Emily Johnson-Young

We are surrounded—even bombarded—by information. And like a biological ecosystem, there are many interconnecting components and places in our information ecosystem. In this course, students will survey some of the different types of information. The course will explore how to find, evaluate, and contextualize information, as well as how to use it in research. Students will interrogate the power structure of information classification systems, the practice of libraries and archives, and the privileging of some kinds of knowledge—and knowledge makers—over others. The course will combine theory and practice and will be applicable across all information types and fields of inquiry.