Citationality Is a Thing: Your handy guide to giving credit for original thinking to the proper individual in the age where all information belongs to everyone and no one. Who is going to write it?
It could have a chapter on how to trace ideas to their originator...similar to how you can see the origin and date of creation for images on Google.
Maybe a chapter on how folks start thinking similarly when they all get repeatedly exposed to the same viral images and videos.
Another chapter on Memes and minstrelsy...
Heck, maybe even one questioning how much it matters whose original idea something was since we all know folks award status and cred based on a lot of other factors...
I've heard it said there are really no original ideas...To the extent that we are all connected, even past and present, I accept this. But learning to recognize and name those who have informed your thinking is a mark of respect.
For people from racial, linguistic, cultural or ethnic groups who have been denied access to higher ed or publishing for decades, it could be the difference between honoring someone's humanity, and denying it--truly accepting their equality, or abusing your privilege.
