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Case Studies in Critical Pedagogy
The METRO Reference & Instruction Special Interest Group
Monday November 16, 2020
Introduction and Case Study Presentations - 12:30pm-1:30pm
Optional Follow-up Discussion of Concepts and Ideas - 1:30pm-2:00pm
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Whether critical pedagogy has been the focus of your reference/instruction
practice and scholarship for years or you are wholly new to the subject, we
invite you to join us as we begin the ongoing discussion within the METRO
Reference & Instruction SIG community.
We will start by thinking together about how critical pedagogy practices
may function in a remote environment, so often structured by corporate
educational technologies and taking place at a time when the fault lines of
inequality, access, and vulnerability are so pronounced. We invite you to
consider how we can integrate critical considerations of these
circumstances within our approaches to remote teaching practice. How are
some of us engaging the complexities of the time while still supporting
ourselves, faculty, students, patrons, and the public?
Critical Pedagogy and Libraries: A Primer
Eamon Tewell
Head of Research Support and Outreach for Columbia University's Science,
Engineering, & Social Science Libraries
What is critical pedagogy in libraries? How have librarians used this
approach to address injustices in libraries and information systems, and
how do our current situations complicate and create new possibilities for
its practice? This presentation will introduce the essentials of critical
pedagogy, consider how librarians have applied this theory and practice to
instruction, and reflect on what critical library instruction means in our
time of remote learning and intensified inequalities.
Case Study Presentations:
What Even Is The Internet?: A Pilot Program in Critical Digital Literacy
Julie Jones
Performing Arts Librarian, Cornish College of the Arts
The Cornish College of the Arts Library created a pilot program for first
year students on the topic of critical digital literacy. This program
consisted of two "one-shot" sessions within the first year seminar covering
topics such as algorithmic and data literacy, the materiality of Internet
infrastructure, and mindfulness in the attention economy. These sessions
gave space for students to interrogate the digital status quo and reimagine
a more just digital future. All sessions were administered synchronously
and remote.
The Atlanta Compromise Game
Iris Finkel
Assistant Professor, Web and Digital Initiatives Librarian, Hunter College
The Atlanta Compromise Game is being played in a one credit semester long
Library Information Research class at Hunter College. Students are playing
an online version of a game with the same subject that follows the Reacting
to the Past pedagogy. The online version, on CUNY Academic Commons, uses
the Ivanhoe theme developed by scholars at University of Virginia. The
backdrop for the game is based on two momentous events around which moves
are made: Booker T. Washington gives his speech at the Cotton States and
International Exposition, and eight months later, after the Plessy v
Ferguson ruling.
Critical Information Literacy in Reference: Virtual Reference with Critical
Instruction
Debbie Krahmer
Associate Professor, Accessible Technology & Government Documents
Librarian, Colgate University
The move to online classes during the pandemic has underlined the
importance of critical information literacy, particularly around how
information is produced, organized, and made available to researchers.
Debbie will give an overview on incorporating aspects of critical
information literacy into every interaction with students, including
discussions on publishing, indexing, and bias in subject headings. D
combines years of reference experience with intergroup dialogue training to
facilitate an appropriate discussion during reference interviews.
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This event is part of a series leading up to A Working Symposium: Critical
Practices in Reference and Instruction in the Remote Environment, which
will take place virtually in May of 2021. This event is being produced as a
collaboration between the METRO Reference & Instruction SIG, the Library
and Information Literacy Committee of CUNY (LILAC), and ACRL/NY’s
Information Literacy/Instruction Discussion Group.
For more information, please contact any of us at the email addresses
listed below.
Co-conveners of the METRO Reference & Instruction SIG:
Kate Adler (Metropolitan College of New York) - kadler_at_mcny.edu
Linda Miles (Hostos Community College, CUNY) - lmiles.librarian_at_gmail.com
Shawn(ta) Smith-Cruz (New York University) - shawnta.smith-cruz_at_nyu.edu
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Linda Miles
MLS, MA, PhD
lmiles.librarian_at_gmail.com
917-902-6963
http://lindamiles.wordpress.com/
http://www.linkedin.com/in/lindamilesnyc
@lmiles
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