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Since 2011, the Baixada Literary Network, consisting of 20 community libraries in the Novi Iguaçu area, has been working to stimulate reading and critical literacy and to transform the realities of our communities through reading and literature. A group of women. For this report, we interviewed her four literacy mediators at the Baixada Literary Network: Monica Beldum, Natalia Reis, Anna Paula Rodriguez, and Isabel Silva.
The community library of Noviguas understands access to literature as a human right and in this sense plays an important role in the discussion and establishment of a literate society. Among their activities are book lending, literary games, storytelling, writers’ chats, soirées, reading circles, book clubs, and where readers put their books in suitcases and walk the library in the direction of other readers’ homes. There is a “travel suitcase” that comes out.
Community Libraries and Human Rights
Sociologist and literary critic Antonio Candido argued that the right to literature is as fundamental a right as the right to food, housing, clothing, and health care.in his essay literary rightsCandido argues that art and literature can be “from romantic fantasies and economic fantasies on the bus, to the attention directed to television soap operas and later novel readings… Look, someone dives into the world of fiction.” Literary poetry understood in its broadest sense, if one can spend twenty-four hours without …It can be said that literature is the waking dream of civilization.
Monica Berdam, 53, coordinator of resource mobilization and partnerships for the Baixada Literary Network, says that it is precisely the violation of rights that catalyzes the network’s work.
“The history of community libraries begins with the feeling and experience of a violation of rights. It begins with reading and understanding literature. [are] means to increase knowledge and build freedom, creativity and autonomy, [we make the] connection with human rights. This reflection, reinforced by the philosophies of Paulo Freire and Antonio Candido, helped strengthen our concept. become an integral part of people’s lives. This is human rights. — Monica Verdam
Literacy mediator Isabel Silva, 20, explains that the foundation of her work in community libraries is her Pleasure in Reading Program (PPL) methodology, designed to foster a sense of belonging and acceptance in young readers. doing. She describes the methodology as “a social technology comprised of nine guiding axes of community library activity: shared management, communication, resource mobilization, advocacy, community outreach, space, collections, literacy mediation and coordination. is all practiced through a work plan that guides the activities of the library, and is created and carried out by teams that make up the community.”
“For me, one of the things that differentiates us is the way we provide public autonomy within the library. We encourage active participation in a variety of processes that take place on a daily basis so that we can find ourselves: community libraries in our network, in surrounding areas where basic rights are often ignored. It was born with the intention of welcoming the space of knowledge construction.” — Isabel Silva
Literacy Media’s Ana Paula Rodriguez, 37, said: [community] Libraries are tools for reading and cultural practice, welcoming and much knowledge. Most of the time it is the only information space in the neighborhood. We are important in training our readers and citizens. ’ She added:who has access to the literature look carefully”
Novaguas Municipal Plan for Books, Reading, Literature and Libraries (PMLLLB/NI)
Law No. 4,439/2014 established the Nova Iguazu Municipal Plan for Books, Reading, Literature and Libraries (PMLLLB). For Verdam, PMLLLB is a big achievement, but the network’s biggest win is attracting new readers to the community library. “We are focused on the political advocacy of books in terms of effective policy in the city of Noviguas…Historically, access to literature has been elitist and more vulnerable. Working in the surrounding area is a way of reconstructing history, a bubble of exclusion and prejudice that has long perpetuated the idea that Brazilians, like those in the surrounding area, do not like reading. The big problem lies in access and manipulation [of information] That means that the most vulnerable segments of society have very little critical thinking,” Verdam said.
In this regard, Natalia Reis, 30, literacy mediator and advocacy coordinator, emphasized the importance and scope of community library work and recalled her own growth as a reader and citizen.
“Unfortunately, I still hear that Brazilians don’t like reading. However, I understand that in practice there is not much access. Cultural activities are usually intensive. Community Libraries did the opposite job, giving these communities access to organized spaces with quality collections and training to work with the public not just in terms of skill but with care. When I was a kid, I was a reader in one of the network’s community libraries, and someone used to do the work I do today. It’s spinning, but we want to always have the power to keep it spinning and reach out to more communities.” — Natalia Reis
The Baixada Literary Network is also one of the organizers of the Nova Iguazu Literary Festival (FLINI). The festival aims to democratize access to books, reading and literature while embracing artistic expression and respecting local culture. Other initiatives include a short course on literacy and human rights in partnership with her Professor Adriana Carvalho Lopes at the Federal Rural University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRRJ). Books for Flying project in partnership with the Nova Iguaçu Educational and Cultural Foundation (FENIG). and bookstop. All these activities take place in public spaces under PMLLLB.
The Vaishada Literature Network is a tangible result of the struggle and resistance of these female literacy brokers’ determination to spread and circulate literature as a fundamental right. Reiss commented: It induces and enables the exercise of empathy, to the extent that we put ourselves in place of others. [Literature] It also provides a way to understand the knowledge that has been produced throughout the development and history of the world. ”
The Baixada Literature Network recently our choice A congressional amendment proposing to implement literacy brokerage activities, cultural programs, acquisition of physical collections, and maintenance of community library activities. For now, the network is waiting for the transfer of allocated funds. If this is delayed, the community library will be forced to cut his budget and opening hours in 2023 and rely solely on volunteers.
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