16th November: Here We Are and launch

In spite of the deaths and the oppression, here the defeat never drowned us, nor diminished our desire to continue being.

This 16th of November, in the afternoon, it will be 485 years since the invasion, of the wrongly called "Encounter of Two Worlds". We will remember our departed, but our hearts shall not be at half mast: standing we honour their memory.

That is why we celebrate in the Network of Rural Libraries "The day of Here We Are".

At night, at 7:00, we will have the launch of the 20 fascicles of the series "... and other tales", from the Biblioteca Campesina collection: Our grandparents continue to tell and keep saying.

It will be in the House of our Network: Avenida Perú Nº 416.

We are punctual. You are all invited.

The big circle

Each year, our brother Ramiro Yglesias – Coordinator and librarian of Contumaza –, organizes a great reading circle.

Spirited with their spirit, this time nearly one hundred people gathered: together, community members and teachers, librarians and parents, children and students shared the joy of reading their land and reading their books.

The event was held in the community of Amanchaloc, on the 12th of October, as if to say "Here we learn sharing".

Gazette No. 1

Here, the first of ‘Cosmovivencias’, the ‘Feeling-thinking Gazette’ of the Network of Rural Libraries of Cajamarca.

As part of the development of the doctoral thesis project on the Network of Rural Libraries of Cajamarca, its routes and Andean geographies, we present the first issue of the Network Gazette.

This monthly publication collects and systematizes, in various thematic axes, the conceptions that orient the actions of our educational and cultural organization. To this end, we review some documents produced by the co-founder and executive advisor of the network, Alfredo Mires Ortiz, in which we can appreciate the guiding thought and the journey of the network.

We want with this, in addition to disseminating the principles that identify and orient the process of the Network of Rural Libraries of Cajamarca, to promote a Latin American dialogue around the campesino identity and dignity, the Andean cosmovision and the deep links that we have with nature, life and community.

The full text can be found at:

Https://issuu.com/docs_bibliotecasrurales.caj/docs/gaceta_br_n___1

A review

A review of the award-winning film, Libros y Nubes - which expertly captures the essence of our Red de Bibliotecas Rurales de Cajamarca, has just been published in the popular Irish journal 'Policy & Practice: A Development Education Review', by the Centre for Global Education.

The journal is published in both physical and virtual form; its web version receives approximately 145,000 visits annually from 150 countries. The journal aims to celebrate and promote good practice in global education and to debate its underlying conceptions.

The review of Libros y Nubes, written by our sister Lynda Sullivan, appears in the autumnal Issue No. 25: Development Education and Human rights, and presents the key concepts and highlights of the film. Global educators and policy makers are told how the Network of Rural Libraries of Cajamarca is a valid example of a literacy movement; community education; cultural affirmation in the face of colonisation; indigenous knowledge and its oral transmission; volunteerism and community cohesion.

Our humble inspirational work travels to the corners of the Earth where the seed may germinate and, if cultivated, produces its own fruit, but with flecks of Andean beauty.

Here, the link:

https://www.developmenteducationreview.com/issue/issue-25/books-and-clouds