These alternative visions typically critique the status quo and focus attention on a different research agenda or frontier. In that light, this paper describes a series of turns that have occurred in library and information science.Ī turn refers to a recognizable intellectual project in which a group of scholars enthusiastically embrace a new set of theoretical, methodological, or substantive commitments. Applied to an academic context, the song suggests a natural ebb and flow of ideas and perspectives. It expresses the reality of a changing, or turning, world in which there is a time and place for everything. Turn, turn, turn is a hit 1965 folk song written by Pete Seeger and performed by the Byrds. That way, in the future, new approaches can be employed in an enlightened manner and with a modicum of levity. Students and scholars should be aware of the trends that sweep across a discipline. Another result of this study is an educational video, entitled Turn, Turn, Turn (Hartel, 2019).Ĭonclusions. They can cause uplift and excitement and re-cast conventional research topics and designs yet turns may be disruptive to the systematic production of knowledge in library and information science. Turns have positive and negative effects. For quick identification in the future, every turn is assigned a visual logo. Each turn is profiled with attention to its origins, tenets, key players, signal concepts, influential publications, concomitant methods, and enduring contributions. Starting in 1986, and in loose chronological order, seven turns are described: the cognitive turn, the affective turn, the neo-documentary turn, the socio-cognitive turn, the everyday life turn, the social constructionist turn, and the embodied turn.Īnalysis. The study is based upon the author’s reflection on the intellectual history of library and information science and a selective literature review. This article identifies and illustrates a series of turns that have occurred within library and information science. Turns are recognizable intellectual projects in which a band of scholars enthusiastically embrace a new set of theoretical, methodological, or substantive commitments. Proceedings of the Tenth International Conference on Conceptions of Library and Information Science, Ljubljana, Slovenia, June 16-19, 2019
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