scholarly journals The moral arc of the library: what are our duties and limitations after 45?

2020 ◽  
Vol 48 (2) ◽  
pp. 219-225
Author(s):  
Kelsey Cheshire ◽  
Jennifer Stout
Keyword(s):  
Design Methodology ◽  
White Privilege ◽  
White Supremacy ◽  
Code Of Ethics ◽  
Past Century ◽  
Political Climate ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Critical Thought ◽  
The Past ◽  
History Of

Purpose This study aims to explore the question of whether or not librarians can ethically remain politically neutral in the wake of the 45th administration. The authors take a critical look at the American Library Association’s Code of Ethics, as well as the concept of vocational awe, and recommend challenging the “sacredness” of neutrality as a core tenet of the profession. Additionally, the authors describe the history of white privilege within libraries and argue that it is time to actively fight white supremacy and disavow the profession’s history of replicating racist social structures. Design/methodology/approach This study is a researched think piece designed to encourage critical thought about long-held idealistic beliefs in the profession. Findings This study suggests that despite the profession’s history of outwardly valuing “neutrality,” libraries are not and have never been neutral. Libraries have chosen, time and again, to value white privilege and a white frame of reference to the detriment of librarians and patrons of color. Because many librarians also see the profession as upholding “sacred” ideals like neutrality, we fall into the trap of being unable to criticize our own profession and practices and, therefore, are unable to make much needed changes. Research limitations/implications This study is based on the opinions of the authors and on the opinions of authors they have cited. It contains no original quantitative or qualitative research. Originality/value This study challenges the long-held assumptions that the profession has taken for granted over the past century. The authors argue that it is good and necessary to question the Code of Ethics, vocational awe and neutrality with the goal of improving the profession in light of the current cultural and political climate.

Haunted by the past: transformations and daily challenges of China's prosthetics

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 115-124
Author(s):  
Chunchun Wang
Keyword(s):  
Design Methodology ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Institutional Pressures ◽  
Rehabilitation Center ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Past ◽  
Daily Experiences ◽  
History Of ◽  
Depth Interviews

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to examine the transformations of prosthetic practices in China, as well as the daily experiences and dilemmas arising from the everchanging practices since 1949. On the basis of materials, this paper explores an everyday perspective to review the history of technology.Design/methodology/approachEthnography was collected with the application of participant observations, informal interviews and in-depth interviews during a 13-months study at a rehabilitation center in Chengdu, China. The literature on prosthetic manufacturing was also reviewed for this paper.FindingsChina's prosthetic technology seems to evolve from traditional to modern. However, this progressive narrative – innovation-based timeline (Edgerton, 2006, xi) – has been challenged by daily practices. Due to institutional pressures, prosthetists are in a dilemma of selectively using their knowledge to create one kind of device for all prosthesis users with a certain kind of disability, thereby regulating the physical and social experiences of prosthesis users. Besides, prosthesis users are accustomed to prostheses made with old techniques, and must correct themselves from old experiences to the daily practices recognized by the selected techniques.Originality/valueThis paper provides a cross-cultural case to reexamine Edgerton's criticism of the progressive and orderly innovation-centric technological narrative. More importantly, it reviews the history and practices of China's prosthetics from daily experiences rather than Edgerton's concentration on technology; therefore, it provides an everyday perspective for future research on technological transformations.

A characterization of philosophical knowledge in ‘Chinese modernity’: philosophical studies in Chinese Universities and the Academy of Social Sciences

2003 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 171-181 ◽  
Author(s):  
WAN JUNREN
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Political Theory ◽  
Past Century ◽  
Political Climate ◽  
Western Tradition ◽  
Chinese Modernity ◽  
The Past ◽  
Peking University ◽  
History Of

The present state of the study of philosophy in China cannot be understood if the introduction of Western philosophy, including Marxism, in the early decades of the 20th century is ignored. During the first half of the past century, philosophy flourished at Peking University with a heavy emphasis on social and political theory, as well as at Tsinghua University, which focused more on professionalization of the discipline, logic, epistemology and the history of philosophy. From 1957 to 1979, philosophical studies suffered severely under an increasingly unfavourable political climate. It is only recently that departments of philosophy have been reconstructed, not only in Beijing but also in all major universities. Like their colleagues in other disciplines, many philosophers are nowadays struggling with the dichotomy between the old and the new, the Chinese and the Western tradition, and resisting an uncritical absorption of Western ideas. Finally, some observations are made on the lectures that Jürgen Habermas gave in China in 2001.

