A Genealogy of Refusal : Walking away from crisis and scarcity narrativesMain MenuCrisis narratives frame our responseBartleby at the WallHow can fiction and popular culture inform the way we promulgate or refuse crisis & scarcity narratives in librarianship?Proud Descendants who "Prefer not to"Some recent gems from Bartleby's lineageA Kinship Diagram of Workplace RefusalSatire is richComedic instances of workplace refusal are especially powerfulDark side of parodyMore SatireWhen Expectations Cross the lineWhy don't librarians "Just say No"?Do we prefer to suffer in silence because its a vocation and not "just a job"Feminized LabourSaying Yes all the TimeSuperhero LibrariansIt’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s a librarian!I am not your heroMurderbot: the alternate patron saint for librariansThe invocation of crisis narratives is relentlessNo individual solution to our problemsDebunking myths that hold us back to enable collective ways of moving forwardWhat refusal can we take up?A Cosmic GiftManifest NOBecoming fluent in hearing and saying NoAsset FramingBibliographyWorks cited, featured, mentioned and consulted for Genealogy of Refusal projectGlossary of Key ConceptsMultiple PathsA compendium of paths through the Genealogy of Refusal content: a choose-your-own-adventure approach to this companion piece.Genealogy of Refusal TimelineWe welcome contributionsLearn how to contribute to this projectAbout the AuthorsNatalie K Meyers4b3948ab8901940da5f2eb884c2cc86b3dc6ac22Anna Michelle Martinez-Montavon1459b2fc55591cd9b08a290af468d31b5dfe46a3Mikala Narlockdb843c923469f0dadab98d57ee053b00c88a64b1Kim Stathersb8f352d1ce6eb714d5242702eaa05362c8eae357Multimedia project for the The Canadian Journal of Academic Librarianship Special Issue on Refusing Crisis Narratives
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1media/whereareyougoing.jpg2020-12-07T12:00:31-08:00Natalie K Meyers4b3948ab8901940da5f2eb884c2cc86b3dc6ac2233948102A straightforward list of the main pages in the "Genealogy of Refusal" project. This path has been curated and ordered by the authors.image_header10430302021-10-04T14:16:07-07:00Mikala Narlockdb843c923469f0dadab98d57ee053b00c88a64b1Table of ContentsA straightforward list of the main pages in the "Genealogy of Refusal" project. This path has been curated and ordered by the authors.
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12020-12-07T15:14:02-08:00Natalie K Meyers4b3948ab8901940da5f2eb884c2cc86b3dc6ac22Strategies of RefusalNatalie K Meyers22visual_path2022-10-31T09:29:03-07:00Natalie K Meyers4b3948ab8901940da5f2eb884c2cc86b3dc6ac22
1media/network.png2021-04-12T11:11:43-07:00Natalie K Meyers4b3948ab8901940da5f2eb884c2cc86b3dc6ac22Multiple PathsAnna Michelle Martinez-Montavon17A compendium of paths through the Genealogy of Refusal content: a choose-your-own-adventure approach to this companion piece.visual_path10430302021-09-14T13:34:12-07:00Anna Michelle Martinez-Montavon1459b2fc55591cd9b08a290af468d31b5dfe46a3
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1media/CDdisasterwithbackground.jpg2020-12-15T13:30:58-08:00Natalie K Meyers4b3948ab8901940da5f2eb884c2cc86b3dc6ac22Crisis narratives frame our response70image_header2021-11-10T12:13:41-08:00Mikala Narlockdb843c923469f0dadab98d57ee053b00c88a64b1
1media/bartleby_the_scrivener_by_frisca_freak_d639ucd.png2020-12-07T15:00:38-08:00Natalie K Meyers4b3948ab8901940da5f2eb884c2cc86b3dc6ac22Bartleby at the Wall85How can fiction and popular culture inform the way we promulgate or refuse crisis & scarcity narratives in librarianship?plain2021-11-08T10:45:28-08:00Kim Stathersb8f352d1ce6eb714d5242702eaa05362c8eae357
1media/YourwallFriedman1970.jpg2021-04-11T17:00:06-07:00Natalie K Meyers4b3948ab8901940da5f2eb884c2cc86b3dc6ac22Proud Descendants who "Prefer not to"18Some recent gems from Bartleby's lineageimage_header2021-11-08T10:47:47-08:00Kim Stathersb8f352d1ce6eb714d5242702eaa05362c8eae357
1media/Genealogy of Refusal.png2021-02-14T17:04:04-08:00Natalie K Meyers4b3948ab8901940da5f2eb884c2cc86b3dc6ac22A Kinship Diagram of Workplace Refusal56plain2022-04-04T15:44:11-07:00Natalie K Meyers4b3948ab8901940da5f2eb884c2cc86b3dc6ac22
