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Revisiting the noti...
Revisiting the notion of the public library as a meeting place : challenges to the mission of promoting democracy in times of political turmoil
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- Carlsson, Hanna (författare)
- Linnaeus University
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- Hanell, Fredrik (författare)
- Linnaeus University
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- Engström, Lisa (författare)
- Lund University,Lunds universitet,Informationspraktiker: Kommunikation, Kultur och Samhälle,Forskargrupper vid Lunds universitet,Avdelningen för ABM, digitala kulturer samt förlags- och bokmarknadskunskap,Institutionen för kulturvetenskaper,Institutioner,Humanistiska och teologiska fakulteterna,LU profilområde: Mänskliga rättigheter,Lunds universitets profilområden,Information Practices: Communication, Culture and Society,Lund University Research Groups,Division of ALM, Digital Cultures and Publishing Studies,Department of Arts and Cultural Sciences,Departments,Joint Faculties of Humanities and Theology,LU Profile Area: Human rights,Lund University Profile areas
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- 2023
- 2023
- Engelska.
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Ingår i: Journal of Documentation. - 0022-0418. ; 79:7, s. 178-195
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Abstract
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- PurposeThis article explores how public librarians understand and perform the democratic mission of public libraries in times of political and social turbulence and critically discusses the idea of public libraries as meeting places.Design/methodology/approachFive group interviews conducted with public librarians in southern Sweden are analyzed using a typology of four perspectives on democracy.FindingsTwo perspectives on democracy are commonly represented: social-liberal democracy, focusing on libraries as promoters of equality and deliberative democracy, focusing on the library as a place for rational deliberation. Two professional dilemmas in particular present challenges to librarians: how to handle undemocratic voices and how to be a library for all.Originality/valueThe analysis points to a need for rethinking the idea of the meeting place and offers a rare example of an empirically based argument for the benefits of plural agonistics for analyzing and strengthening the democratic role of public libraries.
- Purpose: This article explores how public librarians understand and perform the democratic mission of public libraries in times of political and social turbulence, and critically discusses the idea of public libraries as meeting places.Methodology: Five group interviews conducted with public librarians in southern Sweden are analyzed using a typology of four perspectives on democracy.Findings: Two perspectives on democracy are commonly represented: social-liberal democracy, focusing on libraries as promoters of equality, and deliberative democracy, focusing on the library as a place for rational deliberation. Two professional dilemmas in particular present challenges to librarians: how to handle undemocratic voices, and how to be a library for all.Originality: The analysis points to a need for rethinking the idea of the meeting place and offers a rare example of an empirically based argument for the benefits of plural agonistics for analyzing and strengthening the democratic role of public libraries.
Ämnesord
- HUMANIORA -- Annan humaniora -- Kulturstudier (hsv//swe)
- HUMANITIES -- Other Humanities -- Cultural Studies (hsv//eng)
Nyckelord
- Democracy
- Plural agonistics
- Public libraries
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