Cultural capital, a theory grown out of the education field, could be considered a seedling of a theory in LIS. Attendees will observe the roots of cultural capital in LIS literature as well as potential branching connections between cultural capital and information literacy skills resulting from the authors' own data analysis project. Participants will discover how this theory has evolved and the speakers will cultivate the utility of one particular bough of cultural capital, Community Cultural Wealth, which applies a critical lens and demonstrates a strengths-based approach which can inform library instruction pedagogy.
Participants will:
- Plant the cultural capital sapling by learning the history of Cultural Capital Theory Literature in LIS
- Closely examine one particular branch of the cultural capital sapling by defining and describing Community Cultural Wealth
- Water the cultural capital sapling by identifying potential applications of Community Cultural Wealth in library instruction
