Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2016
Abstract
This article critiques the idea that civility rhetoric decreases workplace bullying or discrimination. We use Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) to do a rhetorical analysis of a campus-wide civility campaign in contrast with literature about civility in libraries. To combat discrimination and bullying, we need to be attentive to systemic power dynamics and to rhetoric designed to enforce compliance and conformity. We conclude with recommendations about how to raise our voices instead of silencing our peers.
Department
English, Library Services
Publication Title
In the Library with the Lead Pipe
Recommended Citation
Schomberg, Jessica and Kirsti Cole. “Hush… : The Dangers of Silence in Academic Libraries.” Unpublished paper, 2016.
Publisher's Copyright and Source
This is an unedited version of an article later published by In the Library with the Lead Pipe on 19/04/2017, available online:
Schomberg, Jessica and Kirsti Cole. “Hush… : The Dangers of Silence in Academic Libraries.” In the Library with the Lead Pipe, 19 Apr. 2017, http://www.inthelibrarywiththeleadpipe.org/2017/hush-the-dangers-of-silence-in-academic-libraries/
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 International License.
