LIRT (Library Instruction Round Table)

Hi all,

Here is a course you may find interesting.

Critical Concepts in LIS: Research, Teaching, and Practice

This course is an exploration of various concepts of criticalness in library and information science, paying special attention to how criticalness can and should influence our research, teaching, and practice. Concepts covered include critical theory, critical pedagogy, and critical action in direct relation to research, teaching, and practice respectively. Other critical concepts will also be explored including critical librarianship, critical information literacy, and critical consciousness. These are all explored from a BIPOC perspective and highlight minoritarian thought such as Black critical theory, Indigenous thought, feminist pedagogies, queer theory, disability studies, social justice work, etc. Each unit looks to examples of research that exemplify the incorporation of critical theory emerging from marginalized voices. While there are courses that discuss one or two of these concepts, this course is different in that it provides an overview of several critical concepts and how they can be used to improve LIS scholarship while interrogating inequitable systems of power within LIS.

Participants will:

• Understand how critical theory can be incorporated into their research
• Understand how critical pedagogy can be applied to their teaching
• Understand how critical action can inform their practice
• Learn about critical theories, pedagogies, and actions that privilege minoritarian intellectual thought and perspectives
• Explore other concepts of criticalness in LIS including critical librarianship, critical consciousness, critical information literacy

For a list of all of the courses being offered next month, please go to: 

https://libraryjuiceacademy.com/all-courses/

Testimonials:

https://libraryjuiceacademy.com/testimonials/

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