Pub Date : 2019-08-27DOI: 10.33137/ijidi.v3i4.32996
Norda A. Bell
Book Review
书评
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Pub Date : 2019-08-12DOI: 10.33137/IJIDI.V3I3.32965
Anna Posbergh
On April 26, 2018, the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) released its updated version of its policy on athletes with hyperandrogenism, in a discriminatory attempt to define the term female through specified levels of testosterone, and to thereby provide asolution to the problem of athletes who fell outside of their socially constructed gender binary. The IAAF’s attempts to uphold this outdated binary system is a reflection of normalized scientific discourse which creates accepted, supposedly normal, behaviors and bodies at the expense of and resulting in the oppression of those who challenge these dominant regimes of knowledge (Foucault, 1978). Certainly, the prioritization of scientific knowledge is nothing new for the intersex community, given the history of irreversible genital surgery on newborns and young children with genitalia that is incongruent with current sex standards to make them fit societal gender ideals (Davis, 2015; Karkazis, 2008). In this paper, I trouble the IAAF’s supposed solution to intersex athletes through a Foucauldian understanding of biopower and science-based constructions of knowledge and truths, with particular attention to the perpetuation of health disparities within the intersex community. More specifically, I examine the site and role of female athletes’ bodies, such as Caster Semenya, whose rights to equitable and just treatment were cast aside in order to uphold artificially constructed and societally accepted ideas of male and female. I use Semenya’s narrative, coupled with the scientific discourse in the IAAF’s decision, to explore the subsequent, but unsurprisingly repetitive, reproduction of the hierarchical power relations between governing sports bodies and athletes, especially female athletes.
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Pub Date : 2019-08-12DOI: 10.33137/IJIDI.V3I3.32964
Annie T. Chen, H. Carpenter, M. Flaherty
This paper explores the challenges that individuals with fibromyalgia may experience in navigating the workplace. Fibromyalgia is a syndrome characterized by chronic widespread pain, stiffness, sleep disruption, and other symptoms, without a well-defined underlying disease. At work, patients can struggle with various problems, including fluctuating symptoms, exhaustion, skepticism, questions about whether to disclose, and finding ways to adjust work situations. Individuals often lack information concerning how to manage their health, as well as different aspects of their lives, including work. Work accommodations such as extended health benefits, modified schedules, and work-at-home arrangements could help. However, individuals may need to learn how to advocate for themselves, which can include finding information on legal rights and accommodation options. Differences in information awareness and seeking skills can lead to inequities in the management of chronic health conditions in the workplace. We explore extant literature in three parts. First, we review research on the experience of work among individuals with fibromyalgia, and to a lesser extent, other conditions and disabilities. Then, we consider work accommodations, and third, we conclude with a conceptual synthesis. In our analysis, we first identify a need for clearer conceptualization of the role of information to facilitate workplace self-advocacy. Then, we identify gaps in the literature concerning information and information behavior related to work accommodations. Last, we emphasize the need for involvement of stakeholders over time. This paper may be of interest to researchers, health care providers, library and information science professionals, and health policy researchers striving to achieve health equity.
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Pub Date : 2019-08-12DOI: 10.33137/IJIDI.V3I3.32962
Crystal Fulton
Harmful gambling is an addiction issue that negatively affects not only gambling participants but also their families and friends. Ireland is estimated to be one of the top countries in the world for levels of gambling; however, legislation and social policy lag behind measures in other countries. This paper reports findings related to information seeking and provision from the first national study of the social impact of harmful gambling in Ireland. In-depth interviews were conducted with addiction counsellors, recovering gamblers, and gamblers’ social connections to explore their perceptions of availability of information and services to address this public health issue. In addition to calling for revised regulatory and policy development to support formal channels of information and service provision to facilitate individual recovery, participants believed initiatives around providing information and educating the public about the potential personal and social risks associated with gambling would help protect those vulnerable to harm from gambling. Critically, participants identified a need for information to facilitate well-being as central to addressing this issue.
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Pub Date : 2019-08-12DOI: 10.33137/IJIDI.V3I3.32961
B. S. Jean, Gagan Jindal, Yuting Liao, P. Jaeger
Introductory Article
介绍性的文章
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Pub Date : 2019-08-12DOI: 10.33137/IJIDI.V3I3.32966
Surbhi Sardana
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation recognizes Montgomery County as the county with the best health outcomes, length of life, and quality of life in all of Maryland. While impressive, the overall statistics do not reflect the disparities among certain population groups in the county. As a major provider of safety net health and social services to county residents, the Montgomery County Department of Health and Human Services (MCDHHS) wants to empower staff to think and act differently to generate better outcomes for disadvantaged communities. Among the many phases toward building an equity value driven organization, the Department felt that cultivating a common understanding and buy-in from all levels of staff is critical to a cultural shift. In 2014, a comprehensive workshop was implemented to raise awareness and encourage courageous conversations. The workshop seeks to create a common understanding of equity, its principles and applied strategies, and provide Department staff with the tools to treat their colleagues, customers, and clients more equitably. To date, 828 staff, contractors, and community partners have completed the workshop and 47 staff members have trained as workshop peer facilitators. This paper will explore in more detail the information-related factors and processes present in the workshop and their equity impact on the Department’s practices.
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Pub Date : 2019-04-30DOI: 10.33137/IJIDI.V3I2.32597
Deborah Lee
Book Review
书评
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Pub Date : 2019-04-30DOI: 10.33137/IJIDI.V3I2.32596
C. Mannion
Book Review
书评
{"title":"Book Review: Your Passport to International Librarianship","authors":"C. Mannion","doi":"10.33137/IJIDI.V3I2.32596","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33137/IJIDI.V3I2.32596","url":null,"abstract":"Book Review","PeriodicalId":232185,"journal":{"name":"The International Journal of Information, Diversity, & Inclusion (IJIDI)","volume":"42 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-04-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128362265","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2019-04-30DOI: 10.33137/IJIDI.V3I2.32590
Vanessa Irvin
Editorial
编辑
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Pub Date : 2019-04-30DOI: 10.33137/IJIDI.V3I2.32594
Valerie Brett Shaindlin
The article draws upon theoretical concepts from museology and cultural, Indigenous, and feminist theory to explore intersections between diversity and reading in Cultural Heritage Institutions and Museums (CHIM). These sites are important identity-generating institutions that both preserve and perpetuate ideology and culture. Visitors read and “read into” exhibits—which are often primarily visual; it is therefore crucial for CHIMs to practice self-awareness in how they do, or do not, make information legible. Modern museums were reformist, generalized, authoritative, monologic, and definitive arbiters of culture; in these spaces, visitors necessarily read information in a cognitively passive manner. Postmodern museums, at their best, are pedagogical, decentralized, constructive, dialogic, and representative of diverse voices, experiences, and perspectives. Postmodern museums invite visitors to engage with, and sometimes even collaborate with, or contribute to, exhibits. In both instances, visitors are asked to “read” the exhibits, but in the former, reading is a unidirectional, and therefore final, transmission; in the latter, reading is a discursive, transformative process, with potential to empower. The article proposes a non-proscriptive, Indigenous, and intersectional feminist paradigm as a more equitable information-framing model for CHIM.
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