Researching Topics of Oppression (Online)

The University Library presents an online workshop series to help researchers, clinicians and information professionals improve their ability to find and share information. Covering key aspects of data sharing, search strategies and AI in literature searching, these sessions provide strategies for enhancing research workflows and clinical decision-making.

All workshops will be offered via Zoom and will be recorded and made available to all who registered.

Zoom link: https://uic.zoom.us/meeting/register/6f5zH26mTMSPZgP6ouNUIg

Oppressed groups frequently face difficulty identifying and retrieving information to counter the dominant narratives about their lives. Using the example of people living in larger bodies, this session will explain how fat studies opposes the medicalization of the lived experience of fat people, where fat studies literature is published and indexed and what paradigms exist in the literature. The research skills used in this example can enhance any searches on topics of oppression.

For questions or more information, contact Emily Gilbert at emilygil@uic.edu.