Assessing fatphobia in public library programming: Is wellness size-inclusive?
Shelton, Amanda; Chabot, Roger; Hill, Heather; Bossaller, Jenny
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Title
Assessing fatphobia in public library programming: Is wellness size-inclusive?
Author(s)
Shelton, Amanda
Chabot, Roger
Hill, Heather
Bossaller, Jenny
Issue Date
2024-10-16
Keyword(s)
public libraries
social justice
community engagement
specific populations
critical librarianship
fatphobia
sizeism
public health
library programming
Abstract
This content analysis of wellness-related library programs and programming materials seeks to discover the perception of larger bodies within library health programming. Fatphobia or sizeism is prevalent in the wellness industry and within healthcare. Libraries are trusted resources for health information. Informed by the fields of fat studies, we approached health programming in libraries by asking if larger people would feel welcome and able to attend. We examined twenty libraries’ programs over the past year as well as library conference programs and programming materials from several websites. There was little evidence of explicit sizeism, but some resources reproduced sizeist stereotypes and language. This presentation takes a fat pedagogy approach to focus on methods for ensuring access to all and expanding current definitions of inclusivity so that people with larger bodies recognize that libraries are welcoming spaces.
Publisher
Association for Library and Information Science Education
Series/Report Name or Number
Proceedings of the ALISE Annual Conference, 2024
Type of Resource
text
Genre of Resource
Conference Paper
Presentation
Language
eng
Handle URL
https://hdl.handle.net/2142/130757
DOI
https://doi.org/10.21900/j.alise.2024.1627
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Copyright 2024 Amanda Shelton, Roger Chabot, Heather Hill, Jenny Bossaller
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).
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