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The 2024 symposium will highlight innovative research investigating the relationship between information use and different types of identifies. The symposium emphasizes information challenges such as inequitable access to health information, mis/mis-information, conspiracism, etc.
Welcome Address 9:00am - 9:30am Director of the Institute, Clarence Maybee will intro the Institute and provide an overview of the Information and Democracy: Education, Access, Libraries, and Society (ID:EALS) Symposium. Keynote 9:30am - 10:45am Dr. Megan Threats, "InFormation for Health Justice: Utilizing Intersectionality Theory in (Health) Information Practices Research." Research Showcase 11:00am - 12:00pm Dr. Ellie Sayyad Abdi, "Enhancing Refugees' Information Experiences." Dr. Chelsea Peterson-Salahuddin, "Towards Equitable Information: Understanding and Addressing Barriers to Black and Women of Color's Information Access and Use." Dr. Jessie Loyer, "Collections are Our Relatives: Indigenous Interventions." Brief Lunch Break 12:00pm - 12:30pm SPIRaL Undergraduate Research Program 12:30pm - 1:15pm Artist Showcase 1:15pm - 2:15pm Invited artists, Bogosi Sekhukhuni and Ellise Antoinette Smith will discuss their artwork examing cultures and histories of technology and science, as well as challenging the dominant ideologies around bodies and body image in academia and social spaces. Artists will describe their interdisciplinary research approach as they conceptualize, and design art and intermedia focused on these information challenges. The Institute is featuring a virtual art exhibition showcasing the artists' work, view here: ID:EALS 2024 Virtual Art Exhibition. Awards Ceremony 2:30pm - 3:00pm The Institute for Information Literacy at Purdue (IILP) will announce the recipient of the 2024 Publication Award. Following the announcement, the recipient will give a presentation outlining their research. Invited Speaker 3:00pm - 4:00pm Dr. Michael Ann DeVito, "Combating Epistemic Injustice and Securing Sociotechnical Visibility via Algorithmic and Allied Literacies."
