{"id":5703,"date":"2017-08-09T13:57:47","date_gmt":"2017-08-09T17:57:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.lib.purdue.edu\/news\/?p=5703"},"modified":"2017-08-10T17:49:38","modified_gmt":"2017-08-10T21:49:38","slug":"xenophilia-information-literacy-talk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.lib.purdue.edu\/news\/2017\/08\/09\/xenophilia-information-literacy-talk\/","title":{"rendered":"Purdue Libraries to Host \u201cXenophilia: How the Love of Difference Is Essential for Information Literacy\u201d Lecture Aug. 29 in PMU"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Andrew Whitworth<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Later this month, the Purdue Libraries Seminar Committee will present \u201cXenophilia: How the Love of Difference Is Essential for Information Literacy,\u201d a lecture delivered by Andrew Whitworth, director of teaching and learning strategy, Manchester Institute of Education<\/a>, University of Manchester, U.K.<\/p>\n

Whitworth\u2019s talk, which is set from 10-11:30 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 29 in the Purdue Memorial Union\u2019s West Faculty Lounge, will focus on the notion of \u201cxenophilia\u201d and how it can support information literacy practices. Online registration is available at https:\/\/purdue.qualtrics.com\/jfe\/form\/SV_1MTFxeCG7hEppVb<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe should see information literacy as a set of practices that emerge as practitioners in various settings learn to navigate \u2018information landscapes.\u2019 As with real landscapes, while these may come in particular types, each is essentially unique; thus, information literacy\u2014the ability to make critical judgments about the relevance of informational resources\u2014is a set of context-specific practices,\u201d Whitworth explained.<\/p>\n

According to Whitworth, although this view compels attention to the role of brokers and boundary zones that allow dialogue between different contexts, in these zones, different practices are negotiated and shared visions can potentially emerge.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat is required to make best use of these zones is not an information literacy focused on searching strategies, but on an openness to difference and variation\u2014thus \u2018xenophilia\u2019: the love of difference,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Whitworth\u2019s presentation will expand on the notion of xenophilia\u2014not only how it can be defined as a moral and ethical principle, but also as a pedagogy and a feature that can be designed into information systems.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn a world where political currents took notable shifts toward insularity in 2016, it may be one basis for practical strategies of resistance to these trends,\u201d Whitworth said.<\/p>\n

Whitworth, whose scholarship focuses on critical theory and education, information practice and information literacy, mapping of information landscapes, and workplace and community learning, is the author of two books on digital and information literacy, \u201cInformation Obesity\u201d (2009) and \u201cRadical Information Literacy\u201d (2014). He is also a co-author of the 2012 \u201cMoscow Declaration on Media and Information Literacy.\u201d<\/p>\n

For more information, contact Clarence Maybee, associate professor and information literacy specialist, at (765) 494-7603 or via email at cmaybee@purdue.edu.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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