From “Calling in Black” to “Calling for Antiracism Resources”: the need for systemic resources to address systemic racism

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Courtney L. McCluney ◽  
Danielle D. King ◽  
Courtney M. Bryant ◽  
Abdifatah A. Ali
Keyword(s):  
Design Methodology ◽  
White Supremacy ◽  
Organizational Structures ◽  
Systemic Racism ◽  
Organizational Research ◽  
Content Type ◽  
History Of ◽  
Standards And Guidelines ◽  
Practical Implications

PurposeThe purpose of this essay is to highlight the urgent need for antiracism resource generation in organizations today.Design/methodology/approachThis essay weaves together popular press articles, academic writings and the authors' lived experiences to summarize, clarify and extend the work needed inside of organizations and academia to dismantle systemic racism.FindingsWe define antiracist resources as personal and material assets that counteract systemic racism through informing and equipping antiracist actions, and identify three resources—adopting a long-term view for learning the history of racism, embracing discomfort to acknowledge racist mistakes and systematically assess how organizational structures maintain white supremacy—for organizations to address systemic racism.Research limitations/implicationsWhile there is a critical need for more antiracism research, there are standards and guidelines that should be followed to conduct that research responsibly with antiracism enacted in research design, methodology decisions and publication practices.Practical implicationsThe authors call for organizations to directly counter-racism via antiracism resources and offer examples for how these resources can inform and equip companies to create equitable workplaces.Originality/valueThis essay offers: (a) an updated, timely perspective on effective responses to systemic racism (e.g. police brutality and COVID-19), (b) a detailed discussion of antiracism resources and (c) specific implications for antiracism work in organizational research.

Tall order for the NBA in China

2018 ◽  
Vol 34 (2) ◽  
pp. 30-32
Keyword(s):  
Design Methodology ◽  
Reading Time ◽  
Past Century ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Pertinent Information ◽  
Yao Ming ◽  
Tough Question ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose This paper aims to review the latest management developments across the globe and pinpoints practical implications from cutting-edge research and case studies. Design/methodology/approach This briefing is prepared by an independent writer who adds their own impartial comments and places the articles in context. Findings Who has been the biggest sports star to emerge from China in the past century? For many countries, this would be a tough question, given the sheer variety of sports played and number of talents to grace the international stage. From Australia? Rod Laver, Don Bradman and David Campese would all be in with a shout. For France? Zinedine Zidane or Michel Platine were both huge. For the USA? Well, where do you start – Michael Jordan, Joe Montana or Babe Ruth were all massive stars for its three major sports. From China? Well that is actually a straightforward one – Yao Ming was a huge international sports star (in more ways than one). And what all these people had in common was that they were hugely marketable assets for their sponsors. Originality/value The briefing saves busy executives and researchers hours of reading time by selecting only the very best, most pertinent information and presenting it in a condensed and easy-to-digest format. 10;

Toward belonging and mutual hospitality: decentering whiteness in the “new normal”

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Africa Hands
Keyword(s):  
Professional Practice ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
White Privilege ◽  
White Supremacy ◽  
Public Libraries ◽  
Community Members ◽  
White Supremacist ◽  
Institutional Practices ◽  
New Normal ◽  
Content Type

PurposeThe postquarantine reopening of public libraries presents an opportunity for resetting the way libraries welcome patrons. Unfortunately, vestiges of inhospitable, white supremacist practices experienced in public libraries may accompany the “return to normal.” In addition to emphasizing policies and practices that are unwelcoming to patrons and staff from historically marginalized backgrounds, this article presents actions to be employed in an effort to transition the library to a place of belonging and hospitality for marginalized staff and community members.Design/methodology/approachThis paper draws on a synthesis of the literature on hospitality in libraries and antiracism as well as the author's experience from professional practice to critique the host-and-guest concept of hospitality, which results in us versus them actions that uphold racism, white supremacy and white privilege.FindingsBarriers and institutional practices that negatively impact patrons and library workers are illuminated. Recommendations for creating an antiracist “new normal” in public libraries are proposed.Originality/valueIn addition to contributing to the literature on hospitality in libraries, this paper expands the capacity and knowledge base of library staff to call attention to and dismantle barriers and uninviting practices in their own libraries. The paper further advances mutual hospitality as a supplement to antiracism principles as libraries work to eradicate white supremacy.

Congo’s new cabinet marks shallow break from the past

2019 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
The Political ◽  
Coalition Government ◽  
Political Climate ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Past ◽  
School Year ◽  
Parallel Structures ◽  
History Of

Significance The delay was a result of long and very complicated negotiations, firstly between Tshisekedi and former President Joseph Kabila, who had agreed to form a coalition government, but also within the two camps, which both suffer from serious problems of internal cohesion. Impacts Congo has a history of parallel structures subverting weak governments; a cabinet with so many junior members may struggle to impose itself. Tshisekedi promised free education in 2019; with the school year about to start, breaking this promise could quickly cost him much goodwill. The exclusion of so many ambitious figures may sow resentments in those with real capacity to undercut policy or sour the political climate.

