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Spiritual and Religious Information Practices: Lessons from the Field
Time:
Monday, 30/Oct/2023:
11:00am - 12:30pm
Location:Epernay, 1st Floor, Novotel
Presentations
ID: 319 / [Single Presentation of ID 319]: 1 Panels 90 minutes Confirmation 1: I/we acknowledge that all session authors/presenters have read and agreed to the ASIS&T Annual Meeting Policies Topics: Information Behavior (information behavior; information-seeking behavior; information needs and use; information practices; usability; user experience; human-computer interaction; human-technology interaction; human-AI interaction) Keywords: Spirituality and religion, resilience, place, technology, community-building
Spiritual and Religious Information Practices: Lessons from the Field
Nadia Caidi1, Pranay Nangia2, Cansu Ekmekcioglu1, Hugh Samson3, Michael Olsson4
1University of Toronto, Canada; 2University of Strathclyde, UK; 3Western University, Canada; 4University of the Philippines, the Philippines
This panel centers on presentations that address spiritual and/or religious experiences through an information lens. The panelists will initiate a timely conversation about the ways in which individuals and communities make sense of their information worlds post pandemic and in contexts of high uncertainty (e.g., climate anxiety, increased polarization, AI developments). In examining coping strategies of the spiritual and religious kinds, the panel brings together scholars in a range of information fields to address the conference’s themes, including theoretical re-conceptualizations of contexts such as everyday lived religion and spirituality at the intersection of health and well-being, socio-technical arrangements, and evolving and diverse information practices. The short presentations and interactive engagement bring together an international group of emerging and established scholars into conversation, and will coalesce into the formulation of a research agenda on this topic. Speakers’ interventions will revolve around three connected questions: 1) How can religious and spiritual experiences be theoretically contextualized within Information Science? 2) What research approaches are most suitable for exploring spirituality/religion in our digital networked world? and 3)
What ethical challenges do researchers encounter in undertaking this type of research (especially during a pandemic) and how can they be effectively addressed?
