Ignite Talk Talk details are on the way. Host Sanne Walvisch Sanne is the Sector Manager of Services at the Public Library of Amsterdam (OBA). She is responsible for transforming the 28 library branches into community libraries, guided by OBA’s mission to function as a social library that promotes equal opportunities and fosters an inclusive […]
Ignite Talk Artist Joanne Grüne-Yanoff has been leading community-building workshops with multigenerational marginalized populations throughout the world since 2016. She often anchors her workshops in libraries, culminating in site specific art exhibitions that connect workshop participants with each other and the public.  Joined by curator Suanna Urminska, the pair will share how this exciting project strengthens community and
Ignite Talk Books can meet technology to create awareness. Wiki Editoras Lx (WELx), a feminist collective, work with librarians and citizens to edit Wikipedia pages about female writers using a special source: a feminist book collection. Everybody intervenes: WELx find new information that is not online, librarians learn how to use technology as a reference
Sunday, Monday and Tuesday Expo Join us for a hands-on experience with the Active Citizenship Participation Game! You will explore how libraries can become vibrant hubs of civic engagement through a dynamic card-based methodology. Discover how to facilitate meaningful discussions, overcome challenges, and empower communities to co-create solutions. Let’s transform libraries into arenas of participation
Sunday, Monday and Tuesday Expo The project Res Bibliotheca – Unraveling Democracy presents a caravan transformed into an interactive installation. Visitors can throw bean bags at target circles attached to the caravan, which conceal touch sensors that activate audio files upon impact. These audio files feature texts on democracy—including prose, non-fiction, and poetry—as well as
Sunday, Monday and Tuesday Expo Take a moment to explore the fascinating diversity of seeds, admire the vitality of seedlings, or simply relax with a plant. Amalie and Marianne have curated this exhibition to invite you to connect with the small, enchanting elements of nearby nature. Warning: We may just plant an idea that grows
Session The Smallest Common Multiple is an interactive roleplay activity showcasing the Express Citizen Laboratory (ECL) format for public libraries. The roleplay promotes community development through active citizen participation. Attendees will take on diverse roles as citizens of a fictional society who are tasked with finding solutions to specific problems within that society. In these
Session In this interactive session, we’ll use Solarpunk, a science fiction subgenre that envisions sustainable futures, to inspire creativity and collective action. Participants will design a vision for a future library that thrives in an environmentally sustainable world. Through scenario-building exercises, small groups will create library services, spaces, and programs that reflect the core Solarpunk
Session In this session you will be presented to contemporary research on how design has influenced the anthropocentric paradigma as well as how design can transform our mindset and enable us to engage with a planetcentric paradigma. Participants will furthermore be guided through DesignWISE, a design-method that supports this transformation. Host Christina Reedtz Funder Study
Session Join us for a hands-on session where you’ll explore filmmaking as a tool for engagement and storytelling. Use equipment from Dokk1’s Media Lab to create a collaborative mini-film, and learn from rural U.S. library programs. Leave with guides, equipment lists, and the confidence to bring filmmaking to your community—regardless of budget! Hosts Zac MurphyCommunications
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