People First, Data Second: A Humanitarian Research Framework for Fieldwork with Refugees by War Zones

Fisher, Karen

doi:10.1007/s10606-022-09425-8

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“…Epistemic injustices refer to the types of harm done that can potentially impede a person's capacity to know or to develop their own epistemological framework. The use of epistemicide and epistemic injustice as a theoretical lens is growing in the LIS field (Budd, 2022;Fisher, 2022;Jimenez et al, 2023;Oliphant, 2021;Patin et al, 2021a;Patin et al, 2021b).…”

Section: Epistemic Injustice and Epistemicidementioning

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Epistemicide Beyond Borders

Yeon,

Smith,

Youngman

et al. 2023

IJIDI

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This conceptual research examines epistemic injustices in library and information science (LIS) due to the power imbalance between Western and non-Western LIS curricula, theory, and practice. It is equally critical to consider the presence of epistemic injustices in adjacent LIS domains (e.g., classification, preservation, digital scholarship); for if we work to prioritize access or digitize materials without considering historical oppression, we are at risk of perpetuating these same injustices. In this work, we utilize the concept of epistemic harm to understand the international dimension of epistemic injustice. This paper introduces the concept of critical international librarianship, which we define as recognizing, examining, critiquing, and subverting the power structures and hegemonies in library and information systems that exist among two or more nations in practice, pedagogy, and research. Critical international librarianship serves as an intervention for epistemic injustices. It provides a direction for the practitioners and researchers who pursue critical international librarianship to move toward a long-overdue epistemic justice in international LIS.

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