Charles Taylor–Questions for LIS

I’ve come up with some questions inspired by Charles Taylor:
What are the inter-subjective meanings embedded in library practices and institutions, e.g. public libraries, research libraries, LoC, authority controlled vocabularies, standards, acquisitions, policies, etc?   
How are these meanings expressed, e.g. bias, equity of access, readership, marketing, etc?
 
What self-definitions are reflected in practices, and how did they [...]

“Common meanings are the basis of community”

I’m still working through articles by Charles Taylor, so for now I’m mostly going to post my notes. Hopefully, a few breakthroughs will strike along the way. Mainly, what I’m getting from
Taylor is that we should use a hermeneutical approach to understand the human sciences, that common meaning is essential for understanding, and that self-definitions [...]

Michael K

I just finished reading The Life and Times of Michael K, by J.M. Coetzee, and I’m hoping to find a way to incorporate themes of representation, interpretation, voice, race, and resistance in Michael K, Foe, and Disgrace to the study of classification in LIS. Too lofty or just to out there for the library world? [...]