Definitional diversity
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What do we mean by identity, diversity and multiculturalism? How do we define ourselves to our selves and to others? How does our self-definition affect how we recommend books to others?
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Definitional diversity
- 1. What do Diversity and Multiculturalism Mean?
- 2. Possible Generic Framework Reader Presence in Book* Race Ethn. Nat. Cult. Rel. Gend Class Orien Reg. Dis. Race Ethnicity Nationality Culture Region Gender Class Orientation Religion Disability Age Language Familial Profession * - Not Present, Specific, Generic, Inferred, Neutral Age Lang. Fam Prof
- 3. Ordinal Ranking Issue Reader A Reader B Reader C Reader D Reader E Race Gender Orientation Disability Class Age Nationality Ethnicity Culture Region Religion Language Familial Profession Familial Religion Nationality Culture Region Profession Class Age Race Ethnicity Disability Language Orientation Class Nationality Culture Religion Region Language Profession Class Familial Religion Ethnicity Age Race Disability Orientation Disability Familial Region Class Gender Age Class Profession Nationality Ethnicity Culture Language Religion Orientation Class Familial Profession Culture Religion Gender Class Age Region Ethnicity Orientation Language Disability Language
- 4. Trade-Off Ranking Issue Reader A Reader B Reader C Reader CD Reader E Race 40% Familial 60% Nationality 30% Disability 25% Class 30% Gender 20% Religion 20% Culture 30% Familial 10% Familial 25% Orientation 10% Nationality 2% Religion 15% Region 10% Profession 20% Disability 5% Culture 2% Region 5% Class 5% Culture 10% Class 3% Region 2% Language 5% Gender 5% Religion 5% Age 3% Profession 2% Profession 3% Age 5% Gender 3% Nationality 3% Class 2% Class 3% Race 5% Race 1% Ethnicity 3% Age 2% Familial 2% Profession 5% Age 1% Culture 3% Race 2% Religion 2% Nationality 5% Region 1% Region 3% Ethnicity 2% Ethnicity 1% Ethnicity 5% Ethnicity 1% Religion 2% Disability 2% Age 1% Culture 5% Orientation 1% Language 2% Language 1% Race 1% Language 5% Language 1% Familial 2% Orientation 1% Disability 1% Religion 5% Disability 1% Profession 1% Class 0% Orientation 1% Orientation 5% Language 1%
- 5. Variability by Age Issue Reader A Familial 60% Religion 20% Nationality 2% Culture 2% Region 2% Profession 2% Class 2% Age 2% Race 2% Ethnicity 2% Disability 2% Language 1% Orientation 1% Class 0% Child Adult Mature Retiree
- 6. Variability by Context Issue Reader A Familial 60% Religion 20% Nationality 2% Culture 2% Region 2% Profession 2% Class 2% Age 2% Race 2% Ethnicity 2% Disability 2% Language 1% Orientation 1% Class 0% Travel Office Church Strangers
- 7. Variability by Circumstance Issue Reader A Familial 60% Religion 20% Nationality 2% Culture 2% Region 2% Profession 2% Class 2% Age 2% Race 2% Ethnicity 2% Disability 2% Language 1% Orientation 1% Class 0% Outsider/ Insider Happy/Sad Secure/ Threatened Healthy/Ill
- 8. Identity and Books Reader Presence in Book* Race Ethn. Nat. Cult. Rel. Gend Class Orien Reg. Dis. Race Ethnicity Nationality Culture Region Gender Class Orientation Religion Disability Age Language Familial Profession * - Not Present, Specific, Generic, Inferred, Neutral Age Lang. Fam Prof
- 9. Potential Recommendation Consequences Outcome Don’t Comprehend That Others have Different Self-Definition Unrecognized Alternative Definition My SelfIdentification No Effective Recommendations Race, Age, Gender Interests, Culture, Class Outcome Comprehend That Others have Different SelfDefinition But Don’t Recognize Reference Limitation My SelfIdentification Recognized Alternative Definition Race, Age, Gender Interests, Culture, Class A Few Recommendations
- 10. Ideal Recommendation Consequences Outcome Comprehend That Others have Different SelfDefinition And Able to Make Recommendations Pertinent to Those Definitions Recognized Alternative Definition My SelfIdentification Many Effective Recommendations Even Though Different Race, Age, Gender Interests, Culture, Class
Notes de l'éditeur
- What are the attributes by which individuals electively self-identify? Hard to determine because it is often context specific, variable by circumstance, and varies over time. Listed are some common attributes. Many potential self-identifications are omitted: neighborhood, interests, hobbies, employer, education attainment, education institution, sports, music, books, instrument, etc.It is particularly unclear as to what are the attributes by which children self-identify. It is not clear that they correspond with those important to adults. Challenges:Even within these attributes, people often define them somewhat differently. Example: is class SES, income, manners, or something else? Is Religion, Christian, Protestant, or Methodist?
- Even if we nail down which attributes an individual wishes to use for self-identification and also nail down exactly what we mean by each attribute, the bigger issue is different ordinal rankings. Some identity themselves primarily by race or religion or nationality, etc.How does a person choose to identify themselves and in what order?
- Even if we nail down the ordinal ranking, there is the weighting that can differ. For one person, their number one attribute of identity is their race. Not only that but it is very heavily weighted, say 70% of their self-identity is wrapped up in their race. A second person may have Profession as her number one ordinal form of identity but only invest 20% of her self-identity in that attribute.
- There is the further complication that how we identify ourselves to ourselves and to others changes over time.When I am young, I may have a sharply limited self-concept. As a young adult, I may strongly affiliate with my university or sorority. As a mature adult, perhaps now by profession or employer. As a retiree, perhaps by hobby.
- There is the further complication that how we identify ourselves to ourselves and to other changes by context.In my home town I might identify myself by the neighborhood where I live but when I am travelling internationally I might identify myself by my nationality or state.
- There is the complication that how we identify ourselves to ourselves and to other changes by circumstance.When I feel threatened, I am may identify more with attributes that reassure me (family or religion for example).
- So given the issue of attributes, definitions, ordinal ranking, circumstantial variability, contextual variability, and variability over time, What are the pertinent elements in a book with which I might identify?Raises the importance of knowing your target when making recommendations. Probably explains why most people identify sources of recommendations as being those closest to them (family, friends, teachers, etc.)Also explains why recommendations are hard and often hit/or miss. A librarian making a recommendation has to have an almost impossible level of nuanced knowledge of the child and circumstance. Two sources of mismatch – 1) How I define myself may blind me to how others define themselves and 2) How I define myself may blind me to what others will find interesting.