Document Type
Poster
Department
University Libraries
Publication Date
Fall 9-14-2018
Abstract
Problem: Racially, historically, and socially grounded privilege and status is hidden in the computer code that governs access to information and the research process.
Solution: Information Literacy Instruction can equalize these invisible power constructs by developing a curriculum that grows awareness of the socio-cultural phenomenon of computer code
WMU ScholarWorks Citation
Langan, Kate, "The Hidden Code of Bias and Power in the Infosphere: Moving towards trans(formative) information literacies" (2018). Academic Leadership Academy. 90.
https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/acad_leadership/90
Comments
Presented at the 2018 Fall Convocation, Western Michigan University