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Call for Proposals: “Thin Skinned”: Unappreciated, and Overworked: Experiences and impacts of Microaggressions in the fields of Galleries, Libraries, Archives, and Museums

  • 1.  Call for Proposals: “Thin Skinned”: Unappreciated, and Overworked: Experiences and impacts of Microaggressions in the fields of Galleries, Libraries, Archives, and Museums

    Posted Oct 06, 2022 02:57 PM
    Call for Chapters: "Thin Skinned": Unappreciated, and Overworked: Experiences and impacts of Microaggressions in the fields of Galleries, Libraries, Archives, and Museums

    Editors: Monique G. Breaux, Cheylon K. Woods, and Beth Patin

    More than fifty years after Chester Pierce described microaggressions as an offensive mechanism of "subtle and stunning" daily offenses1, "Thin Skinned," Unappreciated, and Overworked: Experiences and impacts of Microaggressions in the fields of Galleries, Libraries, Archives, and Museums will be the first book focusing on microaggressions in the GLAM (galleries, libraries, archives, and museums) community. To this end, we propose inviting authors from the GLAM field to share their experiences with microaggressions.

    "Thin Skinned," details the various forms of microaggressions GLAM professionals experience in the workplace, and during their careers. Personal narrative in combination with interdisciplinary research validates these experiences and showcases an ongoing issue within the GLAM community. This book will look at the wide variety of microaggressions including, but not limited to: race, gender, age, orientation, and ability.

    Submission Proposal Deadline: March 15, 2023

    Submissions we are interested in, but not limited to, are: 

    • Hair discrimination and professionalism in LIS 
    • Ageism in LIS 
    • Educational supremacy in LIS (Degreed vs. non-degreed) 
    • Knowledge destruction 
    • Inequitable processes in promotion and retention 
    • Performative actions in terms of DEIAJ (Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Accessibility, and  (Restorative) Justice) 
    • ...and much more! 

    Submission Requirements 

    • Please submit a chapter proposal, overview, or abstract (including a tentative title) in 300-500  words in our submission form. 
    • The chapter proposal should also include author name(s), pronoun(s), and preferred contact  information. 
    Please share widely with your networks.

    Have a wonderful day and week. Stay safe and well.

    Take care, 
    Twanna 

    Twanna Hodge, MLIS (she, her, hers)
    PhD Student | Information Studies
    University of Maryland, College Park
    2013 Spectrum Scholar  
    2022 Spectrum Doctoral Fellow