Voneinander lernen: Interkulturelle Praxis im Europäischen Ausland
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Wars in Syria, Afghanistan and Iraq, severe repression and spiraling instability across many Arab and African countries have all contributed to the displacement of around 50 million refugees worldwide. Speaking in terms of refugees and migrants, many of them have risked their lives crossing the Mediterranean to reach a somewhat safe haven and the hope of a better future in Europe. In Norway, the wave of migrants hit the country in fall 2015, pushing all the official institutions to the limit. Even though the Norwegian Government had planned different scenarios on how to handle eventual situations, the large amount of people that had found their way so far up North took everyone by surprise. Even The Multilingual Library, a national library service in charge of acquiring literature in minority languages to all public libraries across Norway, felt the heat when suddenly 8000 newcomers arrived to Norway in a two months period of time. While they waited for a ruling on their fate, all the migrants were asking for one thing: literature in their native languages. Because when you have lost everything - every single thing you knew, everything you've possessed and everything you did hold dearly, what can mean more than finding rest in what you still carry with you: your past, your identity, your mother language?
Die Büchereien Wien haben im Jahr 2015 die Zweigstelle "Kinderbücherei der Weltsprachen" eröffnet und damit im Bereich der interkulturellen Bibliotheksarbeit und in der Vermittlung von Kultur und Identität neue Maßstäbe gesetzt. Nach einem Jahr lohnt sich bereits ein Rückblick: Wie wird das Angebot der Bücher in über 40 Sprachen angenommen? Wie gestaltet sich die Bestandsarbeit? Welche Veranstaltungen finden bei den Zielgruppen besonderen Anklang? In der Rückschau wird auch thematisiert, wie andere Bibliotheken von diesem neuen Konzept profitieren können und wo sich Möglichkeiten einer internationalen Zusammenarbeit ergeben.
Skype book club is a youthyoung adult project that started with the simple idea of combining a love for literature with an appreciation for anthropological ideas of cultural diversity. As a result we have brought together young people from different countries and backgrounds in order to help them see the great value they are able to offer to each other with their unique world views. Through these interactions we hope to increase communication between people of different countries and to decrease intolerance and the fear of "the other".