Knowledge Justice
Event Series
Events celebrating the release of Knowledge Justice: Disrupting Library and Information Studies through Critical Race Theory from MIT Press. Now available in print and through open access.
About Knowledge Justice
The first book-length text that utilizes Critical Race Theory in Library and Information Studies
Knowledge Justice: Disrupting Library and Information Studies through Critical Race Theory from MIT Press, the first book-length text that utilizes Critical Race Theory (CRT) in Library and Information Studies (LIS). With contributions from 29 Black, Indigenous, and Peoples of Color scholars, educators and practitioners, the foundational principles, values, and beliefs of LIS in the U.S. nation-state are challenged, while also imagining possibilities for justice to be actualized in the now and beyond.
Past Events
Knowledge Justice at One
Thursday, July 28, 2022, 5:30pm ET USA
Free, sponsored by up//root: a we here publication
Join us in celebration of the one year anniversary of Knowledge Justice: Disrupting Library and Information Science through Critical Race Theory. We’ll host a discussion with the editors, available contributors, and special guests about how the contributions have been used throughout the year and their continued learning and research journey of Critical Race Theory in Library and Information Studies. The event is free and open to the public.
Featured Speakers
Knowledge Justice contributors and their chapters:
Jennifer Brown, “Leaning on our Labor: Whiteness and Hierarchies of Power in LIS Work”
nicholae cline, “Leaning on our Labor: Whiteness and Hierarchies of Power in LIS Work”
Tony Dunbar, “Introduction to Part II: The Courage of Character and Commitment Versus the Cowardliness of Comfortable Contentment”
Isabel Espinal, “Dewhitening Librarian: A Policy Proposal for Libraries”
Fobazi M. Ettarh, “Not the Shark, but the Water: How Neutrality and Vocational Awe Intertwine to Uphold White Supremacy”
Jennifer A. Ferretti, “Not the Shark, but the Water: How Neutrality and Vocational Awe Intertwine to Uphold White Supremacy”
April M. Hathcock, “Dewhitening Librarian: A Policy Proposal for Libraries”
Harrison W. Inefuku, “Relegated to the Margins: Faculty of Color, the Scholarly Record, and the Necessity of Antiracist Library Disruptions”
Sofia Y. Leung, “Knowledge Justice” Editor
Jorge López-McKnight, “Knowledge Justice” Editor
Lalitha Nataraj, “The Praxis of Relation, Validation, and Motivation: Articulating LIS Collegiality through a CRT Lens”
Torie Quiñonez, “The Praxis of Relation, Validation, and Motivation: Articulating LIS Collegiality through a CRT Lens”
Maria Rios, “Dewhitening Librarian: A Policy Proposal for Libraries”
Discussants:
Ryan Ednacot
Mimosa Shah
Shawnta Smith-Cruz
Listen to the Knowledge Justice at One playlist.
Listen to what got us in the mood to celebrate the book and the people who made it possible. Recommended to listen on shuffle.
Past Events - Book Launch Series, 2021
Hosted by the editors, Sofia Y. Leung and Jorge R. López-McKnight, this three part series of unveilings, experiences, and conversations highlighted each authors’ unique and meaningful contribution that gave necessary shape and form to the collection.
Part I: March 3, 2021
3:30p PT / 4:30p MT / 5:30p CT / 6:30p ET USA
Featuring Miranda H. Belarde-Lewis (Zuni and Tlingit), Jennifer Brown, Anastasia Chiu, Nicholae Cline (Coharie), Fobazi M. Ettarh, Jennifer A. Ferretti, Todd Honma, Sarah R. Kostelecky (Zuni Pueblo), Myrna Morales, and Stacie Williams.
Part II: March 29, 2021
3:00p PT / 4:00p MT / 5:00p CT / 6:00p ET USA
Featuring Anthony Dunbar, Harrison W. Inefuku, Vani Natarajan, Sujei Lugo Vázquez, and Shaundra Walker.
Part III: April 14, 2021
2:00p PT / 3:00p MT / 4:00p CT / 5:00p ET USA
Featuring Anne Cong-Huyen, Isabel Espinal, April M. Hathcock, Kafi Kumasi, Lalitha Nataraj, Antonia P. Olivas, Kush Patel, Torie Quiñonez, Maria Adoria Rios, Tonia Sutherland, and Rachel E. Winston.
Listen to the Making Knowledge Justice Paylist.
Recommended to play on shuffle.