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The Social Responsibilities Round Table works to make ALA more democratic and to establish progressive priorities not only for the Association, but also for the entire profession. Concern for human and economic rights was an important element in the founding of SRRT and remains an urgent concern today. SRRT believes that libraries and librarians must recognize and help solve social problems and inequities in order to carry out their mandate to work for the common good and bolster democracy.

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  • 1.  Call for Papers: Secrecy and Society Special Issue on "Subjugated Knowledges"

    Posted Sep 29, 2025 11:06 AM
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    Sharing a friend's call for papers to contribute to a special issue of Secrecy and Society (a cross-disciplinary, peer-reviewed open-access journal) on "Subjugated Knowledges." 

    In this special issue (volume 4, issue 1), we invite researchers, journalists, those in the non-profit policy sector, and others working in the area of history, policy, ethics, sociology, and politics to explore the disappearance of facts and data and their replacement by the superficial.

    We also encourage contributors to delve into how the removal of data, information, and knowledge as a form of ungoverning leads to a "dumbing" down – indeed "gaslighting" – where false or distorted narratives overturn historical understanding, and with it, diminished trust and veracity. We term this special issue "subjugated knowledges" as it has much in common with concealment, censorship, and power that maintain certain perspectives as superior by excluding other accounts.

    Secrecy and Society accepts case studies, concept papers, non-traditional work, position papers, reviews, and scholarly articles. More information on the types of submissions are found here; Secrecy and Society style guidelines here.

    Final paper submissions: March 15, 2026

    Email secrecyandsociety@gmail.com for further information.



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    Rachel Rosekind
    Educator, Editor, Writer, Activist, Library Commissioner
    Write You Are / Contra Costa Library Commission
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  • 2.  RE: Call for Papers: Secrecy and Society Special Issue on "Subjugated Knowledges"

    Posted Sep 30, 2025 02:54 PM

    Thanks for sharing.  Following this posting, I am working on a possible submission, in line with the editorial guidelines, which I think might be of interest,  It is tentatively entitled:    The Politics of Silence and Disclosure in Subjugated Knowledges: Implications for Progressiv Librarianship

    MCR



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    Mark Rosenzweig
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  • 3.  RE: Call for Papers: Secrecy and Society Special Issue on "Subjugated Knowledges"

    Posted Sep 30, 2025 08:42 PM

    Glad to hear it, Mark!



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    Rachel Rosekind
    Educator, Editor, Writer, Activist, Library Commissioner
    Write You Are / Contra Costa Library Commission
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  • 4.  RE: Call for Papers: Secrecy and Society Special Issue on "Subjugated Knowledges"

    Posted Oct 01, 2025 11:52 AM

    Can you give me a name/email for an editorial board contact. I want to senbd an abstract of the proposed article and ask if they are interested . Thanks again.

    Mark R.



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    Mark Rosenzweig
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  • 5.  RE: Call for Papers: Secrecy and Society Special Issue on "Subjugated Knowledges"

    Posted Oct 01, 2025 04:42 PM
    Hi Mark, You can route inquiries to the following email: secrecyandsociety@gmail.com.


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