Cartoneras for Sustainable Communities - London Cartonera Book Festival

Hear from La Cartonera from Cuernavaca, Mexico, about their recent work on the reconstruction of homes & local histories in the indigenous community of Xoxocotla (Morelos, Mexico) & make your own book.

This workshop will be facilitated by La Cartonera from Cuernavaca, Mexico, and will focus on their recent work on the reconstruction of homes and local histories in the indigenous community of Xoxocotla (Morelos, Mexico).

The workshop will begin with a presentation by the cartonera publishers Nayeli Sánchez and Dany Hurpin, followed by a practical book-making session where you will get to bind a collection of photographs and some testimonies from the Xoxocotla commemorative building project. This is a unique opportunity to learn to make your own cartonera book, and share your own ideas about arts-based action for sustainable community-building in the UK and Latin America.

*This is part of the first-ever London Cartonera Book Festival (17-20 September 2019) celebrating the grassroots 'Cartonera' publishers movement from Latin America. For this event, Senate House Library, the University of Surrey and the University of Durham join forces with five key cartonera publishing collectives from Mexico and Brazil.

You will have a unique opportunity to join workshops to learn more about the cartonera publishing movement, a phenomenon that was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, as a collaboration between writers, publishers, and waste-pickers, in the wake of the 2001 economic crisis. Led by the principles of democracy, inclusivity and equality, 'cardboard publishers' make low-cost books out of cardboard collected from the street through community-based workshops. The movement has spread across Latin America and beyond over the last two decades, with cartoneras emerging in over 20 countries and across 4 continents.

Time: 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm.

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