Abstract

This essay takes up the concept of surrogacy from Lynne Howarth’s research within the domains of cataloging and information studies and considers it in light of parallel and emergent research informed by a range of disciplines including Indigenous studies, museum studies, queer theory, and anthropology. The cases considered share Howarth’s approach to cataloging as a liberatory tool for expressing relationality, agency, and empowerment. Common amongst the examples is also an interest in the ways knowledge systems can be hospitable—that is, to both support the growth of knowledge, and nurture the social, material and natural worlds in which we live.

摘要

本文采用了 Lynne Howarth 在编目和信息研究领域的研究中的代孕概念，并根据一系列学科（包括土著研究、博物馆研究、酷儿理论和人类学）的平行和新兴研究来考虑它。所考虑的案例共享 Howarth 将编目方法作为表达关系、代理和授权的解放工具。这些例子中的共同点还包括对知识系统的好客方式的兴趣——也就是说，既支持知识的增长，又培育我们生活的社会、物质和自然世界。