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| author | Roger Chabot Amanda Shelton Heather Hill Jenny Bossaller |
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| contents | Fat Pedagogy in Action: Size Inclusivity in Public Library Health and Wellness Programming Roger Chabot Amanda Shelton Heather Hill Jenny Bossaller Public Libraries Obesity Social Bias Wellness Health Education Health Promotion Library Services Foreign Countries Body Weight Informed by the developing field of fat studies and inclusive of fat voices, this study explores whether sizeism associated with popular health and wellness culture appears in public library health programs. We conducted thematic content analyses of health and wellness-related public library program descriptions in the United States and Canada as well as library conference materials and resources used by library workers to develop health-related programs and resources to provide a broad picture of the narrative around health in libraries. While we found public libraries' health programming to not be explicitly fat-phobic, there is still room for improvement. We employ fat pedagogy (Cameron & Russell, 2016) to offer recommendations to address sizeism in a way that advances the cause of fat liberation and supports library workers' and graduate library and information science programs' existing commitments to respect and inclusivity. |
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| spellingShingle | Fat Pedagogy in Action: Size Inclusivity in Public Library Health and Wellness Programming Roger Chabot Amanda Shelton Heather Hill Jenny Bossaller Public Libraries Obesity Social Bias Wellness Health Education Health Promotion Library Services Foreign Countries Body Weight Fat Pedagogy in Action: Size Inclusivity in Public Library Health and Wellness Programming Roger Chabot Amanda Shelton Heather Hill Jenny Bossaller Public Libraries Obesity Social Bias Wellness Health Education Health Promotion Library Services Foreign Countries Body Weight Informed by the developing field of fat studies and inclusive of fat voices, this study explores whether sizeism associated with popular health and wellness culture appears in public library health programs. We conducted thematic content analyses of health and wellness-related public library program descriptions in the United States and Canada as well as library conference materials and resources used by library workers to develop health-related programs and resources to provide a broad picture of the narrative around health in libraries. While we found public libraries' health programming to not be explicitly fat-phobic, there is still room for improvement. We employ fat pedagogy (Cameron & Russell, 2016) to offer recommendations to address sizeism in a way that advances the cause of fat liberation and supports library workers' and graduate library and information science programs' existing commitments to respect and inclusivity. |
| title | Fat Pedagogy in Action: Size Inclusivity in Public Library Health and Wellness Programming |
| topic | Public Libraries Obesity Social Bias Wellness Health Education Health Promotion Library Services Foreign Countries Body Weight |
| url | https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ1501879 |