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‘Where life is precious’: Towards reproductive justice in information work

Fishkin, Emily Frances

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Title
‘Where life is precious’: Towards reproductive justice in information work
Author(s)
Fishkin, Emily Frances
Issue Date
2022-12-06
Director of Research (if dissertation) or Advisor (if thesis)
  • Magee, Rachel M
  • Chamberlain, Katie K
Department of Study
Information Sciences
Discipline
Library & Information Science
Degree Granting Institution
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Degree Name
M.S.
Degree Level
Thesis
Keyword(s)
  • Reproductive Justice
  • Information Work
  • Privacy
  • Surveillance
Abstract
In the light of the ruling on Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization overturning Roe v. Wade, I argue information work needs to take a proactive stance to align with Reproductive Justice as a human rights framework for our work, education, and research. To examine existing engagement with this framework, which originated in 1994, I pursued a structured literature review of the term in influential library and information science (LIS) journals by both Scopus CiteScore and Google Scholar h5 median and index. Results show a distinct lack of explicit interaction with this framework within library and information sciences literature for students and practitioners. Additionally, I will illustrate how urgent this framework is to information work as reproductive injustices emerge on new digital stages using a case study of privacy and surveillance in Illinois.
Graduation Semester
2022-12
Type of Resource
Thesis
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Copyright 2022 Emily Frances Fishkin

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