Coonan_2017.docx (26.63 kB)
Towards a constructive unbalancing: the reflexive turn in information literacy
chapter
posted on 2023-08-30, 15:42 authored by Emma M. CoonanThe last two decades have seen a shift in the most fundamental issues of our concern. This transformation can be traced in the thought patterns, concepts and metaphors through which we see our practice as teaching or instruction librarians, and which in turn structure it. Above all, it manifests in a relinquishment, however reluctant, of a monolithic or absolutist vision of information literacy as a singular, constant and stably definable state, in favour of a relational and embodied phenomenon in which the individual’s unique context and connections are of paramount importance. This white paper highlights both the multiplicity of those contexts and the global interconnections between our divergent experiences.
History
Refereed
- Yes
Page range
13-16Publisher
Association of College and Research LibrariesPlace of publication
Chicago, ILTitle of book
Global Perspectives on Information Literacy: Fostering a Dialogue for International UnderstandingISBN
978-0-8389-8964-7File version
- Accepted version
Language
- eng
Legacy posted date
2018-10-18Legacy creation date
2018-10-17Legacy Faculty/School/Department
Support ServicesNote
Invited foreword to an edited work.Usage metrics
Categories
No categories selectedLicence
Exports
RefWorks
BibTeX
Ref. manager
Endnote
DataCite
NLM
DC