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During the workshop series Parallel Library Services, the Jumbie Library was extended to include a digital library running on [[Bibliotecha]]. The appeal of using Bibliotecha was to maintain the locality of the original project while sharing digital texts. | During the workshop series Parallel Library Services, the Jumbie Library was extended to include a digital library running on [[Bibliotecha]]. The appeal of using Bibliotecha was to maintain the locality of the original project while sharing digital texts. | ||
The term jumbie can mean, to just appear. It also refers to spirits or what once was. | The term jumbie can mean, to just appear. It also refers to spirits or what once was. The Jumbie Library harks back to libraries that once existed in Belmont, decades ago, but puts forward the value of reading into the context of Belmont, and Mas as an extension. | ||
The Jumbie Library explores questions like: | The Jumbie Library explores questions like: | ||
Revision as of 05:15, 11 March 2022
Jumbie Library is a shelf in a Mas camp. It is an analog and digital library maintained by the collective Alice Yard (https://aliceyard.blogspot.com/), in Belmont, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago.
It was initiated by one of the collective members, Kriston Chen, as a pavement project with the local community. Makeshift shelves are installed outside the Alice Yard space and stocked with donated books. Neighbours and pedestrians are invited to pick up and leave books, or stay for coffee and read.
Kriston describes the library:
In keeping with the values of our space — sharing, relationships, collaboration, play — the library was formed in hope to re-introduce a semblance of a reading space in Belmont, Port of Spain — an historical neighbourhood with a widening literacy and cultural gap between the old and young generations. In addition, there is a riso printer available to collaborate with writers and artists.
During the workshop series Parallel Library Services, the Jumbie Library was extended to include a digital library running on Bibliotecha. The appeal of using Bibliotecha was to maintain the locality of the original project while sharing digital texts.
The term jumbie can mean, to just appear. It also refers to spirits or what once was. The Jumbie Library harks back to libraries that once existed in Belmont, decades ago, but puts forward the value of reading into the context of Belmont, and Mas as an extension.
The Jumbie Library explores questions like:
What is the relationship between publishing and Mas? How does publishing change Mas? How does Mas-making keep going? What are the tools for working with Mas?