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#critlib 2016-02-01: patience/impatience
Storify of the February 1 2016 #critlib chat on "patience/impatience", moderated by @lisalibrarian, @skeskali, & @AprilHathcock. Discussion questions and suggested readings here: http://critlib.org/patience-impatience/ For more info about #critlib, including past and future chats, see critlib.org.
- Preliminaries
- If you value #critlib ideas but are sometimes impatient w/ twittering, consider participating in next Monday's chat: http://critlib.org/patience-impatience/ …
- Blow the Monday blues away with some #critlib action: talking soon about patience/impatience http://critlib.org/patience-impatience/ … #librarians
- The waiting is killing me! #impatience #critlib https://twitter.com/lisalibrarian/status/692063466169987072 …
- #critlib today at 2ET on Patience/Impatience, moderated by @lisalibrarian, @skeskali, & @AprilHathcock. http://critlib.org/patience-impatience …
- Only 18 more minutes to go before today’s #critlib, moderated by @AprilHathcock, @lisalibrarian and yours truly! http://critlib.org/patience-impatience/ …
- Introductions
- Happy to be facilitating today’s #critlib chat on patience/impatience with @lisalibrarian and @AprilHathcock. How about some intros?
- #critlib Ref/Inst. Librarian at American University. At work, but going to be going in http://goo.gl/dGoZW0 https://twitter.com/KingpinComms/status/694235000435314693 …
- This is Jenna #critlib-bing from the Barnard Library in NYC. Thanks for facilitating, @AprilHathcock @lisalibrarian @skeskali!
- Library adjacent professional at U of IL-Urb catching this at lunchtime! #noodlesonmykeyboards #critlib
- #critlib Late intro, just reading along. I'm LGBT & women's history archivist. Thx for this chat @lisalibrarian, @skeskali, & @AprilHathcock
- Q1. Do you ever get impatient with the social justice work done by you or others? Why or why not?
- A1 #critlib I take a lot of time to think through things, which can make others impatient with me. https://twitter.com/lisalibrarian/status/694235791615090688 …
- @edrabinski thinking. doing. being. tricky triangle sometimes? #critlib
- @edrabinski I hear that. Ppl have different levels of deliberation they are comfortable with. At work and outside of it. #critlib
- Yes! Building community & relationships take a lot of time and can slow the process #critlib https://twitter.com/kellymce/status/694237470733406208 …
- A1: I think a lot about this doc http://www.cwsworkshop.org/PARC_site_B/dr-culture.html …, and try to own my sense of urgency and need for markable progress. #critlib
- read this at Ron's student. very good point #critlib https://twitter.com/edrabinski/status/694238143848042496 …
- @edrabinski Can't recall author, but have seen fascinating argument linking sense of speed to 1800s Book of the Month Club, too. #critlib
- A1/A2. I can't read these questions without Nina Simone playing in my head https://youtu.be/th2qraO0-P4 #critlib
- Q2. When does patience reinforce the status quo?
- A2 When it is what is expected of folks who would benefit the most from change and progress #critlib https://twitter.com/skeskali/status/694237793350991872 …
- A2 working in sj, often hear that too many changes is too much for ppl to handle at once #rollseyesontofloor #critlib
- @EamonTewell This is were patience question happens for me. When is it good to be patient and when is it detrimental? #critlib
- Yeah, *who* is urging patience? #critlib https://twitter.com/EamonTewell/status/694238808276103168 …
- When demands for patience obfuscate, oft combined w hiring new Dean to manage issue, w help of task force. #critlib https://twitter.com/skeskali/status/694237793350991872 …
- @edrabinski New dean/task force can also contribute to admin bloat. My sense is that's bckwrds, not frwrds. #critlib
- @adammizelle Yep. Just more transfer of power from students/faculty to admin. #critlib
- Love this! "Strategic yes, patient no." #critlib https://twitter.com/bannedlibrarian/status/694240445400940544 …
- @bannedlibrarian Yes! This is what I meant by colleagues actually being intersectional. I'm tired of my invisible diversities... #critlib
- @bannedlibrarian ...being outright ignored while I'm attacked for other aspects of my life #critlib
- Q3. Is talk without immediate action justifiable?
