ERC Consolidator Grant · 2025
Literary reading, public libraries, young people, and inclusive democracies
OPENLIB inquires into the claim that literary reading fosters more inclusive democracies by focusing on the shifting relationships between young people, cultural materials, and public libraries. The proposed project brings together the long-held question about the uses of literature and arts with the demand for libraries to ensure a pluralistic public sphere in times of increased digitalization. This project assumes that the question of how literary reading contributes to more inclusive democracies can only be pursued with methodological, conceptual, and cross-disciplinary innovation. OPENLIB deploys a childist inquiry combining digital humanities tools with arts-based participatory…
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