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Are Our Collections Part of the Problem? | Decolonizing my Library (05 of 15)
As libraries, we have an important role in shaping how knowledge and memory are collected, managed, shared, accessed, and preserved. However, this responsibility extends beyond simply organizing documents or making information available — it requires an ongoing commitment to critically assess the systems that influence the way knowledge is classified, stored, and disseminated. Are our collections part of the problem?
Critical notes | The most recent post
The Carbon Illusion: Offsetting Guilt While Fueling Inequity | Leaving Green Libraries Behind (03 of 10)
Carbon offsetting has become one of the most popular tools in the Global North's sustainability arsenal. Institutions, corporations, and even individuals can calculate their carbon footprints and "offset" their emissions by funding projects that reduce or prevent emissions elsewhere — usually in the Global South. On the surface, it seems like a simple, effective solution to the climate crisis: you pollute, you pay, and someone else neutralizes your impact.
Articles
Notas desde el páramo [Notes from the wilderness]
Agenda Cultural UdeA, 308, May.2023, pp. 11-15.
A short essay, in Spanish, about the importance of language in rural territories, written by a librarian from the Chingaza páramo, near Bogotá (Colombia).
Other publications
Marine Iguanas: Between Land and Sea
This document, dedicated to the marine iguanas of the Galapagos Islands, combines a series of photographs by British researcher Godfrey Merlen, preserved as slides in the audiovisual collection of the Library, Archives & Museum of the Charles Darwin Foundation for the Galapagos Islands (CDF), with a selection of historical texts on the archipelago that are part of the "Historical Bibliography" of the Galapagueana digital project. The book is part of the "Galapagos Memory" series, published in digital format from the CDF library.