Decentering Whiteness in the Academic Library: Investigating the Impact of Institutional Whiteness on Organizational Culture through a Case Study of a Grassroots Anti-Racist Community of Practice in an Academic Library
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| author | Vanessa Farrier |
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| contents | Decentering Whiteness in the Academic Library: Investigating the Impact of Institutional Whiteness on Organizational Culture through a Case Study of a Grassroots Anti-Racist Community of Practice in an Academic Library Vanessa Farrier Academic Libraries Whites Organizational Culture Racism Activism Communities of Practice Power Structure Advantaged Decision Making Administrators Administrator Attitudes Influences Educational Policy Diversity Foreign Countries This article reports on a small-scale research project conducted in the summer of 2021. It explores the impact of a grass-roots Anti-Racist Community of Practice on organizational culture and how much it influenced the decision-making practices of the library's Senior Management Team. Discussed are issues of structural and institutional racism, privilege, power tensions, the impact of whiteness, and the problem of a policy-led approach to increasing diversity. A case study was conducted using semi-structured interviews with eleven participants who were either part of the Anti-Racist Community of Practice, the Senior Management Team, or both. The results of the research show that the Anti-Racist Community of Practice has significantly influenced organizational culture and has shifted the decision-making processes of the Senior Management Team in the library. However, changes in decision-making have not yet manifested in anti-racist practice becoming embedded at the senior level of the library. |
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| spellingShingle | Decentering Whiteness in the Academic Library: Investigating the Impact of Institutional Whiteness on Organizational Culture through a Case Study of a Grassroots Anti-Racist Community of Practice in an Academic Library Vanessa Farrier Academic Libraries Whites Organizational Culture Racism Activism Communities of Practice Power Structure Advantaged Decision Making Administrators Administrator Attitudes Influences Educational Policy Diversity Foreign Countries Decentering Whiteness in the Academic Library: Investigating the Impact of Institutional Whiteness on Organizational Culture through a Case Study of a Grassroots Anti-Racist Community of Practice in an Academic Library Vanessa Farrier Academic Libraries Whites Organizational Culture Racism Activism Communities of Practice Power Structure Advantaged Decision Making Administrators Administrator Attitudes Influences Educational Policy Diversity Foreign Countries This article reports on a small-scale research project conducted in the summer of 2021. It explores the impact of a grass-roots Anti-Racist Community of Practice on organizational culture and how much it influenced the decision-making practices of the library's Senior Management Team. Discussed are issues of structural and institutional racism, privilege, power tensions, the impact of whiteness, and the problem of a policy-led approach to increasing diversity. A case study was conducted using semi-structured interviews with eleven participants who were either part of the Anti-Racist Community of Practice, the Senior Management Team, or both. The results of the research show that the Anti-Racist Community of Practice has significantly influenced organizational culture and has shifted the decision-making processes of the Senior Management Team in the library. However, changes in decision-making have not yet manifested in anti-racist practice becoming embedded at the senior level of the library. |
| title | Decentering Whiteness in the Academic Library: Investigating the Impact of Institutional Whiteness on Organizational Culture through a Case Study of a Grassroots Anti-Racist Community of Practice in an Academic Library |
| topic | Academic Libraries Whites Organizational Culture Racism Activism Communities of Practice Power Structure Advantaged Decision Making Administrators Administrator Attitudes Influences Educational Policy Diversity Foreign Countries |
| url | https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ1439532 |