Graduation Year
2021
Document Type
Open Access Senior Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts
Department
Environmental Analysis
Reader 1
Susan Phillips
Reader 2
Melissa Herrold-Menzies
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2021 Sandra J Sublette
Abstract
The Barbara Drake Memorial Library project applies theoretical and practical elements of intercultural, decolonial, and social-justice frameworks in order to provide a space for Tongva cultural revitalization, education, and serve as a research tool for visitors. The project’s location at the Robert Redford Conservancy for Southern California Sustainability optimizes the collaborative potential between Pitzer College and the Tongva community. The contents of the library, which center locality and Tongva relationships to the land, are classified and analyzed with respect to relevant theories and practices of place-specific Indigenous ontologies of classification that center Tongva terminology and worldviews. Whether for a student at the Claremont Colleges, a native Californian, a scholar or an activist, the Library reflects the importance of how individuals engage with written material, and how libraries reflect cultural values. The process of creating the Library and outlining how the books can be classified is the groundwork for future projects of cultural revitalization and for assessing the success of libraries at serving user population groups.
Recommended Citation
Sublette, Sandra, "Theory and Praxis of the Barbara Drake Memorial Library at the Robert Redford Conservancy in Claremont, California" (2021). Pitzer Senior Theses. 124.
https://scholarship.claremont.edu/pitzer_theses/124
