Salene Schloffel-Armstrong
Biographic Data
| ID | 2033018 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Salene Schloffel-Armstrong |
| GIVEN NAMES | Salene |
| FAMILY NAME | Schloffel-Armstrong |
| SIGNATURE | SCHLOFFEL-ARMSTRONG S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Auckland |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3080-1098 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 9 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
A minor frivolity or an essential service? Assembling library value and hierarchies of infrastructure in Aotearoa New Zealand
This paper examines the public library as a space of competing conceptions of infrastructural value. It engages with the contested futures of a library building in Wellington, Aotearoa New Zealand to explore how the value of library services are understood, set and maintained by urban publics. In the wake of the sudden closure of Wellington’s central library in 2019, debate over the building’s future illustrated the continually shifting place of …
A future for the library
Doing social infrastructure "by the book"? The contested place of children in Aotearoa New Zealand's transforming public libraries
The public library and the futures of social infrastructure
The current abundance of geographical research on social infrastructure has drawn renewed attention to the enduring importance of a range of public services, including the public library. However, these works have not engaged at length with the infrastructural futures of such services, neither in their ongoing vulnerability, nor with what they may illuminate, or already contain of possible and more radical urban futures. This commentary considers…
The moral politics of emigration
The figure of the emigrant and the process of migratory return raise questions about the coherence of nations and generate anxiety about the disruption of social and cultural norms. We explore these tensions through a focus on filmic representations of emigrant return and the manner these articulate a gendered moral politics of migration. Our analysis focuses on the settler colonial context of New Zealand and two films, In My Fathers Den and Jinx…
Geographies of the public library
Public libraries are increasingly recognised in popular discourse as key sites within urban space. They are implicated in encompassing projects of civic investment and abandonment, education and memorial, as well as providing specific settings for the unfolding of everyday life. However, despite their clear geographical dimensions, geographers have only taken a sporadic interest in public libraries. By taking stock of existing geographical resear…
Geographies of the public library
Public libraries are increasingly recognised in popular discourse as key sites within urban space. They are implicated in encompassing projects of civic investment and abandonment, education and memorial, as well as providing specific settings for the unfolding of everyday life. However, despite their clear geographical dimensions, geographers have only taken a sporadic interest in public libraries. By taking stock of existing geographical resear…
The public library and the futures of social infrastructure
The current abundance of geographical research on social infrastructure has drawn renewed attention to the enduring importance of a range of public services, including the public library. However, these works have not engaged at length with the infrastructural futures of such services, neither in their ongoing vulnerability, nor with what they may illuminate, or already contain of possible and more radical urban futures. This commentary considers…
A future for the library
Geographies of the public library
Public libraries are increasingly recognised in popular discourse as key sites within urban space. They are implicated in encompassing projects of civic investment and abandonment, education and memorial, as well as providing specific settings for the unfolding of everyday life. However, despite their clear geographical dimensions, geographers have only taken a sporadic interest in public libraries. By taking stock of existing geographical resear…
The moral politics of emigration
The figure of the emigrant and the process of migratory return raise questions about the coherence of nations and generate anxiety about the disruption of social and cultural norms. We explore these tensions through a focus on filmic representations of emigrant return and the manner these articulate a gendered moral politics of migration. Our analysis focuses on the settler colonial context of New Zealand and two films, In My Fathers Den and Jinx…
The public library and the futures of social infrastructure
The current abundance of geographical research on social infrastructure has drawn renewed attention to the enduring importance of a range of public services, including the public library. However, these works have not engaged at length with the infrastructural futures of such services, neither in their ongoing vulnerability, nor with what they may illuminate, or already contain of possible and more radical urban futures. This commentary considers…
Doing social infrastructure "by the book"? The contested place of children in Aotearoa New Zealand's transforming public libraries
A minor frivolity or an essential service? Assembling library value and hierarchies of infrastructure in Aotearoa New Zealand
This paper examines the public library as a space of competing conceptions of infrastructural value. It engages with the contested futures of a library building in Wellington, Aotearoa New Zealand to explore how the value of library services are understood, set and maintained by urban publics. In the wake of the sudden closure of Wellington’s central library in 2019, debate over the building’s future illustrated the continually shifting place of …
A future for the library
Library Science and Administration (5 works) · Political science (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Politics (3 works) · Aotearoa (2 works) · Futures contract (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · Homelessness and Social Issues (2 works) · Public Administration (2 works)