All of my research draws on various aspects of feminist theory particularly in relation to poststructuralism and postcolonialism as they have been developed across numerous disciplines. Deconstruction Deconstruction has been my methodology of choice because of its utility in uncovering previously unquestioned presumptions and demonstrating their constructed nature. Identifying the construction of our underlying presumptions establishes the possibility for changing them.
Deconstruction offers a context for embracing uncertainty as a state with potential for improvement.
Spatial Metaphors Much of feminist, poststructural and postcolonial writing uses spatial metaphors to discover that seemingly familiar landscapes are not the neutral topographies they seem, but are maps from particular perspectives. Spatial metaphors are particularly helpful as devices for identifying the epistemic cartographies of our traditions. I have used them increasingly in research projects including the feminist mapping of the Dewey Decimal Classification , femDDC . In applying spatial metaphors, especially drawing on postcolonialism, I have run up against the very tangible manifestation of globalization. My course, Globalization, Diversity and Information is an updated approach to the tradition of comparative librarianship in its cross-cultural aspects adding political and economic discourses.