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Challenging Eurocentrism

dc.contributor.authorCecilia Tellis
dc.contributor.authorMaha Kumaran
dc.contributor.authorVictoria Ho
dc.date.accessioned2024-07-24T20:22:42Z
dc.date.available2024-07-24T20:22:42Z
dc.date.issued2024-07-17
dc.descriptionConference Presentation slides
dc.description.abstractIn this IDEAL session, preliminary findings from a Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL) funded project on applying critical theory and anti-oppression frameworks to EDI-related work in libraries (committees, hiring practices, internship opportunities, etc.) were shared. During and post COVID-19, and catapulted by the racial violences in North America, a racial awakening in libraries occurred and many libraries began to prioritize anti-oppression and anti-racism efforts. Solidarity statements were shared, resource lists were created, read, and discussed, and new EDI related programs and positions created to lead EDI work on campuses. However, existing EDI epistemologies, values and practices are still rooted in and prefer to launch from Eurocentric paradigms. In this session, researchers shared details of their work (methodology, data collection and analysis, and preliminary findings). Researchers used appreciative inquiry in their data analysis and provided some examples of data in the presentation. Early findings show that libraries must resist the urge to establish EDI efforts through Eurocentric paradigms.
dc.description.sponsorshipThe Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL)
dc.description.versionNon-Peer Reviewed
dc.identifier.citationTellis,C., Kumaran, M., Ho, V. (2017). Challenging Eurocentrism: Applying critical theory and anti-oppression frameworks to EDI work in libraries. ARL IDEAL conference
dc.identifier.otherhttps://tspace.library.utoronto.ca/handle/1807/139252
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10388/15867
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherAssociation of Research Libraries IDEAL Conference
dc.relation.ispartofIDEAL conference, 2024
dc.rightsCC0 1.0 Universalen
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
dc.subjecteurocentrism; anti-oppression; academic libraries; equity; diversity; inclusion; appreciative inquiry; critical race theory; BIPOC; marginalized librarians
dc.titleChallenging Eurocentrism
dc.title.alternativeApplying critical theory and anti-oppression frameworks to EDI work in libraries
dc.typeConference Presentation

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