What I’ve been up to lately

I’ve been a bad blogger. Sorry about that.

I am now a month into the doc program at UW, and I’m having the time of my life. I particularly love my history of science course: Historiography and Methods. It’s basically a history of the history of science. Perhaps the most significant/practical thing that I’m learning is the role that minority voices play in shaping and reframing a dominant mode of thinking. The shifts and revolutions in science are directly related to cultural shifts and seem to depend on the work of a few in a field. This reinforces my natural inclination to gravitate toward “radical” movements and minority positions. It also inspires me to stick to my guns and pursue critical theory in LIS…something that seems to be something that LIS academics do on the side in their free time. I hope that in my lifetime I see a shift that encourages and welcomes critical theory in LIS.

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