LibGuides: Citational Justice: Research and Writing Resources

Writing and Research Resources

Much academic research and writing about underrepresented groups, including Indigenous peoples, has been historically conducted without cooperation of the peoples studied or written about. These resources provide suggestions for researching and writing in respectful and ethical ways.

Diversity Audit Tools: One Tool in the Toolbox

These can be helpful tools, and at the same time they are imperfect. Citation audit tools may give you some sense of the ethnic, racial, and gender diversity of your references, but are not entirely accurate and cannot account for many aspects of diversity such as gender, sexual identity, and disability. The most meaningful way to audit your citations is to expand where and how you encounter work on your research area, and to engage with the substance of what others are saying about your topic.

GCBI-analyzer: A Gender Citation Balance Index Tool
Copy and paste a reference list to predict the likely gender of authors. From the Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory, Departments of Psychology & Psychiatry, University of Wisconsin. (Not suitable for APA style references, which only include the initials of authors' first names.)
genderize.io
Copy and paste author names to predict the authors' genders (Not suitable for APA style references, which only include the initials of authors' first names.)
Diversity Bibliography Code
Created by multiple contributors from MIT. Analyzes your bibliography for race and gender. Requires a .bib file and some technical skill. Instructions provided.
Center for Open Science: Citation Audit
A tool to diversify the race/ethnicity of the authors cited in your publications and/or lab.
Note: Download the Excel spreadsheet to see the proper format of the automated tables and figures

Style Guides & Writing Resources

Inclusive and Antiracist Writing (Simon Frasier University)
Includes principles of inclusive and antiracist writing and further resources
The Diversity Style Guide
Gathers definitions and information from numerous style guides, journalism organizations, and other resources. Created for journalists and other media professionals, but relevant to writers across disciplines and professions.
Indigenous Information Literacy (Rachel Chong)
A brief, open-access book with best principles for working with Indigenous print and oral sources in academic research.

Indigenous Source Citation

Recommended citation examples for indigenous sources (APA, MLA, and Chicago styles): Pleas see Indigenous Information Literacy, Chapter 6 (Elder Citation). In that text, Rachel Chong explains that

"Elder & Traditional Knowledge Keeper citation is not yet officially used in APA, MLA or Chicago. These citations [in Chapter 6] were created in consultation with other Indigenous Librarians at NorQuest College and the University of British Columbia. Work is currently being done to advocate for Elder/Traditional Knowledge Keeper citation inclusion in the official citation guides."

More on APA style:

APA Citation Style: Citing Indigenous Knowledge (Camosun College)
APA style: Racial and ethnic identity: APA style includes these guidelines for writing about racial and ethnic identity in a respectful and inclusive way.

More on MLA style:

How should Native American names be treated in works-cited-list entries? (MLA Style Center)