121st chat, Tuesday November 19 2019: distressing materials in libraries
6 pm Pacific / 7 pm Mountain / 8 pm Central / 9 pm Eastern

moderated by @lizdecoster and @LenaGluck
Wakelet (compilation of tweets) (pdf) by @violetbfox

suggested resources:

• Greenaway, Jon. “Let the Traumatic Image Haunt Us”. JStor Daily, September 19, 2015
• Johnson, Myles E. White ‘Allies’ And The American Tradition Of Consuming Black Grief. Medium.com, August 16, 2016

discussion questions:

• Q1. What is the role of library records, especially archival descriptions, in documenting atrocity in relation to intergenerational trauma(s)? #critlib
• Q2. Have members of your community ever expressed concern to you about upsetting visuals? Either displayed in the library or turned up in library books or databases? How have you responded? #critlib
• Q3. How have you incorporated content warnings with your community to contextualize images that could be dehumanizing or distressing? What has gone well, or what might you try differently next time? #critlib
• Q4. How does PTSD and other trauma-related disability impact the experience of education and work in archives, libraries, and similar institutions? #critlib