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 Meyers4b3948ab8901940da5f2eb884c2cc86b3dc6ac223394896A straightforward list of the main pages in the "Genealogy of Refusal" projectimage_header10430302021-04-19T18:53:40-07:00Natalie K Meyers4b3948ab8901940da5f2eb884c2cc86b3dc6ac22
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1media/CDdisasterwithbackground.jpg2020-12-15T13:30:58-08:00Natalie K Meyers4b3948ab8901940da5f2eb884c2cc86b3dc6ac22Crisis narratives frame our response58image_header2021-04-20T10:22:50-07:00Kim Stathersb8f352d1ce6eb714d5242702eaa05362c8eae357
1media/bartleby_the_scrivener_by_frisca_freak_d639ucd.png2020-12-07T15:00:38-08:00Natalie K Meyers4b3948ab8901940da5f2eb884c2cc86b3dc6ac22Bartleby at the Wall84How can fiction and popular culture inform the way we promulgate or refuse crisis & scarcity narratives in librarianship?plain2021-04-20T10:30:49-07:00Kim Stathersb8f352d1ce6eb714d5242702eaa05362c8eae357
1media/YourwallFriedman1970.jpg2021-04-11T17:00:06-07:00Natalie K Meyers4b3948ab8901940da5f2eb884c2cc86b3dc6ac22Proud Descendents who "Prefer not to"17Some recent gems from Bartleby's lineageimage_header2021-04-20T10:35:47-07:00Kim Stathersb8f352d1ce6eb714d5242702eaa05362c8eae357
1media/Genealogy of Refusal.png2021-02-14T17:04:04-08:00Natalie K Meyers4b3948ab8901940da5f2eb884c2cc86b3dc6ac22A Kinship Diagram of Workplace Refusal47plain2021-04-20T10:40:52-07:00Kim Stathersb8f352d1ce6eb714d5242702eaa05362c8eae357
12021-02-14T17:02:37-08:00Natalie K Meyers4b3948ab8901940da5f2eb884c2cc86b3dc6ac22Satire is rich50Comedic instances of workplace refusal are especially powerfulplain2021-04-20T10:48:20-07:00Kim Stathersb8f352d1ce6eb714d5242702eaa05362c8eae357
12021-04-11T16:48:59-07:00Natalie K Meyers4b3948ab8901940da5f2eb884c2cc86b3dc6ac22Dark side of parody20More Satireplain2021-04-20T10:58:51-07:00Kim Stathersb8f352d1ce6eb714d5242702eaa05362c8eae357
12020-12-15T15:08:18-08:00Natalie K Meyers4b3948ab8901940da5f2eb884c2cc86b3dc6ac22When Expectations Cross the line54plain2021-04-20T11:04:46-07:00Kim Stathersb8f352d1ce6eb714d5242702eaa05362c8eae357
12021-01-09T16:02:31-08:00AnonymousWhy don't librarians "Just say No"?83Do we prefer to suffer in silence because its a vocation and not "just a job"plain2021-04-20T11:28:44-07:00Kim Stathersb8f352d1ce6eb714d5242702eaa05362c8eae357
12021-04-19T18:27:51-07:00Natalie K Meyers4b3948ab8901940da5f2eb884c2cc86b3dc6ac22Feminized Labour12Saying Yes all the Timeplain2021-04-20T14:19:11-07:00Kim Stathersb8f352d1ce6eb714d5242702eaa05362c8eae357
1media/Screen Shot 2021-04-15 at 5.52.16 PM.png2021-04-15T14:42:11-07:00Mikala Narlockdb843c923469f0dadab98d57ee053b00c88a64b1Superhero Librarians53It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s a librarian!plain2021-04-20T15:08:43-07:00Kim Stathersb8f352d1ce6eb714d5242702eaa05362c8eae357
12020-12-22T11:12:40-08:00Natalie K Meyers4b3948ab8901940da5f2eb884c2cc86b3dc6ac22I am not your hero24Murderbot: the alternate patron saint for librariansplain2021-04-20T15:12:22-07:00Kim Stathersb8f352d1ce6eb714d5242702eaa05362c8eae357
12021-02-14T17:00:50-08:00Natalie K Meyers4b3948ab8901940da5f2eb884c2cc86b3dc6ac22No individual solution to our problems32Debunking myths that hold us back to enable collective ways of moving forwardplain2021-04-20T15:35:48-07:00Kim Stathersb8f352d1ce6eb714d5242702eaa05362c8eae357
1media/common-ground-charles-luna.jpg2021-02-14T14:26:59-08:00Natalie K Meyers4b3948ab8901940da5f2eb884c2cc86b3dc6ac22What refusal can we take up?30A Cosmic Giftimage_header2021-04-20T15:39:10-07:00Kim Stathersb8f352d1ce6eb714d5242702eaa05362c8eae357
1media/screenshot4spalsh.png2021-02-14T16:57:34-08:00Natalie K Meyers4b3948ab8901940da5f2eb884c2cc86b3dc6ac22Manifest NO67Becoming fluent in hearing and saying Noimage_header2021-04-20T15:43:24-07:00Kim Stathersb8f352d1ce6eb714d5242702eaa05362c8eae357
1media/Wellspring.png2021-02-14T16:52:40-08:00Natalie K Meyers4b3948ab8901940da5f2eb884c2cc86b3dc6ac22Asset Framing33image_header2021-04-20T16:00:01-07:00Kim Stathersb8f352d1ce6eb714d5242702eaa05362c8eae357
1media/shelleyarchivepath.png2020-12-13T19:09:31-08:00Natalie K Meyers4b3948ab8901940da5f2eb884c2cc86b3dc6ac22Bibliography66Works cited, featured, mentioned and consulted for Genealogy of Refusal projectimage_header2021-04-18T10:28:33-07:00Natalie K Meyers4b3948ab8901940da5f2eb884c2cc86b3dc6ac22
1media/network.png2021-04-12T11:11:43-07:00Natalie K Meyers4b3948ab8901940da5f2eb884c2cc86b3dc6ac22Multiple Paths10a compendium of paths through the Genealogy of Refusal contentvisual_path10430302021-05-13T14:14:43-07:00Mikala Narlockdb843c923469f0dadab98d57ee053b00c88a64b1
1media/dctermstimeline.png2021-04-12T00:11:25-07:00Natalie K Meyers4b3948ab8901940da5f2eb884c2cc86b3dc6ac22Genealogy of Refusal Timeline34timeline2021-04-18T00:59:40-07:00Natalie K Meyers4b3948ab8901940da5f2eb884c2cc86b3dc6ac22
12021-04-17T12:09:30-07:00Mikala Narlockdb843c923469f0dadab98d57ee053b00c88a64b1About the Authors6plain2021-04-18T20:01:42-07:00Natalie 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