Multicultural libraries in a bordered world: the case of ECHO for Refugees
| dc.audience | Audience::Library Services to Multicultural Populations Section | |
| dc.conference.sessionType | Library Services to Multicultural Populations | |
| dc.conference.venue | Megaron Athens International Conference Centre (MAICC) | |
| dc.contributor.author | Dignan, Keira | |
| dc.contributor.author | Lanyon, Hannah-Lily | |
| dc.contributor.author | Wolfe, Rebecca | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-09-24T09:13:35Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2025-09-24T09:13:35Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2017 | |
| dc.description.abstract | This paper examines the practice of multiculturalism by a mobile library servicing refugee camps and marginalised communities in and around the Athens area, placing this practice into dialogue with the IFLA/UNESCO 2008 ‘Manifesto for Multicultural Libraries’. This paper interrogates the realities of ‘multiculturalism’ in a bordered world of inequalities and restricted movement through the prism of the (im)mobility of the library and its communities, concluding that successful multicultural practice in such a context requires awareness of and tangible action to tackle these inequalities. | en |
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| dc.identifier.uri | https://repository.ifla.org/handle/20.500.14598/6590 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.rights | Attribution 4.0 International | |
| dc.rights.accessRights | open access | |
| dc.rights.uri | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | |
| dc.subject.keyword | Refugees | |
| dc.subject.keyword | education | |
| dc.subject.keyword | Greece | |
| dc.subject.keyword | library | |
| dc.subject.keyword | migration | |
| dc.title | Multicultural libraries in a bordered world: the case of ECHO for Refugees | en |
| dc.type | Article | |
| ifla.Unit | Section:Library Services to Multicultural Populations Section | |
| ifla.oPubId | https://library.ifla.org/id/eprint/2539/ |
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