Dismantling the Echo Chamber:
Quote Tracing in First-Year Writing
Workshop | Tuesday, May 18, 2021 | 1:30pm – 2:30pm EST
In response to the media rhetoric surrounding Black Lives Matter, COVID-19, and the 2020 election, librarians, in partnership with the First-Year Writing Program at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, created a Quote-Tracing assignment for English 101 as part of a larger Critical Media Literacy for Writing and Rhetoric Unit. In this activity we are encouraging students to engage in the (sometimes rather uncomfortable) rhetoric used in media. This goes beyond fake news and junk science. This is about guiding students through quote tracing so they can discover, for themselves, the voices in media that they would like to amplify in their research. This is a difficult task and includes discussions about privileged voices and opinions as well as representation and political motives. In this workshop, we hope to share our experiences, guide other librarians and professionals through the Quote-Tracing assignment, and receive feedback that will make this activity more impactful.
Presenters: Elizabeth Kamper & Mitchell Haas
Elizabeth Kamper, MLIS, is the Information Literacy Librarian and an Assistant Professor at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. She has been teaching information literacy in academic libraries for the past eight years. Elizabeth specializes in teaching first-year student research skills and creates online learning objects to support distance learning.
Mitchell Haas is the Online Learning Librarian at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. His research interests include Critical Information Literacy, Diversity and Inclusion in Libraries, Critical Library Pedagogy and Student-Centered Library Instruction, Instructional Design and Adult Learning, Information Seeking Behaviors of Non-Traditional Students and Veterans.