- I think so, but I tend to be like @edrabinski in that I think a lot before I act. There must be action, tho #critlib https://twitter.com/AprilHathcock/status/694240221005639680 …
- @EamonTewell that is a very intriguing observation. perhaps patient, *intentionally* practiced, is a source of power for change? #critlib
- @lisalibrarian yes, lots to be said for patience as intentional practice! depends a lot on power differentials, demand vs. choice #critlib
- A3: I love to quote @MidwestAcad manual: Meetings have one purpose - to reach a decision on an action. #critlib https://twitter.com/AprilHathcock/status/694240221005639680 …
- A3 Talking can spark a great deal of interest w/ colleagues, rally support, build ideas; can't stop there. #critlib https://twitter.com/AprilHathcock/status/694240221005639680 …
- A3 Ideally talk and action are necessarily intertwined & inform each other--two sides of the same coin, like praxis #critlib #critlibbingo
- Hi #critlib re: talking about/through action - everyone should know about the Tactic Star http://www.campusactivism.org/server-new/uploads/occupy-tactic-star.pdf …
- A3: great question. I believe it is. Talking can be the best wreaking ball when it's done right #critlib https://twitter.com/ginaschless/status/694241763997806592 …
- Sure. Depends on the nature of the talking, though. #critlib https://twitter.com/clauersen/status/694243123464114177 …
- Sure. Everything kind of does.. #critlib https://twitter.com/aprilhathcock/status/694243630303698944 …
- #critlib Passion != expertise. Vitally important to step back & avoid desire to take over yet another space. https://twitter.com/kellymce/status/694242195570716672 …
- @adammizelle @EamonTewell @lisalibrarian Quaker experience keeps teaching me that seeking unity needs time to listen to all voices. #critlib
- @AcornElectric learned a lot more from listening than talking with #critlib
- @edrabinski That's why I crochet in meetings. It's the only way I can stay focused and engaged without being (too) impatient. #critlib
- Q4. Is there a difference between being impatient with circumstances vs with individual people?
- #critlib MT @lisalibrarian Q4. Is there a difference between being impatient with circumstances vs with individual people?
- Q5. How can we reconcile our sense of urgency with self-care and not burning out?
- A5: in a planet projecting total societal collapse within our lifetimes, we can't reconcile so much as cope #critlib https://twitter.com/skeskali/status/694245022443683841 …
- @PeaBriddy and I refer to eachother as "sponsors" & have periodic check-ins for this very purpose #critlib https://twitter.com/zinelib/status/694245544059891712 …
- A5 A delicate balance; it can be challenging but is much easier when you have a community equally dedicated #critlib https://twitter.com/skeskali/status/694245022443683841 …
- Daily actions & attitudes is part of my activism because it's my life. Point taken though #critlib https://twitter.com/mkpolutta/status/694246901630291968 …
- @ginaschless @AprilHathcock Definitely. I can think of times someone spoke up in class, 10+ years ago...still gives me energy now. #critlib
- Ok @kshockey04 @Fobettarh @melbrarian & other #critlib-bers, this is critical: WHEN DID SPOONS BECOME A THING? Where is it from? #outoftouch
- Spoon theory came out of the chronic health community: http://www.butyoudontlooksick.com/articles/written-by-christine/the-spoon-theory/ … #critlib
- @zinelib @kshockey04 @Fobettarh @melbrarian As with almost everything recent, I saw it first on Tumblr? http://thespoontheory.tumblr.com/post/44757754831/faq … #critlib
- #SpoonTheory answer from multiple critlib-bers including @OpOnions @meganjwatson & @fiiidget: http://www.butyoudontlooksick.com/articles/written-by-christine/the-spoon-theory/ … #critlib #critcultery
- @rowmyboat @zinelib @kshockey04 @Fobettarh @melbrarian y'all are awesome, iPad hates hashtags. #critlib #critcutlery
- @zinelib @OpOnions @meganjwatson @fiiidget ha, don't encourage our #critlib #critcultery, Jenna, it's #critcutlery 😉
- I strongly believe we will all be free. It's not constant forward movement & sure as shit isn't fast though #critlib https://twitter.com/bibliocracy/status/694247965469208576 …
- Maybe also impt to remember that we have to get out of our heads, do the activist work at some point too? #critlib https://twitter.com/MKPolutta/status/694246901630291968 …
- @chiuchiutrain Yes, but in context of self-care (A5), remember that there's only so much BIG work you can do. #critlib
- @chiuchiutrain Whereas personal development can be part of overall self-development and is PART of self-care. #critlib.
- @MKPolutta This is where patience/impatience kicks me the most. Seeing good & possibilities, reaching out across any common ground. #critlib
- @lisahubbell Get that. I know I've grown in last decade, and have more to do. Helps me remember that others aren't there yet. #critlib
- sharing audio from panel i did - overlaps #critlib convo on patience, action, intersections & movement building. https://slought.org/resources/original_rainbow_coalition …
- #critpitches & conclusions
- Thx @skeskali @AprilHathcock @lisalibrarian for this chat! My super slow internet connection made this a major exercise in patience #critlib
- What a great discussion! It's #critpitch time. Here's mine 4 my talk on SJ & #OA http://futures.gc.cuny.edu/blog/2016/01/14/feb-5-ideas-in-circulation-open-scholarship-for-social-justice/ … #critlib
- @AprilHathcock @katinalynn #critpitch #OA #critlib this looks brilliant, and certainly of interest to @lawsonstu!
- Thanks to @skeskali @AprilHathcock and @lisalibrarian for modding this #critlib, this was an energizing start to the week!
- #critlib join fantastic mod @AprilHathcock & a bunch of other great folks at #gsisc16! Vancouver, BC! April 23! $25! http://litwinbooks.com/2016colloquium.php …
- Thanks to all who participated (and, side note - I could lurking as participating ... you showed up!). #critlib https://twitter.com/kellymce/status/694248643541409794 …
- Huge thanks to @skeskali @AprilHathcock @lisalibrarian for insightful questions. Volunteer to Storify today's #critlib chat?
