{"title":"A Return to the Stone Age: Rock Art as Joyful Information Practice during COVID-19","authors":"Bonnie J. Tulloch","doi":"10.1353/lib.2022.0016","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Abstract:This paper examines the way COVID-19-related rock art challenges popular assumptions about the information society and the digital age. Adopting a constructivist-based humanities approach, it explores the significance of rock art as an information practice that emerged in response to the pandemic. Specifically, this personal case study reflects on the way rock art encouraged people to practice \"joyful attention\" and \"kind attention\" during the 2020 spring restrictions in British Columbia. Analyzing the possible values associated with different rock designs, I suggest that this joy-oriented information practice presents an alternative narrative of the present time, one that is ultimately more positive in its representation of the world than the negative, technologically driven discourses that tend to dominate cultural narratives of information.","PeriodicalId":47175,"journal":{"name":"Library Trends","volume":"70 1","pages":"519 - 546"},"PeriodicalIF":0.3000,"publicationDate":"2022-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"1","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Library Trends","FirstCategoryId":"91","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1353/lib.2022.0016","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q4","JCRName":"INFORMATION SCIENCE & LIBRARY SCIENCE","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract:This paper examines the way COVID-19-related rock art challenges popular assumptions about the information society and the digital age. Adopting a constructivist-based humanities approach, it explores the significance of rock art as an information practice that emerged in response to the pandemic. Specifically, this personal case study reflects on the way rock art encouraged people to practice "joyful attention" and "kind attention" during the 2020 spring restrictions in British Columbia. Analyzing the possible values associated with different rock designs, I suggest that this joy-oriented information practice presents an alternative narrative of the present time, one that is ultimately more positive in its representation of the world than the negative, technologically driven discourses that tend to dominate cultural narratives of information.
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Library Trends, issued quarterly and edited by F. W. Lancaster, explores critical trends in professional librarianship, including practical applications, thorough analyses, and literature reviews. Both practicing librarians and educators use Library Trends as an essential tool in their professional development and continuing education. Each issue is devoted to a single aspect of professional activity or interest. In-depth, thoughtful articles explore important facets of the issue topic. Every year, Library Trends provides breadth, covering a wide variety of themes, from special libraries to emerging technologies. An invaluable resource to practicing librarians and educators, the journal is an important tool that is utilized for professional development and continuing education.
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