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  1. The thing to remember about the use of critique in LIS and #critlib is that it means nothing without /action/.
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      You can read all the critical theory of the Frankfurt School and beyond but if you don't implement any changes from it, it's nada #critlib
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        You need to use critique to perform definitive actions in your workplace and communicate to your colleagues /why/ you are doing it #critlib
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          This means making yourself open to criticism and having to publicly acknowledge your mistakes. Which is tough in any workplace #critlib
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            At #uxlibs, @karinenrose and I spoke about putting critique into practice in the specific area of inclusion in UX undaimonia.wordpress.com/2017/06/02/uxlibs3/
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              As #critlib moves more into the mainstream of LIS discourse, beware of performative critlib-ing. Judge by actions not words.
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                On that theme, I'm going to be leaving Imperial and going back to SOAS to help them build up their open-source library systems architecture.