12021-02-14T17:02:37-08:00Natalie K Meyers4b3948ab8901940da5f2eb884c2cc86b3dc6ac22Satire is rich52Comedic instances of workplace refusal are especially powerfulplain2021-11-08T10:57:43-08:00Kim Stathersb8f352d1ce6eb714d5242702eaa05362c8eae357
12021-04-11T16:48:59-07:00Natalie K Meyers4b3948ab8901940da5f2eb884c2cc86b3dc6ac22Dark side of parody21More Satireplain2021-11-08T11:39:24-08:00Kim Stathersb8f352d1ce6eb714d5242702eaa05362c8eae357
12020-12-15T15:08:18-08:00Natalie K Meyers4b3948ab8901940da5f2eb884c2cc86b3dc6ac22When Expectations Cross the line60plain2021-11-08T11:40:56-08:00Kim Stathersb8f352d1ce6eb714d5242702eaa05362c8eae357
12021-01-09T16:02:31-08:00AnonymousWhy don't librarians "Just say No"?84Do we prefer to suffer in silence because its a vocation and not "just a job"plain2021-11-08T11:44:08-08:00Kim Stathersb8f352d1ce6eb714d5242702eaa05362c8eae357
12021-04-19T18:27:51-07:00Natalie K Meyers4b3948ab8901940da5f2eb884c2cc86b3dc6ac22Feminized Labour24Saying Yes all the Timeplain2021-11-10T12:20:33-08:00Mikala Narlockdb843c923469f0dadab98d57ee053b00c88a64b1
1media/Screen Shot 2021-04-15 at 5.52.16 PM.png2021-04-15T14:42:11-07:00Mikala Narlockdb843c923469f0dadab98d57ee053b00c88a64b1Superhero Librarians54It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s a librarian!plain2021-11-08T11:58:43-08:00Kim Stathersb8f352d1ce6eb714d5242702eaa05362c8eae357
12020-12-22T11:12:40-08:00Natalie K Meyers4b3948ab8901940da5f2eb884c2cc86b3dc6ac22I am not your hero26Murderbot: the alternate patron saint for librariansplain2021-11-08T12:00:31-08:00Kim Stathersb8f352d1ce6eb714d5242702eaa05362c8eae357
1media/COWLMotivation.png2021-04-08T13:36:18-07:00AnonymousThe invocation of crisis narratives is relentless48plain10430982021-12-31T10:33:01-08:00Natalie K Meyers4b3948ab8901940da5f2eb884c2cc86b3dc6ac22
12021-02-14T17:00:50-08:00Natalie K Meyers4b3948ab8901940da5f2eb884c2cc86b3dc6ac22No individual solution to our problems39Debunking myths that hold us back to enable collective ways of moving forwardplain2021-11-10T12:44:22-08:00Mikala Narlockdb843c923469f0dadab98d57ee053b00c88a64b1
1media/common-ground-charles-luna.jpg2021-02-14T14:26:59-08:00Natalie K Meyers4b3948ab8901940da5f2eb884c2cc86b3dc6ac22What refusal can we take up?31A Cosmic Giftimage_header2021-11-08T13:03:03-08:00Kim Stathersb8f352d1ce6eb714d5242702eaa05362c8eae357
1media/screenshot4spalsh.png2021-02-14T16:57:34-08:00Natalie K Meyers4b3948ab8901940da5f2eb884c2cc86b3dc6ac22Manifest NO70Becoming fluent in hearing and saying Noimage_header2021-11-08T13:37:48-08:00Kim Stathersb8f352d1ce6eb714d5242702eaa05362c8eae357
1media/Wellspring.png2021-02-14T16:52:40-08:00Natalie K Meyers4b3948ab8901940da5f2eb884c2cc86b3dc6ac22Asset Framing39image_header2021-11-10T12:45:45-08:00Mikala Narlockdb843c923469f0dadab98d57ee053b00c88a64b1
1media/shelleyarchivepath.png2020-12-13T19:09:31-08:00Natalie K Meyers4b3948ab8901940da5f2eb884c2cc86b3dc6ac22Bibliography69Works cited, featured, mentioned and consulted for Genealogy of Refusal projectimage_header2024-02-13T07:58:48-08:00Natalie K Meyers4b3948ab8901940da5f2eb884c2cc86b3dc6ac22
12021-09-14T12:41:42-07:00Anna Michelle Martinez-Montavon1459b2fc55591cd9b08a290af468d31b5dfe46a3Glossary of Key Concepts4plain2021-09-15T12:19:20-07:00Natalie K Meyers4b3948ab8901940da5f2eb884c2cc86b3dc6ac22
1media/network.png2021-04-12T11:11:43-07:00Natalie K Meyers4b3948ab8901940da5f2eb884c2cc86b3dc6ac22Multiple Paths17A compendium of paths through the Genealogy of Refusal content: a choose-your-own-adventure approach to this companion piece.visual_path10430302021-09-14T13:34:12-07:00Anna Michelle Martinez-Montavon1459b2fc55591cd9b08a290af468d31b5dfe46a3
1media/dctermstimeline.png2021-04-12T00:11:25-07:00Natalie K Meyers4b3948ab8901940da5f2eb884c2cc86b3dc6ac22Genealogy of Refusal Timeline36timeline2021-09-14T21:36:29-07:00Natalie K Meyers4b3948ab8901940da5f2eb884c2cc86b3dc6ac22
12021-04-17T12:09:30-07:00Mikala Narlockdb843c923469f0dadab98d57ee053b00c88a64b1About the Authors38plain2021-12-08T14:10:48-08:00Natalie K Meyers4b3948ab8901940da5f2eb884c2cc86b3dc6ac22
1media/Genealogy of Refusal.png2021-04-08T13:17:16-07:00Anna Michelle Martinez-Montavon1459b2fc55591cd9b08a290af468d31b5dfe46a3We welcome contributions13Learn how to contribute to this projectimage_header2021-04-16T13:10:24-07:00Mikala Narlockdb843c923469f0dadab98d57ee053b00c88a64b1
