Libraries in Practice: Tending Toward Liberation explores the unequivocal relationship between books, libraries, freedom, and liberation. Hosted within the C& Center of Unfinished Business library and exhibition at The New School’s Social Justice Hub, this program follows New School New Books, a celebration of new publications by faculty from across the university, Libraries as Correctives, an online program featuring Contemporary And (C&) in conversation with international libraries: Keleketla! Library in Johannesburg, Sister Library in Mumbai, and Asia Art Archive in Hong Kong.

Bringing together organizers from local independent artist-run libraries, non-circulating collections, archives, reading rooms, and small presses, Libraries in Practice considers the role of libraries in making space for freedom-work. At a time when libraries in the United States are under threat by right-wing legislation, the program explores the crucial ways in which these spaces shore up education and literacy and expand personal and collective narratives toward liberation. 

Participants
Emmy Catedral, Pilipinx American Library
Julia Grosse, C& Center of Unfinished Business
Yusuf Hassan, BlackMass Publishing

Moderator
Re’al Christian, Assistant Director of Editorial Initiatives, Vera List Center for Art and Politics

Outside of the public events being held in the space, the C& Center of Unfinished Business is open to the public by prior reservation and appointment only. Please fill out this form in order to request an appointment, which is necessary to access the space. Please make your appointment at least one day in advance. You will receive an email confirming your appointment time.