourse, praxis and pedagogical paradigms. This paper spotlights one of the presentations from that panel, an iteration of Critical Race Theory (CRT) designed specifically for information studies: CRiTical Race information Theory (CRiT).Design/methodology/approachJust as importantly, using SI as part of the context, the paper also includes a discussion that illustrates research and theory building possibilities as both counter and complement to the technocratic advances that permeate society at every level (macro, mezzo and micro), which can also be reasonably framed as the information industrial complex. Thus, CRiT joins other forms of critical discourse and praxis grappling with deconstructing, decolonizing, demarginalizing and demystifying the influence and impact of information technologies. While CRiT has global intentions and implications, this specific discussion has an extensive American focus.FindingsIf we consider the rapid pace in which techno-determinism is moving toward the vise grip of techno-fatalism controlled by frameworks generated from the information industrial complex, we can reasonably consider that humanity on a global basis is living within a meta-large technocratic crisis moment. This crisis moment is both acute and chronic. That is, the technocratic crisis is continuously moving quickly while simultaneously worsening over an extended period of time with no remedies and few responses to substantively address the crisis.Research limitations/implicationsPart of the nature of information and data is measurability. Thus, identifying compatible nomenclature connecting the descriptiveness of intersectionality (a seminal CRT tool) as a qualitative research method to the measurability of data connected to quantitative research, a mixed method approach moves from possible to plausible. Additionally, within IS, there are often opportunities to measure human engagement, such as social media content, search engine use, assessing practices of categorizations, and multiple forms of surveillance data as a short list. Hence, the descriptiveness of intersectional qualitative research “mixed” with the measurability of quantitative research within information settings implies exponential methodological possibilities.Practical implicationsCRiT is multilayered, on the one hand, with the intention of being a discipline-specific, information-specific form of CRT. On the other hand, CRiT theory building is interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary based on information as omnipresent phenomena. An ongoing challenge for CRiT theory building is identifying and working within a balance between, practitioners who typically throw anything and everything at practical problems, while scholars often slice problems into such small segments that practical understanding is severely limited. Embracing and integrating the dynamic interplay between developing ideas and using them is the key to evolving CRiT within the social sciences.Social implicationsThere is plenty of room as well as a need for additional narrative discussing or challenging the use or appropriation of information from a technocratic approach, a counter to the information industrial complex.Originality/valueCRiT is emerging and cutting edge in discussion that addresses the technocratic determinism found in most scholarly discourses.

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“…The CRT tenets of interest convergence and intersectionality (Delgado et al. , 2017; Kumasi et al. , 2020) are repositioned as CRT Tools in CRIT.…”

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confidence: 99%

Section: Crit As Theorymentioning

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Every information context is a CRiTical Race information Theory opportunity: informatic considerations for the information industrial complex

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2023

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CRiTical Race Information Theory as Innovative Pedagogy, Act One: Harder Than You Think, It's a Beautiful Thing

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McFarland,

Grauel

2024

Journal of Education for Library and Information Science

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This first act of a two-act counterstory introduces CRiTical Race information Theory (CRiT) as a rapidly developing iteration of Critical Race Theory (CRT) applied within information settings. Act one offers a detailed introduction of CRiT, which includes the articulation of the CRiT framework and tenets, most notably the CRT seminal tenets and tools along with information-specific tenets. CRiT also has a three-dimensional infrastructure consisting of CRiT as Pedagogy, CRiT as Praxis, and CRiT as Theory (including the process and nuances of theory building). Therefore, this first part includes an explanation of the pedagogical, praxis, and theoretical dimensions. Thus, the first act provides the teaching philosophy, learning theories, and delivery method of the pilot CRiT-designed course. What is equally important is that both acts of CRiT as Innovative Pedagogy meet the responsibility of sharing authentic reflections in a manner that respects the critical race counterstory legacy, thus also documenting the journey of lived experiences that go with actively engaging in CRT-based scholarship. Both acts assist those looking to design similar curricular content.

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Contribuições da dimensão sociocultural da Organização do Conhecimento para cabeçalhos de assunto e tesauros equitativos e socialmente justos

Silva,

Dal'Evedove

2024

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Objetivo: Este estudo explora as pesquisas focadas na dimensão sociocultural da Organização do Conhecimento, visando identificar e detalhar estudos que contribuam para tornar os sistemas de organização do conhecimento mais equitativos e socialmente justos, com ênfase em listas de cabeçalhos de assunto e tesauro. Metodologia: A pesquisa, de natureza aplicada, adota abordagem qualitativa, fazendo uso do mapeamento sistemático de literatura como procedimento metodológico. Resultados: São apontadas críticas em relação à estrutura e terminologia dos sistemas tradicionais, que refletem um privilégio histórico para uma perspectiva masculina, euro-americana, heterossexual, branca e cristã. As recomendações propõem a colaboração com as comunidades para promover uma representação mais justa e equitativa, bem como a incorporação de termos usados pelas pessoas para se referirem a si mesmas, termos representativos da cultura local e grupos sociais minoritários, além do uso de uma linguagem amigável e democrática, sugerindo a implementação dessas mudanças localmente. Conclusões: Defende a incorporação de mecanismos institucionalizados para solicitação e acompanhamento da revisão dos termos em listas de cabeçalhos de assunto e tesauros, visando a transparência e a responsabilização das instituições na promoção da equidade e justiça social nos sistemas de organização do conhecimento.

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A Preliminary Study Interrogating the Cataloging and Classification Schemes of a K-12 Book Discovery Platform through a Critical Race Theory Lens

Cited by 3 publications

References 23 publications

Every information context is a CRiTical Race information Theory opportunity: informatic considerations for the information industrial complex

Every information context is a CRiTical Race information Theory opportunity: informatic considerations for the information industrial complex

CRiTical Race Information Theory as Innovative Pedagogy, Act One: Harder Than You Think, It's a Beautiful Thing

Contribuições da dimensão sociocultural da Organização do Conhecimento para cabeçalhos de assunto e tesauros equitativos e socialmente justos

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