BRAZILIAN COMMUNITY LIBRARIES AND READING MEDIATION FOR BLACK GIRLS
Keywords:
Mediating activities, community library, social markers, black girls, ethnic-racial and gender relationsAbstract
Mediation activities, when presented to people, specifically Black girls, can provide an interpretation of their reality, strengthen the voices of Black girls, develop a critical perspective, and lead to the adoption of a proactive stance. In this context, the objective of this communication was to map the reading mediation activities developed in Brazilian community libraries that can contribute to the ethnic-racial and gender representation of Black girls. Regarding methodology, this is a multiple case study considering community libraries located in 11 local networks situated in the South, Southeast, North, and Northeast regions. To collect the data, a questionnaire was administered to the mediation agents working in these community libraries. The research results indicated evidence of increased awareness among these respondents regarding the situation of subordination and oppression experienced by female readers, and therefore, they develop reading mediation activities in which Black girls expressed some receptiveness, leading them to affection and acceptance.