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- Hansson, Joacim, 1966-
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Recognising the other through promotion of reading, collection development and communal collaboration : rural public libraries in the far-north of Sweden and their relation to the indigenous Sámi population
- 2019
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Ingår i: Information research. - Ljubljana : Högskolan i Borås. - 1368-1613. ; 24:4, s. 69-69
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Introduction. This study reports findings from a study on the relation between rural public libraries and the Sámi population in northern Sweden, placed in the context of minority priorities required by the Swedish Library Act.Method. Four full day workshop focus-group interviews were made with public librarians from 33 rural municipalities in northern Sweden, and follow-up interviews were conducted with representatives of the Sámi library sector.Analysis. Qualitative analysis was carried out inspired by the concept of institutional ethnography. Capturing the relation between individual experiences and institutional structures, results are related to the concept of recognition as a moral basis for legitimate indigenous struggle.Results. Results indicate that rural public libraries have difficulties meeting the requirements of the Library Act. Reasons are lack of general resources, lack of knowledge in indigenous librarianship and limited production of literature in the Sámi language varieties spoken in Sweden.Conclusions. Further development of Sámi designated administrative areas and increased production of literature in Sámi language varieties stand out as the two most important factors in making daily work in public libraries able to reach the requirements of the Library Act in terms of recognition of the informational and cultural needs of the Sámi people.
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- Olsson, Michael, et al.
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Embodiment, Information Practices and Documentation : a study of Mid-Life Martial Artists
- 2019
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Ingår i: CoLIS 10, Conceptions of Library and Information Science, 10th international conference. - Ljubljana : Ljubljana University Press, Faculty of Arts. - 9789610602194 ; , s. 52-52
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- This study explores the concepts of embodied documentation and embodied information practices in the context of a study of martial artists in mid-life and beyond (aged 50+). The focus of this paper will be the practices through which they develop, maintain and share the embodied knowledge needed to pursue their martial arts. Combining auto-ethnography with qualitative interviews and ethnographic fieldwork, the study explores how participants meet the challenges of engaging in highly skilled embodied martial arts practices and how/whether these practices change as the practitioner enters mid-life. It will consider the possibility that, in a martial arts context, the most authoritative ‘document’ may be the bodies of the martial arts practitioners themselves in the moment of practice.The study is in part auto-ethnographic, as both authors are themselves practicing martial artists (Olsson: Haidong Gumdo, Hansson: Yang Tai Chi). In addition, the study used semi-structured qualitative interviews with other mid-life martial artists and ethnographic fieldwork at martial arts clubs and training sessions, in some of which the researchers were active participants. Participants practiced a range of martial arts including Haidong Gumdo, taekwondo, fencing, karate, and various forms of tai chi, with several participants practicing two or more arts simultaneously.The study’s findings show that the participants’ information practices are strongly social in nature, with participants working with a community of peers (training partners and coaches) to develop, maintain and share their martial expertise. Participants in the study consistently described their information practices as an on-going journey: particular goals may be achieved (a new technique, a higher dan) but these are always described as being waystations rather than endpoints. This takes on another layer for mid-life martial artists: participants talked about the need to re-learn and adapt already familiar techniques in order to adapt to their changing physical capabilities.All participants were in agreement that the best – and many argued only effective – way of learning in martial arts was through working with other martial artists who had already mastered the technique and gaining feedback from them as one put it into practice.For all participants, the body was the ultimate arbiter of truth. All participants constantly referred to their embodied practice when assessing their level of competence:You can feel when you’re doing it right – it just flows. It always feels awkward and wrong at first. (D’Artagnan)
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