Inte rörigt men rörligt : folkbiblioteket och kampen för erkännande
(2020) ABMM54 20201Division of ALM and Digital Cultures
- Abstract
- Using the respective theories of recognition and social justice by Axel Honneth and Nancy Fraser, this master thesis explores how public librarians understand the concept of social justice and how this concept relates to their daily work. It also examines to what extent the recognition theory can serve as an analytical tool in order to understand the social function of the public library. The study is conducted through a qualitative research method and our empirical material consists of interviews with eight public librarians working at eight different public libraries in Skane. Our study shows that the library’s societal and democratic mission should take its starting point in the concrete experiences of people’s daily lives. This... (More)
- Using the respective theories of recognition and social justice by Axel Honneth and Nancy Fraser, this master thesis explores how public librarians understand the concept of social justice and how this concept relates to their daily work. It also examines to what extent the recognition theory can serve as an analytical tool in order to understand the social function of the public library. The study is conducted through a qualitative research method and our empirical material consists of interviews with eight public librarians working at eight different public libraries in Skane. Our study shows that the library’s societal and democratic mission should take its starting point in the concrete experiences of people’s daily lives. This requires responsive, empathetic, self-reflexive, and active libraians with a good understanding of how their own professional role relates to the democratic mission of the library. Altogether, our study shows that the mechanisms of recognition are constantly present in the librarian’s daily work, which means that recognition is a concept that they need to take into account to ensure the library’s relevance to the surrounding community and the people in it. Accordingly, this study shows that recognition theory is highly relevant within the LIS-field. (Less)
- Popular Abstract
- Using the respective theories of recognition and social justice by Axel Honneth and Nancy Fraser, this master thesis explores how public librarians understand the concept of social justice and how this concept relates to their daily work. It also examines to what extent the recognition theory can serve as an analytical tool in order to understand the social function of the public library. The study is conducted through a qualitative research method and our empirical material consists of interviews with eight public librarians working at eight different public libraries in Skane. Our study shows that the library’s societal and democratic mission should take its starting point in the concrete experiences of people’s daily lives. This... (More)
- Using the respective theories of recognition and social justice by Axel Honneth and Nancy Fraser, this master thesis explores how public librarians understand the concept of social justice and how this concept relates to their daily work. It also examines to what extent the recognition theory can serve as an analytical tool in order to understand the social function of the public library. The study is conducted through a qualitative research method and our empirical material consists of interviews with eight public librarians working at eight different public libraries in Skane. Our study shows that the library’s societal and democratic mission should take its starting point in the concrete experiences of people’s daily lives. This requires responsive, empathetic, self-reflexive, and active libraians with a good understanding of how their own professional role relates to the democratic mission of the library. Altogether, our study shows that the mechanisms of recognition are constantly present in the librarian’s daily work, which means that recognition is a concept that they need to take into account to ensure the library’s relevance to the surrounding community and the people in it. Accordingly, this study shows that recognition theory is highly relevant within the LIS-field. (Less)
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- author
- Grundel, Andreas LU and Fritz, Jesper
- supervisor
- organization
- alternative title
- Not Messy but Dynamic : The Public Library and the Struggle for Recognition
- course
- ABMM54 20201
- year
- 2020
- type
- H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
- subject
- keywords
- Public Libraries, Library and Information Studies, Recognition, Social Justice, Democracy, Critical Theory, Axel Honneth, Nancy Fraser, Qualitative Research, Sweden, Folkbibliotek, Biblioteks- och informationsvetenskap, Skåne
- language
- Swedish
- id
- 9014011
- date added to LUP
- 2023-05-16 13:45:53
- date last changed
- 2023-05-16 13:45:53
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abstract = {{Using the respective theories of recognition and social justice by Axel Honneth and Nancy Fraser, this master thesis explores how public librarians understand the concept of social justice and how this concept relates to their daily work. It also examines to what extent the recognition theory can serve as an analytical tool in order to understand the social function of the public library. The study is conducted through a qualitative research method and our empirical material consists of interviews with eight public librarians working at eight different public libraries in Skane. Our study shows that the library’s societal and democratic mission should take its starting point in the concrete experiences of people’s daily lives. This requires responsive, empathetic, self-reflexive, and active libraians with a good understanding of how their own professional role relates to the democratic mission of the library. Altogether, our study shows that the mechanisms of recognition are constantly present in the librarian’s daily work, which means that recognition is a concept that they need to take into account to ensure the library’s relevance to the surrounding community and the people in it. Accordingly, this study shows that recognition theory is highly relevant within the LIS-field.}},
author = {{Grundel, Andreas and Fritz, Jesper}},
language = {{swe}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{Inte rörigt men rörligt : folkbiblioteket och kampen för erkännande}},
year = {{2020}},
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