INF2185H: Libraries, Archives, Museums: Intersections and Tensions

The course will compare the traditions, theories, and perspectives of LAMs, focusing on:

  • the evolution of LAMs from the early modern period to the present day
  • LAMs as physical, symbolic, and discursive spaces
  • professional ethics and values across LAMs
  • organization of knowledge in and across LAMs
  • interpretation and meaning-making in and across LAMs
  • LAMs, justice, and human rights
  • LAMs and Indigenous human rights (including LAM responses to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada's calls to action)
  • participation, social inclusion, and social justice in and across LAMs.
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For full-time students: successful completion of Year 1 of either: the Combined Degree Program (CDP), or the MMSt or MI program. For part-time students: successful completion of 4.0 full-course equivalents (FCEs) in the CDP, or the MMSt or MI program.
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