Information Literacy Through Theory. Information Literacy Through Theory / edited by Alison Hicks, Annemaree Lloyd, and Ola Pilerot.

Intro
Title page
Contents
Notes on Contributors
Introduction: Themes, Patterns and Connections
This volume
Theoretical research to date
Key themes in the literature
Themes
Next steps
References
1 Democracy and Information Literacy
Introduction
Information literacy and democracy: the dominant LIS paradigm
From information literacy to a democratic theory, from a democratic theory to information literacy problems
A reset: the empirical and the normative
Conclusion: the empirical, the normative and IL
References
2 Information Literacy and the Social: Applying a Practice Theory View to Information Literacy
Introduction
Practice theory landscape
Theoretical questions
Ontological questions
Epistemologically
Methodologically
Conclusion: how does practice theory explain information literacy?
References
3 Information Literacy in a Nexus of Practice: A Mediated Discourse Perspective
Introduction
The core elements of mediated discourse theory
Theoretical questions: information literacy from an MDT perspective
Epistemological, ontological and methodological position
Summary
References
Acknowledgements
4 The Radical and the Radioactive: Grasping the Roots of Theoretically Informed Praxis in Brazilian Studies on Critical Information Literacy
Introduction
The critical perspective
CIL in Brazil: approaches
CIL in Brazil: influences
The radical and the radioactive
Conclusion
References
5 Locating Information Literacy within Discursive Encounters: A Conversation with Positioning Theory
Positioning theory
Overview of positioning theory
Origins of positioning theory
Positioning theory and information literacy
How does positioning theory shape methodological choices for information literacy research?.

How does positioning theory interpret and explain information literacy?
How might the employment of positioning theory be enhanced by other theories?
Conclusion
References
6 Plural Agonistics
Introduction
Part one: Core elements of the theory of plural agonistics
Part two: Plural agonistics and information literacy
Concluding remarks
Notes
References
7 Critical Literacy and Critical Design
Introduction
Theoretical questions
Discussion and conclusions
References
8 Information Literacy Through an Equity Mindset
Introduction
Defining equity mindedness
Critical assumptions about the nature of information literacy
Theoretical and methodological considerations
References
9 Sociomateriality
Introduction
Sociomateriality and a rapidly changing information infrastructure
Key notions and core elements of sociomateriality
Theoretical questions
Reflections on methodological choices
Summary and conclusion: embracing definitional ambiguity and a punk approach to sociomateriality
References
10 Surfacing the Body: Embodiment, Site and Source
Introduction
An argument for the body
Theory of information literacy
Bringing the body into view: themes and theories of embodiment
Key theorists
Theorising the body in library and information science
Theoretical questions
Surfacing the body: doing body work in information literacy practice
Conclusion
References
11 Variation Theory: Researching Information Literacy Through the Lens of Learning
Introduction
Variation theory
Variation theory and information literacy
Conclusion
References
12 Information Literacy: What Consciousnes sand Cognition Can Teach Us
Introduction
Consciousness, cognition and information literacy
Theory and praxis of information literacy
References.

13 Information Literacy Theorised Through Institutional Ethnography
Introduction
About institutional ethnography
Core elements of institutional ethnography for the understanding of information literacy
A tentative critical cartography of an autonomous approach to information literacy
Concluding discussion
References
Conclusion: Alerting Us to Difference
The wider theoretical landscape
Themes
References
Index.