Anticipating the end: exploring future-oriented sensemaking of change through metaphors

2020 ◽  
Vol 33 (7) ◽  
pp. 1401-1415
Author(s):  
Signe Bruskin ◽  
Elisabeth Naima Mikkelsen
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Study ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Organizational Context ◽  
Middle Managers ◽  
Financial Sector ◽  
It Professionals ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Past ◽  
It Department ◽  
History Of

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to explore whether there is a link between retrospective and prospective sensemaking by analyzing metaphors of past and potential future changes.Design/methodology/approachThe article draws on interview data from employees, team managers and middle managers at an IT department of a Nordic bank.FindingsThe study found that organizational members' sensemaking of changes in the past were characterized by trivializing metaphors. In contrast, future-oriented sensemaking of potential changes were characterized by emotionally charged metaphors of uncertainty, war and the End, indicating that the organizational members anticipating a gloomier future.Research limitations/implicationsThese findings might be limited to the organizational context of an IT department of a bank with IT professionals having an urge for control and sharing a history of a financial sector changing dramatically the last decade.Originality/valueThis article contributes to the emerging field of future-oriented sensemaking by showing what characterize past and future-oriented sensemaking of changes at a bank. Further, the paper contributes with an empirical study unpacking how organizational members anticipate an undesired future which might not be grounded in retrospective sensemaking.

scholarly journals Management and its history: the worthy endeavour of the scribe

2006 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 5-11 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Lamond
Keyword(s):  
Design Methodology ◽  
Empirical Work ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Past ◽  
Management History ◽  
It Managers ◽  
History Of

PurposeThis paper introduces the Journal of Management History, relaunched as a stand‐alone journal and explores its raison d'être.Design/methodology/approachThe articles that constitute this first issue of the relaunched journal form the launching pad for this discussion, with these ideas and those from previous research used to comment on the theme of “the worthy endeavour of the scribe”.FindingsIn The Life of Reason, Santayana said “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it”. Managers looking for the “next big thing”, without being able to effectively incorporate it into their experience, and the experience of those who are long gone, are condemned to repeat not just only the past but also the mistakes of the past. Accordingly, it is also critical for management scholars to both recognise and take advantage of earlier thinking and empirical work to inform their contemporary musings and research if they are to provide meaningful frameworks for practitioners.Originality/valueDrawing on the themes presented in the articles of this issue, the paper demonstrates the value of knowing accurately the history of management thought to scholars and practitioners alike.

scholarly journals The Chinese hospitality industry: a perspective article

2019 ◽  
Vol 75 (1) ◽  
pp. 117-121
Author(s):  
Yu Qin ◽  
Huimin Gu ◽  
Bin Li ◽  
Daisy Fan
Keyword(s):  
Design Methodology ◽  
Hospitality Industry ◽  
Hotel Industry ◽  
Present Situation ◽  
Future Trends ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Past ◽  
History Of ◽  
Three Stages ◽  
Contemporary Chinese

Purpose This paper aims to illustrate the logics that have shifted in the Chinese hotel industry since 1949 and discuss its implications for advance a better understanding of how and why the Chinese hotel industry has evolved into its present situation. The logic evolution and future trends in this market were also discussed. Design/methodology/approach As this research is aimed at answering the “how” and “why” aspects in the evolution of Chinese hotel industry, qualitative approach is applied to answer the questions. Findings This paper divided the history of contemporary Chinese hotel industry into three stages: 1949-1977, 1978-2001 and 2002 to the present. Hotel business in each period was dominated by state logic, profession logic and market/corporation logic, respectively. Originality/value The authors applied institutional logics perspective to explore how and why China hotel industry evolved in the past 70 years.

Histories of teachers in Australia and New Zealand from the 1970s to the present

2019 ◽  
Vol 48 (2) ◽  
pp. 242-258
Author(s):  
Kay Whitehead
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Women Educators ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
History Of Education ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Domestic Spaces ◽  
The Past ◽  
Theoretical Perspectives ◽  
History Of ◽  
Education Review

Purpose Commencing with publications in the 1970s, the purpose of this paper is to review the historical writing about Australian and New Zealand teachers over the past 50 years. Design/methodology/approach The paper incorporates men and women who led and taught in domestic spaces, per-school, primary, secondary and higher education. It is structured around publications in the ANZHES Journal and History of Education Review, and includes research published in other forums as appropriate. The literature review is selective rather than comprehensive. Findings Since the 1980s, the history of New Zealand and Australian teachers has mostly focussed on women educators in an increasing array of contexts, and incorporated various theoretical perspectives over time. Originality/value The paper highlights key themes and identifies potential directions for research into Australian and New Zealand teachers.

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