12 research outputs found

    Libros Para Pueblos: une Ă©tude de cas exploratoire

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    This article is the result of an introductory two-year case study project that investigated community libraries supported by the not-for-profit organization Libros Para Pueblos (LPP) in the state of Oaxaca, Mexico. Libros Para Pueblos (LPP) is a largely volunteer-run library organization based in the capital city of Oaxaca de Juarez. In order to analyse the work of LPP we used Mostert & Vermeulen's (1998) nine areas for evaluation of community libraries. Over the past 20 years, the number of libraries the organization supports has grown from two to more than 70 throughout the state. The work that has facilitated this growth is carried out by a small Mexican staff, along with an Executive Committee and a Board of Directors made up of Americans and Canadians living in Mexico. The work is both time consuming and demanding, but it is fuelled by a positive reading ideology that is a result of memories of childhood reading. This motivation is shared by a network of 11 Mexican Regional Volunteer Coordinators who train and support local library workers. The local workers are often doing their tequio, which is a social requirement of working for one or two years in public service. We argue that the success of LPP libraries is influenced by: 1) an organizational structure that mandates Mexican leadership at the Executive level and in paid staff positions; 2) initiation from local representative; 3) the unique and complex socialist community configurations of the Oaxacan region; 4) a community of retirees who volunteer at many levels; and 5) national and international donations.Cet article est le fruit d’un projet d’étude de cas sur deux ans qui examinait les bibliothèques communautaires soutenues par Libros Para Pueblos (LPP), un organisme sans but lucratif dans l’état d’Oaxaca, au Mexique. LPP est une organisation de bibliothèques gĂ©rĂ©e en grande partie par des bĂ©nĂ©voles basĂ©e dans la capitale d’Oaxaca de Juarez. Afin d’analyser le travail du LPP, nous avons utilisĂ© les neuf aspects Ă©laborĂ©s par Mostert et Vermeulen (1998) pour Ă©valuer les bibliothèques communautaires. Au cours des 20 dernières annĂ©es, le nombre de bibliothèques soutenues par l’organisation est passĂ© de deux Ă  plus de 70 dans tout l’état. Le travail qui a facilitĂ© cette croissance est menĂ©e par une petite Ă©quipe de personnel mexicain ainsi que par un comitĂ© exĂ©cutif et un conseil d’administration composĂ©s principalement d’AmĂ©ricains et de Canadiens vivant au Mexique. Le travail requiert du temps et est exigent, mais il est alimentĂ© par une idĂ©ologie positive de la lecture provenant des souvenirs d’enfance liĂ©s Ă  la lecture. Cette motivation est partagĂ©e par un rĂ©seau de 11 coordonnateurs de bĂ©nĂ©voles rĂ©gionaux mexicains qui forment et soutiennent le personnel local des bibliothèques. Les employĂ©s locaux font souvent leur tequio, qui est une exigence sociale pour travailler pendant un ou deux ans dans le service public. Nous soutenons que le succès des bibliothèques LPP est influencĂ© par : 1) une structure organisationnelle qui impose un leadership mexicain au niveau exĂ©cutif et pour les postes rĂ©munĂ©rĂ©s; 2) l’initiation provenant des reprĂ©sentants locaux; 3) les configurations communautaires socialistes qui sont uniques et complexes dans la rĂ©gion d’Oaxaca; 4) une importante communautĂ© de retraitĂ©s qui sont bĂ©nĂ©voles Ă  divers niveaux; et, 5) des dons nationaux et internationaux

    Live Literature in the Philippines: An Ethnographic Study of #RomanceClass and Reading as Performance

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    Live literature – events where literature is the dominant art form presented or performed – is a highly visible form of contemporary book culture. In this article, we examine the live reading events organised by #RomanceClass in the Philippines as a case study, using a digital ethnography method which draws on fieldnotes, interviews, social media content, a decibel reader, and a bingo card; and grapple with some of the methodological challenges of researching post-digital literary events. By doing so, we seek not only to explore these fascinating live reading events as specific local phenomena, but also the ways in which the characteristics of a given genre world shape the phenomenology of live literature events more broadly
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