The homesteading lifestyle is not just about having a garden and some chickens. This diverse group of homesteaders, with different political views and economical class, all share an ideology that is not written a sacred text book with a list of rules. Authur Wilber said it best in his article when he said "the homesteader is more just a farmer and embodies a broad and contradictory spectrum of motives, affiliations, and material practices. (2013, p.154). Through their differences, homesteaders all seem to come together as a community, sharing the same ethics and morals that form a guideline for their lives. “Modern homesteaders’ moral and spiritual commitments are expressed particularly in term of their pursuit of environmentally respectful ways of life, the practice of nonviolence, seeing physical health and spiritual health as deeply intertwined and striving to turn their backs on a consumerist society” (Gould,1999, p.184).
The practice of homesteading involves a large amount of informational needs. Many back-to-the-landers do not start out with the skills required to live as a self-sufficient lifestyle. Fortunately, homesteaders have “information at their disposal to apply to self-sufficient …show more content…
It will require understanding their information behaviors. One of which is what Elfreda Chatman referred to as life in the round. “Members often of that world share a common worldview and determine what information is important and which sources can be trusted. Life in the round is routine, and information seeking beyond that world is neither needed nor wanted” (Fulton, 2010, p. 249). Another words, the information professional will not only needImage result for butchering a pig library kansas city to understand what the needs are of this community but become a trusted information source for those information
The practice of homesteading involves a large amount of informational needs. Many back-to-the-landers do not start out with the skills required to live as a self-sufficient lifestyle. Fortunately, homesteaders have “information at their disposal to apply to self-sufficient …show more content…
It will require understanding their information behaviors. One of which is what Elfreda Chatman referred to as life in the round. “Members often of that world share a common worldview and determine what information is important and which sources can be trusted. Life in the round is routine, and information seeking beyond that world is neither needed nor wanted” (Fulton, 2010, p. 249). Another words, the information professional will not only needImage result for butchering a pig library kansas city to understand what the needs are of this community but become a trusted information source for those information