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- Title
Advancing an Indigenous Ecology within LIS Education.
- Authors
ROY, LORIENE
- Abstract
This article explores whether library and information science (LIS) education can incorporate an ethical learning environment based on indigenous worldview. Such a space is an indigenous ecology where relationships between people can be forged based on traditional knowledges. Connections between the indigenous ecology, information ethics, and social justice theory are drawn as a prelude to considering indigenous worldview. The protocols or behaviors and values within the ecological system are described. Indigenous perspectives on research methods are introduced, providing a background for considering approaches to study within the indigenous ecology. Finally, several case-specific examples are offered that illustrate features of the indigenous ecology. These features are mapped according to the concept of the medicine wheel/circle, acknowledging that various strengths and challenges are associated with the cardinal directions. The indigenous ecology provides a means for respecting diversity while reinterpreting strongly held professional values, such as those related to access to information.
- Subjects
TRADITIONAL ecological knowledge; INFORMATION science education; LIBRARY education; SOCIAL justice; MEDICINE wheels
- Publication
Library Trends, 2015, Vol 64, Issue 2, p384
- ISSN
0024-2594
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1353/lib.2015.0045