Building the bravest library in the world 25 September 2021 – 3 December 2021

With Dr Irmtrud Wojak (BUXUS STIFTUNG), Jennifer Haas (MA, BUXUS STIFTUNG), Sven Rüsberg (Bochum City Library) and Astrid Thews (VHS Bochum)

In the introductory workshop we will discuss the understanding of resistance and human rights in the work of Fritz Bauer. What makes people resist, what is the relationship between resistance and human rights, what forms of resistance are there? We will analyse Fritz Bauer’s statement that there is a duty to resist when human rights are violated and what this means for our democracy and human coexistence.

Using examples, we will learn about courageous stories of resistance and survival and also gain an initial insight into the practice of library work.

• • How is a library actually organised?
  • what media and research options does a library offer if I want to deal with the topic of human rights and their history
  • how and where can I find books and journals on the history of human rights
  • what selection of books do I need for individual stories, for example?
  • Evaluating and assessing the validity and quality of sources
  • Internet and World Wide Web as a source
  • Copyrights (intellectual property)

Using individual (also local) stories, we will learn how to build a library of human rights and stories of resistance and survival. Participants can contact the seminar organisers in advance with stories that should be researched in the workshops. Sample stories for the workshop will be agreed at the beginning of the workshop series.

Registration
By e-mail or by telephone to the vhs Bochum office
vhs@bochum.de or 0234 / 910-15 55

Seminar dates