ACRL Framework For Information Literacy A Rhizomatic Approach

ACRL Framework For Information Literacy: A Rhizomatic Approach Raymond Maxwell American University - Bender Library maxwell@american. edu 1

a brief look at Framework vs. Standards 2

Framework Standards General Specific Flexible Rigid Allows for experimentation Accepted best method Multiple ways One way Defines system Describes method Guidelines only, latitude Leaves no choice, no leeway http: //www. differencebetween. com/difference-between-standard-and-vs 3

Entering assumptions The framework is here to stay. All learning, and hence, all teaching is constructivist in its essential character. 4

A few traditional ways to look at the frames 5

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A different way, the rhizomatic approach Rhizomes exist in nature A rhizome is a continuously growing horizontal underground stem that puts out lateral shoots and adventitious roots at intervals Rhizome comes from the Greek word “rhizoma, ” which means mass of roots Deleuze and Guattari, in “A Thousand Plateaus, ” applied rhizome characteristics to organizing principles 9

Rhizomes exist in nature http: //naturalhistory. crowspath. org/dictionary/rhizome 10

Rhizome comes from the Greek word “rhizoma, ” which means “mass of roots. ” https: //artofcompost. wordpress. com/2015/10/15/poetics-of-the-rhizome/ 11

Rhizomes can take many forms Centralized, decentralized and distributed networks https: //medicinadefamiliatortuga. wordpress. com/2012/12/ 12

Rhizome as organizing principle Connections Heterogeneity Multiplicity Assignifying rupture Cartography and decalcomania 13

Rhizome characteristics related to the frames The connections between frames is just as important as the frames themselves Any frame can be connected to any other frame or any series of frames No original order for the frames, no prior unity Connections between frames fail, rupture and remake themselves in various combinations IL discussions can be entered via any frame, mapped to any other frame, and can conclude at any frame 14

Authority is Constructed and Contextual Searching as Strategic Exploration Information Creation as a Process Scholarship as Conversation Information Has Value Research as Inquiry Framework as a distributed network 15

Final word. Raymond Maxwell American University - Bender Library maxwell@american. edu 16

Bonus slide (if we get this far) 17

A rhizomatic representation of a social protest movement http: //occupywallstreet. net/story/how-occupy-birthed-rhizome 18