Concealing in the Public Interest, or Why We Must Teach Secrecy

Secrecy and Society

Susan Maret¹ 

[1] San Jose State University;

关键词: rchives;    censorship;    citizenship;    confidentiality;    epistemic communities;    government publications;    government secrecy;    higher education;    information policy;    information studies;    interdisciplinarity;    library and information science;    objectivity;    openness;    privacy;    secrecy studies;    social problem;    sociology of knowledge;    teaching;    transparency;    us history;   

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来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Secrecy as the intentional or unintentional concealment of information is the subject of investigation within the humanities, social sciences, journalism, law and legal studies. However, the subject it is not widely taught as a distinct social problem within higher education. In this article, I report personal experience with developing and teaching a graduate level course on a particular type of secrecy, government secrecy, at the School of Information, San Jose State University. This article includes discussion on selecting course materials, creating assignments, and navigating controversial histories. This article also sets the stage to this special issue of Secrecy and Societyon the subject of teaching secrecy.

【 授权许可】

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