Cultivating Imagination: A Case for Teaching Information Ethics With Works of Fiction
Iulian Vamanu
Journal of Education for Library and Information Science1/7/2023·DOI·Read paper
Abstract
<jats:p> This article argues that the MLIS curriculum should offer information ethics courses that enable future information professionals to develop their imaginative powers through close study and discussion of fiction. LIS students reading ethical theory and fiction bring the two into conversation and as a result reach a better understanding of both. Crucially, this process presupposes the exercise of empathetic imagination, a mental capacity that helps us inhabit other perspectives and modes of being in the world. The paper supports this discussion with evidence from an instructional intervention implemented during an information ethics course within an LIS program at a large public research university. </jats:p>
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