University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

The public library as counterspace for African Americans

Velez, LaTesha

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Title
The public library as counterspace for African Americans
Author(s)
Velez, LaTesha
Issue Date
2024-03-20
Keyword(s)
  • Libraries
  • Counterspaces
  • Marginalized Identities
Abstract
Counterspaces are locations where oppressive ideologies, such as racism, ableism, and transphobia, can be actively challenged. In the United States, freedom of speech and expression is being whittled away by prohibitions on discussing racially conscious theories like critical race theory. With the curtailing of spaces where open dialogue can occur, libraries are poised to serve important roles as counterspaces for marginalized people. This paper is a critical literature review discussing the counterspace framework and analyzing an existing research paper about an African American Mother-Daughter reading group to show an example of a counterspace that may be replicable in other public libraries.
Publisher
iSchools
Series/Report Name or Number
iConference 2024 Proceedings
Type of Resource
Other
Genre of Resource
Conference Poster
Language
eng
Handle URL
https://hdl.handle.net/2142/122805
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Copyright 2024 is held by LaTesha Velez. Copyright permissions, when appropriate, must be obtained directly from the authors.

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